Favored Freeware: Fugu
Filed in Freeware on March 19, 2005 at 9:07 amFugu is a graphical frontend to the commandline Secure File Transfer application (SFTP). SFTP is similar to FTP, but unlike FTP, the entire session is encrypted, meaning no passwords are sent in cleartext form, and is thus much less vulnerable to third-party interception. Fugu allows you to take advantage of SFTP’s security without having [...]
Free Mac SFTP Clients
Filed in Freeware, MacMerc on March 18, 2005 at 1:26 pmIf you use a Mac and you’re looking to make the jump from FTP to SFTP, then you should read this week’s Freeloader Friday. Personally, I recommend Cyberduck.
Another New Design?
Filed in General on at 10:18 amHere’s another new design. This design is based on MinimaPlus. Let the criticism fly, please.
Update: I bet you knew this was going to happen. We’re now back to the old template based on Kubrick. Why? Mostly because Mr. Heilemann has created a perfect template which makes change very difficult, [...]
Keynote Update v2.0.1 and Pages Update v1.0.1
Filed in Technology on March 17, 2005 at 6:06 pmApple has updated Keynote to v2.0.1 and Pages to v1.0.1. Both updates “address isolated issues that may have affected reliability for some customers.” Pages v1.0.1 also “resolves an issue related to deleting complete pages.”
Attack of the iPod People!
Filed in MacMerc, Technology on March 15, 2005 at 11:34 amMy latest Photoshop tutorial attempts to aid you in turning one of your own pictures into an iPod silhouette poster. While this effect has been covered in several tutorials on other websites, I believe this one is unique as it not only preserves the subtle tones from within the silhouette, it also serves as a [...]
Fight Fire with Fire
Filed in General on at 11:28 amDo you want to learn more about Online Poker, Mortgage, Debt, Loans, Porn, and Viagra? Why not learn more about fighting the spammers instead? Spammers spam blog comments in an attempt to use the target blogs’ page rank to boost theirs. This is known as Google Bombing. So, why can’t we [...]
Blogroll Dive 3/14/05
Filed in Blogs on March 14, 2005 at 3:14 pmHere are the highlights from today’s Blogroll dive:
Bryan fears the ever-growing AOL. (Who doesn’t?)
Owen fears the ever-growing WP Options menu.
Michael is back in the game.
Brian calls foul on Napster.
Craig runs into some misguided lawyers.
Rui highlights ten reasons why blogging doesn’t matter.
Tom moves to a new domain.
And, Podz offers a few words on customer care.
Caucasian New Year?
Filed in Humor on March 13, 2005 at 8:02 pmI know this happened a month ago, but for some reason, I was reminded about my college’s attempt at celebrating the 2005 Chinese New Year. I was expecting to see a good display of Chinese culture as I had in past celebrations. There was hardly any Chinese culture to display at this celebration. [...]
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