As described earlier, I’ve been trying to come up with a way to make the automatically-mounted TrueCrypt-encrypted home directory, on my Ubuntu Linux machine, also automatically unmount when I log off. I’ve finally done so, and I’ve learned some fascinating things about Linux in the process.
This is rather sick. Very amusing, but sick nonetheless.
I’ve always enjoyed creating my own elaborate Hallowe’en costumes, the more high-tech-looking the better. But this guy has me beat by a mile.
We’ve had an older (and non-biometric) version of this for several years now — one with a numeric keypad instead of a fingerprint scanner. I saw it in action at an acquaintance’s house, and geek that I am, installed one on our own door soon thereafter. It’s quite useful, and if the batteries ever do …