Geek Drivel

Last night, just after midnight, my RSS reader picked up a notice that the new 5.0 version of TrueCrypt (my favorite cross-platform drive encryption program) is now available. It has several very neat-sounding new features, including the ability to encrypt the system drive (under Windows), a standard GUI under Linux (it only had command-line support under Linux before), a MacOS version, and lots of new features!

I plan to explore the new features further at some point, but the Linux GUI (the only one I’ve tried so far) is pretty neat.

To this, I can only say, “you want another hole in your head?!”

The New York Times compares the two remaining Democratic contenders to Apple’s famous Mac vs. PC commercials. Quite amusing.

In-eye TV, anyone?

Today in the “technology for the completely clueless” department: a pair of shirts that show you (and everyone around you) how close you are to your paramour. Literally.

This is good for about five minutes of conversation, then it’s just tacky… tacky, tacky.

Amazing. They’ve finally come up with a decent use for beets.