The Jungle, Revisited
The jungle is getting ever more dangerous. If you’re not using Firefox with NoScript, I’d highly recommend that you start doing so NOW!
Archive of entries posted by Head Geek
“Are Computer Keyboards Dishwasher Safe?”
Those who think that cleanliness is next to Godliness — and don’t care how dangerous it is — might try this method for cleaning their computer keyboards.
Encrypted File Systems, Part 4
When I finished part three of this series, I didn’t think there was much left to describe. The only thing that I was still puzzled about was how to automatically unmount the TrueCrypt drive when I logged off (which I haven’t had a chance to work on yet); once I’d finished that, I would be …
Encrypted File Systems, Part 3
As described earlier, I’ve been trying to set up an encrypted home directory for my Ubuntu Linux system on my notebook computer, to protect my data if the hardware is stolen. I finally got my TrueCrypt drive formatted to a proper Linux file system; next up was figuring out how to automatically mount it when …
Today’s Lesson…
…plaster walls aren’t the same thing as drywall.
Encrypted File Systems, Part 2
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is. Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut As described in part 1 of this entry, I attempted to format a TrueCrypt-encrypted drive to the standard Linux ext3 format. As alluded to there, this turned out to be more difficult than I …
Encrypted File Systems, Part 1
The last three iterations of my main computer have been notebooks, rather than desktops. Although there are some major disadvantages to that (limited expandability, limited graphics capabilities, much harder to repair or swap parts), there’s one huge advantage — portability. I can literally take my work with me anywhere, even to places that don’t have …
And on the Just Plain Weird front…
“Konami to sell skin care software for Nintendo DS”??!
“Hold-up robber caught by mum”
That has to be embarrassing.
“US prof plans to send message back in time”
This is an interesting article. As I understand it, the Theory of Relativity says nothing about which way time has to flow — the equations work in either direction. And I believe I recall that it was the legendary Dr. Richard Feynman who suggested that quantum entanglement might be due to temporal hanky-panky (though I …
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