April 20th, 2011
Yup, it’s true. Wouldn’ta believed it if i hadn’t seen it with my own eyes.
This map is generated from a database file stored in a backup of my iPhone. This is everywhere i’ve been in the NW Oregon/SW Washington since 9/22/10.
O, but don’t worry, nobody [...]
March 1st, 2011
If you are one of the many who relies on Gmail as your base of operations then you are no doubt enjoying it’s many productivity-enhancing features (labels, filters, priority inbox, i’m talking to you). But what if the unthinkable should happen? [...]
July 6th, 2009
It’s not as if you asked, but here are my latest delicious links, from June 29th through July 6th:
Report: Meat Now America’s No. 2 Condiment | The Onion -What if?
Sixty Symbols – Physics and Astronomy videos -Nurture your inner science nerd (you know you’ve got one). [...]
June 17th, 2009
From an Associated Press article:
More than 70 retailers and payment processors have disclosed breaches since 2006, involving tens of millions of credit and debit card numbers… Meanwhile, many others likely have been breached and didn’t detect it. Even the companies that had the payment industry’s top rating for computer security, a seal of approval known [...]
May 21st, 2009
A friendly public service announcement to the droves of Mac-toting netizens out there who browse the webs with an inflated sense of security: Your system is weak. Whether or not you decided to ignore the warning signs and upgrade to the latest OS X 10.5.7 recently, you are all equally susceptible to an exploit that [...]
April 19th, 2009

Stumbled across this post on Mac desktop locking and and learned a few things myself. They cover the Keychain Access method. They also highlight some nifty/useful widgets and preference panes.
Via UsingMac.com: Lock Your Mac Desktop (Part II).

November 20th, 2008
The office network has recently been updated to use Firefox 3 as the default browser. FF3 makes many great improvements in speed and internet security. On the whole, you shouldn’t have to do anything different, just enjoy the awesome new location bar and slick interface. One new feature that may pose as a snag however [...]
October 23rd, 2008
Do you deal in sensitive information? Private? Paranoid? Cautious? Then this tip is for you!
In this tutorial i will demonstrate a quick and easy way to help protect any sensitive data from prying eyes or passersby.
padlock menubar
Allow me to draw your attention to the padlock [...]
August 7th, 2008

Sometimes people wonder what it is that i do here all day (and sometimes night) long. Sometimes nobody cares but i feel like sharing anyhow. Lately i’ve been patching servers and shoring up our inter and intranet security. You see…
A while back, internet security researchers discovered a problem with the [...]
February 26th, 2008
If you ever find call to change your existing login password—and you might—here’s how you can do it:
Go to your System Preferences, either from your dock, or through the Apple menu. Click on Accounts, see?…

In the Accounts preferences you can now change your password. The window looks different depending on which version [...]
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