Really nice post over on Wired today, covering art and encryption all in one. I may be strange but that is a nice thing to run across first thing in the morning. Read through it, it’s worth it.

The most celebrated inscription at the Central Intelligence Agency’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia, used to be the biblical [...]

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I have moy old work laptop, a 1.7ghz XP SP2 IBM thinkpad T42. I have a new one as well, a Lenevo thinkpad tablet X61. The tablet’s cool, and I love that functionality. What I hate is the fact the new laptop has no trackpad (ARG!) and worse, much worse, it is Vista.
I really don’t [...]

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Security is what I do, it’s how I earn my living – and it is odd. You end up thinking about the world in a completely different way to other people. I’ve walked into meetings before now and asked questions that no-one else has asked during the whole lifecycle of the meeting. It’s caused more [...]

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Now here’s a post that very important to all Wordpress users: The security of your blog. The whole Speckyboy article lists 10 useful plugins that will help to secure your WordPress site.
Just think about it — all your posts, comments and even your theme, GONE. No way to get them back.

Now that you have that [...]

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I’ve posted about this before but here’s more specific instructions on how to get a full OS onto a USB stick. They recommend a 1GB stick, but go with a 4GB to give yourself space. Personally I’m doing this with a 16GB stick.

Essentials for creating a Portable gOS using Windows:
* gOS [...]

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How to Protect your Laptop, MacBook or MacBook Pro
So you’ve just spent a small fortune on your new laptop? Money that could have gone toward gold plating your dog, cat or toddler. Although you missed on on the gold plating, you do have a wonderful new shiny laptop. All is well with the world – [...]

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He wrote: “I have never known such a palaver about nothing. The fact is we happily hand over cheques to all sorts of unsavoury people all day long without a moment’s thought. We have nothing to fear.”

Yesterday he told readers he had opened his bank statement to find a direct debit had been set up [...]

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The root password on the Amazon Kindle is ‘fiona’.
Fiona is the name of the girl protagonist in Neil Stephenson’s ‘The Diamond age’. In the book Fiona receives an advanced electronic device that is in the shape of a book, this device educates her and acts as her guardian through her formative years.
Hacking the Kindle

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