Surely the next big thing! 😉 Apple, apple, apple, tut, tut, tut, changes the size, changes the name, but won’t change the control freakery… what a surprise!!! The worst thing is; it will be huge! Consumers eh! “Oooooohhhh Shiny! Ooooooohhh Apple!” (*Sound of zombie like opening of wallet*)
I’ve just signed a petition for the cancellation of Haiti’s US$1 billion debt. Haiti’s people should not be made to pay back loans made to unelected dictators years ago even as they struggle to recover from the earthquake. You can read more below, or sign the petition here. It’s shocking: even as aid flows in …
Lucky rescue for dog stranded on ice floe (And what a sweet dog he seems too poor thing!) Commuter Cat (At least he uses public transport!)
http://www.startssl.com is offering an amazing community service by allowing people to generate & manage free SSL certificates for themselves! It’s real, it’s true and it works! This is a huge step forward for the internet and all other companies offering SSL certificates / claiming that they care about the security of the internet / internet …
An interesting article in “The Register” about poor password security, and 3 helpful resources (at the very bottom of the piece) for improving yours! Worthwile reading for anyone who uses passwords, i.e. everyone!!! Regardless how “secret” you keep your password(s), if they are not complex enough they WILL be easily compromised. So please review the …
(Shamelessly based on this other blog!) (Oh and if you have no idea what SSL is the read up on it here!) This option does NOT apply if you want to use an SSL certificate which is automatically trusted by users outside your control (i.e. on a website used by clients / the general public). In …
Great tool to check if your DNS settings (inc MX) are replicating consistently across multiple, disparate DNS servers. http://mob.net/~ted/tools
Anyone who knows me well will tell you that, amongst my other passions, both cheese & maps are high on my list! Thusly, I love Cheese + I love Maps + I love the UK = (As originally found on the good old Beeb website. Which took them from the World Cheese Book, by Juliet …