Dropsafe

Looking at screenshots of Ubuntu Unity desktop, and it's awfully like how I have got my GNOME and OSX both configured http://bit.ly/bwaQxH # Reset my Froyo phone. Market is trying to simultaneously download 18 apps to reinstall them. Is choking. Strange. #android #

New: "WikiLeaks is mirroring on Amazon and some people don't get it?" #unscrewingsecurity @computerworlduk http://bit.ly/93cdGg # @timrs Exactly. http://bbc.in/cFstjE at 21m30 mark in reply to timrs # @jackofkent would that make you now a "Kentish Brummie", or a "Brummie of Kent"? Apparently the distinction is quite important… in reply to jackofkent # New: Firesheep observation…

The WSJ tweets: Debate on Hacker News: Is Firesheep a useful demonstration of security flaws or a dangerous hack? How can this be? Surely the WSJ know that the Internet ended in 1995 when SATAN was released? The Chronicle explains: Two things make SATAN different and more frightening than other security detection programs available, Bruestle…

Modern Business Risks: 1) Workers staying at home faking illness 2) Workers coming to work and spreading illness. Decide what you want more. # "The feast day of Saints Crispin and Crispinian is celebrated on October 25" – I'd rather be in bed, but I have to be elsewhere. # @cthreeo3 I agree it's a…

@carriebish basic carpentry skills aren't hard to acquire… in reply to carriebish # Facebook Grammar Suckage: it should be "[NAME] _also_ commented on a post _in which you were tagged_" # November 1st is unofficial Talk Like Carl Sagan day http://on.fb.me/bQpa46 – May the entire… yuman race… participate. # @chris_bloke The Cos-moze is expanding: http://bit.ly/dzp1Wt…

#barcamplondon – 50 tickets sold out in 5 seconds # @maakusan ii have but one, hard fought. in reply to maakusan # Kitchen renovation album updated – new plasterwork http://bit.ly/dmfa7c # TopGear takes roadsters to Israel? http://bit.ly/cjygDf # http://bit.ly/bvnSEN – Why Single Girls Want to Meet European Men # MUST MUST WATCH. @bubbva especially. Plz…

@jackofkent re: #westskep biometrics talk, have found audio, are there slides to be found plz? # @jemimah_knight Spoof. I know someone who got the guy into video production. He makes a living off it now. in reply to jemimah_knight # @jemimah_knight read up on http://bit.ly/b3BK1b and judge for yourself. 🙂 in reply to jemimah_knight #…

Ah, for the days when hackers appeared in major syndicated cartoons: http://bit.ly/abfB0R # somebody had fun with this headline: http://bit.ly/c4eSY0 # I can't believe I only just found: "How many Microsoft employees does it take to change a lightbulb?" http://goo.gl/kwx1 # Just had brunch with @adrianco & son femme at a nice French cafe in…

Most/all webcomics rollover at Midnight US/Pacific, 8am here. In some way that's a daily epoch for me. Odd to have a non-local time referent # @ear1grey Depends on the context. If it's nuclear, not good: http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/media/CCU_whattodo-schools.pdf in reply to ear1grey # Cambridge University: Open Source "Smart Card Detective" http://bit.ly/96EgBR – very cool. # Why, over…

New: "Home Secretary: Wanna Cyber?" #unscrewingsecurity @computerworlduk http://bit.ly/bXYe6F # New: Facebook asks: please identify the people in this picture http://bit.ly/alRhLf # Facebook expects you to know 71% of your Facebook friends by face. Unrealistic? http://bit.ly/8YjYDe # @SuperFrescoEasy If I sought easy removal I would use a backhoe. As it was I wanted removal of what…

ref this, paraphrasing, an anonymous source observed: With the current SYMC (Symantec) market cap of about $12.24b, for about $200 per capita the UK Government could buy Symantec outright; so a nationalised antivirus solution would pay for itself in about 4 years; alternately they could go begging to try and negotiate a site license for…