People who know me well know that I do not easily entrust my data to the cloud. I find that even with the best of intentions, the risk of accidental data leakage is just to great. There has been a recent case proving that my fears are founded.
A bug in Gmail allowed students [...]
When it comes to securing the data I have on my computers, I take the task seriously. I use Ubuntu and Windows on my laptop. The Ubuntu installation is fully encrypted. There’s a performance hit but I feel pretty sure that if my laptop is ever stolen or lost or needs service by a third [...]
I have to admit, sheepishly, that I have not been paying good attention to the fact that airbag technology in cars requires changes in behavior. I’ve been reading up on it a bit and came to that part where they advise passengers to avoid riding with hard objects in their lap. I can’t [...]
“It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools.”
Let’s get this one out of the way. I’m not a craftsman, so there.
The power supply on my laptop gave out while I was in Taiwan. I quickly found the problem was located in the wire going between the power supply and the laptop. [...]
Do you ever look at Wikipedia’s huge comparison tables, like the Comparison of Wiki software? Are you ever frustrated by the sheer size of the table and the fact that you cannot quickly focus on the data which is relevant to you? There are two solutions I tried today: the TableTools Firefox extension [...]
Yeah, I know. I’m late to the party. The Palm Pre was launched while I was on vacation. I had no time to react until now. Here are my impressions about the Pre.
I’m reporting my impression on Open Office 3.0. It is very much meh…
I’m recording here problems with upgrading to Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex.
I’m currently preparing a photo album which I am going to put online shortly. A significant part of the process consists in deleting pictures. It is only recently that I’ve discovered the importance of deletion.
In light of my upcoming trip to Taiwan, I’ve been looking at softphone solutions for Linux. I already knew about Skype but I’m not happy with them challenging the GPL in Germany. After a bit of research I learned about Gizmo5 and then OpenWengo. OpenWengo looked promising but a) the VoIP company [...]
