Just a basic blog—snagging random stuff that catches our eye—nothing else, really...
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
User Guide - Connecting to your Virtual Private Server using SSH - Powered By Kayako SupportSuite
User Guide - Connecting to your VirPublish Posttual Private Server using SSH - Powered By Kayako SupportSuite
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Driftless Fair Traders, Viroqua Wisconsin
Driftless Fair Traders, Viroqua Wisconsin
Tried to buy Arghand soaps here but the checkout process stalled.
Tried to buy Arghand soaps here but the checkout process stalled.
Arghand Soap Stone Assortment - The Nature of Beauty
Arghand Soap Stone Assortment - The Nature of Beauty
Direct from the Khandahar region of southern Afghanistan, we bring you a unique line of hand-made soaps, whose aesthetic beauty and skin-nourishing virtues are truly unparalleled. Each bar of Arghand soap is hand-molded to resemble a river-polished lump of local marble. Perfect for the guest bath, decorative dishes, or as a luxurious cleansing experience, there is no shortage of uses for these one-of-a-kind soaps.
Direct from the Khandahar region of southern Afghanistan, we bring you a unique line of hand-made soaps, whose aesthetic beauty and skin-nourishing virtues are truly unparalleled. Each bar of Arghand soap is hand-molded to resemble a river-polished lump of local marble. Perfect for the guest bath, decorative dishes, or as a luxurious cleansing experience, there is no shortage of uses for these one-of-a-kind soaps.
Krispy Kreme Fills Philly Market - Update - Retailer Daily
Krispy Kreme Fills Philly Market - Update - Retailer Daily: "Krispy Kreme is partnering with franchisee Dough Nut, LLC to open the stores. In addition to metropolitan Philadelphia, new stores will also open in southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and northern Delaware"
Friday, February 19, 2010
Mobile commerce has arrived | InternetRetailer.com
Mobile commerce has arrived | InternetRetailer.com: "77% of retail chains see high value in mobile commerce"
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Gates Sends Letter on Spam to Congress - InternetNews.com
This was the text that Microsoft "lifted" from the documents that ePrivacy had been sharing with the company as a vendor, starting in 2002:
See the Trusted Email Open Standard which is stored as a PDF here at the FTC and described here. The standard came out of several years of research and was formally presented to the FTC in April of 2003.
'We support the establishment of an independent trust authority or authorities around the globe that could spearhead industry best practices, and then serve as an ongoing resource for email certification and customer dispute resolution. In short, these authorities could provide mechanisms to identify legitimate email, making it easier for consumers and businesses to distinguish wanted mail from unwanted mail. Of course, any technology designed to establish the identity of legitimate commercial firms and associate them with a trusted sender 'seal' should be based on open standards and developed with broad input from affected industries.'Gates Sends Letter on Spam to Congress - May 21, 2003 - InternetNews.com.
See the Trusted Email Open Standard which is stored as a PDF here at the FTC and described here. The standard came out of several years of research and was formally presented to the FTC in April of 2003.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Mac OS X: How to change user short name or home directory name
Mac OS X: How to change user short name or home directory name
- Enable the root user.
- Log in as root.
- Navigate to the /Users folder.
- Select the Home folder with the short name you want to change, and rename it just like you would rename any folder. Keep in mind that the shortname must be all lowercase, with no spaces, and only contain letters.
- Use the Accounts pane in System Preferences to create a new user with the short name that you used in the previous step.
- Click OK when "A folder in the Users folder already has the name 'short name'. Would you like to use that folder as the Home folder for this user account?" Note: This will correct the ownership of all files in the Home folder, and avoid permissions issues with the contents.
- Choose Log Out from the Apple menu.
- Log in as the newly created user. You should be able to access all of your original files (on the desktop, in Documents, and in the other folders of this Home).
- After verifying that your data is as expected, you can delete the original user account via the Accounts pane of System Preferences.
- Disable the root user.
Friday, April 24, 2009
UK Info Commish Greenlights Google Street View
Following up on my recent posts about Google Street View invading personal space in the UK--where narrow streets mean the Google camera may be just a few feet from living room windows and capturin the inside of the house--it seems the UK's the Information Commission has no problem with this.
The commission's senior data protection practice manager, David Evans, compared being captured by the service to passers-by filmed on TV news camera. "In the same way, there is no law against anyone taking pictures of people in the street as long as the person using the camera is not harassing people," he said. BBC NEWS | Technology | All clear for Google Street View:Hmmm, methinks that the taking of the photos is not the issue. It's the publishing of the photos, like for profit, in a way that makes them accessible to everyone in the world. And unless I'm mistaken there are laws regulating taking pictures of people in the street and publishing them without their permission. Here's a handy link to the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Many countries recognize that individuals have a right of publicity. The right of publicity is the direct opposite of the right of privacy. It recognizes that a person’s image has economic value that is presumed to be the result of the person’s own effort and it gives to each person the right to exploit their own image. Under this right, you could be liable if you use a photograph of someone without their consent to gain some commercial benefit.
So the Information Commission might want to have a chat with the Intellectual Property Commission. And make no mistake, commercial gain is the reason Google is going to all the trouble of creating Street View.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Links for Making An RSS Feed
Making An RSS Feed - Search Engine Watch (SEW) Pretty good instructions.
Still like How to Create an RSS Feed With Notepad, a Web Server, and a Beer by Stephen Downes as a starting point.
