Tuesday, December 14, 2010

How to insult LOTR, Star Wars & Harry Potter fanboys with a single image | Blastr

And a great line from the commments to make sure the Star Trek fans are insulted too:

"Isn't that a line from Battlestar Galactica: Episode II Return of the of the Khan, when the muggles were fighting against the Cardassians to destroy the deathly hollows? :) "

26 Tips for Enhancing Your Facebook Page-Great ideas for people with a Fan Page

Monday, December 6, 2010

Google Chrome Extension of the Day: Awesome Screenshot: Capture & Annotate by Diigo

Download it here: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/alelhddbbhepgpmgidjdcjakblofbmce

Cool little extension that let's you get a screenshots of webpages quickly and easily. You can take one of just the visible area or of the entire webpage.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Paradise Tree Snakes Glide Through the Air-The Pentagon is thinking about adding this feature to their robots. Yikes!

Top 10 Gadgets Mashable Readers Want This Holiday Season-Come to me my Preciousssss

A cool trick with hot water at -40C-Now I feel slightly better about the cold weather here

In Omyakon the average January temperature is -46C and frostbite is a constant hazard but the region is rich in gold and diamonds - and Russia is now one of the world's leading diamond producers.

Adam Mynott looks at some of the challenges faced by those living there - and finds out what happens to a cup of hot water when thrown in the air at -40C.

Comcast vs. Level 3: Netflix Didn’t See This Coming-Wondering when this fight comes to Cox Cable

Creative Destruction: Why Facebook and Twitter May be Doomed-Check out the challengers too. Gist can be kind of creepy though

WordPress 3.0.2 is available-I know what I'm doing today. Anyone know of any tricks to make this easier?

WordPress 3.0.2 is available and is a mandatory security update for all previous WordPress versions. Haiku has become traditional:

Fixed on day zero
One-click update makes you safe
This used to be hard

This maintenance release fixes a moderate security issue that could allow a malicious Author-level user to gain further access to the site, addresses a handful of bugs, and provides some additional security enhancements. Big thanks to Vladimir Kolesnikov for detailed and responsible disclosure of the security issue!

Download 3.0.2 or update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site’s admin area. You should update immediately even if you do not have untrusted users.

Hack(s) of the Day: The HTML5 Game Jam Winners-Check out the resources links at the end too

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Slashdot | Why You See 'Free Public WiFi' In So Many Places-It's a bug in XP. We'll still be seeing it for years

While most people use the term "SSL" to refer to "secure internet" most https connections today use TLS.

TLS uses pseudo random element in the handshake which prevents the MITM scenario you described.

Sadly Google Chrome doesn't support TLS (no friggin idea why) so server will negotitate down to the less secure SSL v2 or SSL v1 standard.

IE 8 or later, Firefox 2.0 or later. and Safari (no idea what version) all support TLS but obviously google thinks security is over-rated.