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01 Jan 10

Tightvnc, Chicken of the VNC - Tony Lawrence

  • first, I
    replaced ~/.vnc/xstartup with one line:


    /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc &

    and then created a ~/.vnc/.xsession file that contained
    "/usr/bin/startkde". That gave me my ordinary KDE desktop.

18 Dec 09

Facebookers hit with steamy clickjacking exploit • El Reg Forums

  • You click it, it takes you to an advertising page where you are to click a button on the picture of the XBOX 360 to turn the XBOX on. Where upon it posts the same advert you clicked from facebook on your feed.

Interview with is.gd URL Shortener | Inside the Webb | 2009

  • Always consider whether the site you’re making something that you’d want to use yourself and would be happy visiting.
01 Dec 09

Why isn't ADSL rate adaptive - Tech Support

  • During the day the SNR sits at 6 plus or

    minus and the speed at 6250ish. Just before sunset it rises by 1 or 2dB

    for a couple of hours. At sunset it drops down to only 1 or 2 dB and

    goes back up to 6 or 7dB at sunrise. My router often looses sync at

    11-12 pm when the noise level gets bad, and resyncs at 5800ish. If it

    does drop out overnight, I reboot in the morning and it all goes back to

    6250/6dB. A couple of days with no dropout at night and I get a 5500

    BRAS. After a couple of noisy nights it drops to 5000.
  • Netgear DG834v3 which held onto my connection come rain or shine. It would

    even hold on down to 1db.

Twitter Creator Launches ‘Square’ — Like Smartphone Paypal for Credit Cards | Epicenter | Wired.com

  • According to Square’s website, payees can start accepting payments via Square in under 60 seconds, with “no contracts, monthly fees, or hidden costs.”
    • sounds a lot like PayPal - especially PayPal's origins as a Palm Pilot payments tools - on 2009-12-01
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  • upload a photo, so that payees can verify that you are who you say you are.
    • Eh? Surely anyone can get hold of a photo of you (or a celeb) and upload it. - on 2009-12-01
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27 Nov 09

BBC iPlayer Launches In December | Join Freesat

  • I would ask people to avoid using homeplugs to connect the internet as there is an ongoing dispute, involving OFCOM about the compatibility of these devices with the Shortwave Radio spectrum. Certain makes of homeplugs may yet be made illegal.
26 Nov 09

Quiet Line Test

  • normaily a low hiss, but they may be a buzz as well, what is important is that the noise should not vary, and there should be no crackle or pops.
23 Nov 09

What to spray into ignition lock

  • squirted some graphite lock lube powder into it and it was a right barstool to open cos I put far too much in.

    A blast with the WD40 tin washed the excess out though.
  • graphite powder and put it on the key
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Citroen C4 - 05 1.6 urgent help needed locked out !: Motoring Technical matters forum

  • I panicked with mine and left the lock upside-down, they won't work like that ever! So, when you're working it keep turning it 180 degrees.
14 Nov 09

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars preview - Blogs - Radio Times

  • "No, no, no, NO! Dexter Ramsbottom's in my class and HE gets to stay up 'til 8!! AND he's a blabber-mouth! He'll tell me the whole story tomorrow, whether I want him to or not. He'll completely ruin it for me! You've GOT to let me see it tonight!"
12 Nov 09

Ignite Portland: FLOSS Weekly - a podcast for Free/Libre Open Source Software

  • Schwartz is also infamous

    amongst the System Administration community for his arguable 1995 criminal

    conviction while performing activities for the Intel Corporation, and publicly

    advocates for appropriate computer crime laws. His presentation about the

    landmark case (titled "Just Another Convicted Perl Hacker") has inspired

    action for computer professionals and lobbyists at computer conferences all

    over the world.
09 Nov 09

Limited companies face new restrictions on business names : Brookson News

  • New additions to the list include bank, adjudicator, chamber of and tribunal, which will be included alongside data protection, mutual, prince and oversight.
    • This sounds like a great proposal. It was horrifying to hear that Washington Mutual, when it failed, had been trading on mutuality, when it had not been mutual for 2 decades. - on 2009-11-09
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06 Nov 09

Conjure

  • Conjure is a make(1) replacement written in Scheme.

Why I don't use Google Reader anymore - scobleizer's posterous

  • I find that everyone I want to follow is on Twitter and brings in their stuff there.
28 Oct 09

The iPhone is giving Nokia a pain in the apps - Times Online

  • Nokia’s share of the smartphone segment, which it refers to as “converged
    devices”, slipped to 35% in the third quarter of 2009 from 41% the previous
    quarter,
23 Oct 09

No Internet For You

  • a law that requires ISPs to disconnect whole households if one member is accused -- without evidence or trial
    • Thanks James for highlighting something that is truly horrifying - just as we are starting to realize that digital exclusion has become a real form of deprivation. - on 2009-10-23
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22 Oct 09

Corner Office - Carol Bartz - Imagining a World Without Annual Reviews - Question - NYTimes.com

  • You need to build your career not as a ladder, but as a pyramid. You need to have a base of experience because it’s a much more stable structure. And so that involves taking lateral moves. And it involves getting out of your comfort zone.
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