Still like How to Create an RSS Feed With Notepad, a Web Server, and a Beer by Stephen Downes as a starting point.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
A rare peek at Homeland Security's files on travelers
A rare peek at Homeland Security's files on travelers - Newsweek:
"Inside, I found 20 photocopies of the government's records on my international travels. Every overseas trip I've taken since 2001 was noted."
"Inside, I found 20 photocopies of the government's records on my international travels. Every overseas trip I've taken since 2001 was noted."
Sunday, January 4, 2009
HOWTO: Setup Private DNS Nameservers for Your Domain
HOWTO: Setup Private DNS Nameservers for Your Domain:
"In order to setup a nameserver you have to edit the file and specify zone information in your /etc/named.conf
Zone files are placed on /var/named with usually with file name domain.com.db"
"In order to setup a nameserver you have to edit the file and specify zone information in your /etc/named.conf
Zone files are placed on /var/named with usually with file name domain.com.db"
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Rove's [Deceased] IT Guru Warned He Might Be Killed
t r u t h o u t: "A top Republican internet strategist who was set to testify in a case alleging election tampering in 2004 in Ohio has died in a plane crash."
Velvet Revolution, a non-profit investigating Connell's activities, revealed this weekend that Connell had recently said he was afraid George Bush and Dick Cheney would "throw [him] under the bus." Cliff Arnebeck had also previously alerted Attorney General Michael Mukasey to alleged threats from Karl Rove to Connell if he refused to "take the fall."
Velvet Revolution, a non-profit investigating Connell's activities, revealed this weekend that Connell had recently said he was afraid George Bush and Dick Cheney would "throw [him] under the bus." Cliff Arnebeck had also previously alerted Attorney General Michael Mukasey to alleged threats from Karl Rove to Connell if he refused to "take the fall."
How Much Money Do Bloggers Make Blogging?
How Much Money Do Bloggers Make Blogging?:
"Once again these figures hammer home to anyone wanting to get into blogging for money that it is not a foregone conclusion that you’ll make a lot of money from the medium. It is possible to make at least a part time income from blogging and for some to make quite a bit of money from it - but over half are earning less than $3 a day (or $100 a month)."
"Once again these figures hammer home to anyone wanting to get into blogging for money that it is not a foregone conclusion that you’ll make a lot of money from the medium. It is possible to make at least a part time income from blogging and for some to make quite a bit of money from it - but over half are earning less than $3 a day (or $100 a month)."
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Monday, December 29, 2008
Filmmaker Magazine: ThinkFilm Default
Filmmaker Magazine: Blog: "Anthony Kaufman details the efforts of some filmmakers to receive the overdue minimum advances they are owed by THINK."
Sunday, December 28, 2008
GSR, SSR, SCR, PASP
Biosignal Analysis and Medical Imaging Group paper:
"GSR is also known as, or closely related to, the sympathetic skin response (SSR) and skin conductance response (SCR). In clinical neurophysiological literature, the response is known also as the peripheral autonomic surface potential (PASP)."
"GSR is also known as, or closely related to, the sympathetic skin response (SSR) and skin conductance response (SCR). In clinical neurophysiological literature, the response is known also as the peripheral autonomic surface potential (PASP)."
Two Guys in a Canoe on a Lake of Toxic Sludge
The TVA Disaster
Brought to you by citizen reporters, because the 'real' reporters are apparently too scared of big media, with its close ties to big coal, to go and tell it like it is.
Brought to you by citizen reporters, because the 'real' reporters are apparently too scared of big media, with its close ties to big coal, to go and tell it like it is.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Tiny rural WISP FAQ
Tiny rural WISP FAQ:
Great how-to for unlicensed rural WISP. Very cool stuff!
"I started with Rubbermaid food containers for enclosures."
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Great how-to for unlicensed rural WISP. Very cool stuff!
"I started with Rubbermaid food containers for enclosures."
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YouTube - Teedra Moses - Be Your Girl
YouTube - Teedra Moses - Be Your Girl
Another one to watch when I get some broadband.
Lots more in this cool list.
Another one to watch when I get some broadband.
Lots more in this cool list.
YouTube - Vivian Green - Emotional Rollercoaster
YouTube - Vivian Green - Emotional Rollercoaster
Blogging this so I can watch next time I get me some big thick broad-bandy net connect.
Blogging this so I can watch next time I get me some big thick broad-bandy net connect.
ClearShot Communications, for rural Wimax?
ClearShot Communications, LLC:
"develops individual towers and tower network projects independent of a prior 'build-to-suit' or lease agreement with a carrier in certain high-potential areas."
"develops individual towers and tower network projects independent of a prior 'build-to-suit' or lease agreement with a carrier in certain high-potential areas."
First Step for Cherry Valley WiFi? A New York Made Monopole
Monopoles Design Fabrication and Installation | Fred A. Nudd Corporation
Stick it on our hill, attach T1, turn on the wiMax. How hard could that be?
Stick it on our hill, attach T1, turn on the wiMax. How hard could that be?
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Notebook shipments exceed desktops for first time - ZDNet.co.uk
Notebook shipments exceed desktops for first time - ZDNet.co.uk:
"Sales of notebook PCs exceeded those of desktops for the first time ever in the third quarter of 2008,"
And off-lease IBM ThinkPads with XP are a steal these days.
"Sales of notebook PCs exceeded those of desktops for the first time ever in the third quarter of 2008,"
And off-lease IBM ThinkPads with XP are a steal these days.
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