Dropsafe

For about 2 months – ever since upgrading to Leopard – I have been unable to answer incoming Skype calls on my iMac because the “pick up call” dialogue box is never shown; the software just rings and rings and there is no way to get the software to pick up without clicking the (nonexistent)…

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Cross fingers, I hope this works… Bookmarking Chatrooms in Adium Most (all?) the instant messaging networks also support chat rooms (sometimes called conferences, and sometimes rooms). Adium has a command for joining these chat rooms “Join Group Chat” in it’s file menu. That command pops up a complex dialog what you then fill out. All…

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My mate Chris and a bunch of OLPCs.

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If you’re wondering what the UK Government thinks are good reasons for a National ID Card, then you should read this leaked PDF document – of which you may have heard elsewhere – as marked-up by the No2ID campaign: Personally I think this is the most interesting bit: (Page 5) Services * The package of…

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bored?

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‘I just bought your hard drive’ – The Red Tape Chronicles – MSNBC.com In June 2005, when Gerbus took his computer to Best Buy for repairs after a hard drive crash, he knew the drive was a potential hot potato. So when a clerk there told him it had to be replaced, he asked for…

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Relax, folks, it looks like (although the media suggests otherwise) the German government can’t actually sniff the contents of your Skype conversation: Skype is so secure, police need to actually invade your computer to eavesdrop. The German police shopped for tools to listen in on Skype calls. Tapping PCs directly is their only option, since…

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Jeremy Kay talks to director Morgan Spurlock: “The media manipulate what is going on out there to keep people afraid,” he says. “But we should ask more questions for ourselves, talk to each other and challenge what we hear. Then we can learn about our similarities. Maybe that will give us a better chance of…

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What I am up to at the moment, individual photos heavily annotated…

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Damn, I wish I’d had Google when I was 10 years old: Boy, 10, engineers private backyard ski slope. …though I would probably have created a massive underground bunker from which to seek world domination muahahahahahhahahah!!!

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Chilling Effects Clearinghouse Chilling Effects is a collaboration between several law school clinics and the Electronic Frontier Foundation to protect lawful online activity from legal threats. Their website, chillingeffects.org, allows recipients of cease-and-desist notices to submit (tags: copyright dmca takedown censorship privacy web) Stuff » AutoFS and NFS improvements in Leopard The Leopard automounter is…

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LART Construction Originally uploaded by alecmuffett …for all you alt.fan.sysadmin people out there…

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