Fri, 17 Sep 2004

PocketPC's and Bluetooth Headsets

My current cell phone is pushing three years old (cannot hold a charge very long) and a new one is on my holiday wish list. Regardless of all the problems with Bluetooth, it's a functionality that my coworkers cannot live without, and one that I'm envious of. And, of course, there are other uses that the manufacturers didn't intend. joat: 12:00:00 17 Sep 2004

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Thu, 22 Jul 2004

Heh

Call me skeptical, but how long do you think BugMeNot will be allowed to operate? I really like the idea of the service as I've used various addresses in a domain to test if my data was actually protected by those that claimed that they wouldn't sell it or release it without my permission. For the majority of those sites, the addresses I used quickly made it into spammers address books. But back to the question... Call it a prediction if you want, but I can forsee at least a token effort to get a law passed to make this sort of thing illegal. Or you can just call me skeptical. joat: 13:30:00 22 Jul 2004

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Sat, 03 Apr 2004

Spam Noise

I'm blogging this one 'cause I want to investigate the tool once I've got more time.... Given the amount of spam that's getting past my filters, DSpam may be the next tool/tech to take a look at (it contains Bayesian noise filters). joat: 13:16:00 3 Apr 2004

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Sun, 21 Mar 2004

Wireless VoIP on a lanyard around your neck!

I have a sales droid mockup of one of these on my desk at work. It's swag from a recent wireless conference that I attended. Just too cool. Voice dial. Touch to talk. Caller ID. The only drawbacks that I could come up with is that this is not a phone. Other people in the room get to hear both sides of the conversation. Also, the size of the battery probably doesn't lend to extended conversations. Obvious uses? Hospitals and warehouses where the user is normally mobile. joat: 23:05:00 21 Mar 2004

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Fri, 05 Mar 2004

404 Research

(heh), flash games on 404 pages. What a serious (but fun) waste of time! How long before someone does something evil, or good, with this. joat: 04:11:00 5 Mar 2004

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Thu, 04 Mar 2004

The GhettoHackers

Xatrix.org has an article about the GhettoHackers. (These are the guys that are hosting/winning CTF at DEFCON lately.) joat: 02:06:00 4 Mar 2004

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Sat, 28 Feb 2004

MythTV Howto

PVRBlog has a MythTV howto which includes a link to KnoppMyth. joat: 00:49:00 28 Feb 2004

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Fri, 20 Feb 2004

More odd stuff

Add this one to the "odd gadgets" list: "CueCat" joat: 18:34:00 20 Feb 2004

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Wed, 11 Feb 2004

Something to watch

Snort-Wireless is a site to keep an eye on, for further developments. joat: 11:47:00 11 Feb 2004

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Tao Book

This is a reminder for me: Watch for this book! He also has some interesting things linked on his homepage. Aside: Richard, I want one! Who's the publisher? Aside: Rob, if you still read this blog, this may be a book for one of your classes. It looks like Richard uses your method for "proving" how something works. joat: 02:17:00 11 Feb 2004

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Mon, 02 Feb 2004

Forms Tricks

For my future reference, Simon Wilson's post about tricks for more usable forms. joat: 00:51:00 2 Feb 2004

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Fri, 19 Dec 2003

NIST posts security control guidelines for comment

There's still about six weeks left to make comment to the proposed standards for "Minimum Security Controls for Federal Information Systems" (re: the Federal Information Systems Management Act [FISMA]). Get to it by clicking through "NIST posts security control guidelines for comment". joat: 00:11:00 19 Dec 2003

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Mon, 15 Dec 2003

The Art of Unix Programming

Eric Raymond has made available an online version of "The Art of Unix Programming". joat: 00:03:00 15 Dec 2003

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Fri, 05 Dec 2003

Spidering hacks

Raelity Bytes has a link to some pretty cool spidering hacks. joat: 03:20:00 5 Dec 2003

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Sun, 23 Nov 2003

Net::Dict Interface

Having tried my hand at writing various IRC infobots, I've played with Net::Dict occasionally and will probably need it again (thus this blog). joat: 03:54:00 23 Nov 2003

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Sat, 15 Nov 2003

RSS IM?

Something to play with during free time. joat: 17:12:00 15 Nov 2003

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Thu, 06 Nov 2003

More Hitchhikers on the radio

File this one under the "Mebbe I Should Start a 'Cult' Category" category. (That's where the BBC filed it.) The BBC is going to adapt the remaining Hitchhiker's books to audio. Yeah, I know: This makes me an old geek. Doesn't anyone else remember staying up late to listen to the Radio Mystery Theater? Extra credit if you did it via a tube or crystal set! joat: 06:08:00 6 Nov 2003

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Wed, 05 Nov 2003

I will donate the following service to Bill Gates (if he wants it)

I hereby volunteer my instance of Vixie Cron for Bill Gates's use so that this never happens again. Bill: Give me a list of the domains and their expirations and I set up cron jobs so that you can be notified a month or so ahead of time. Update:Jeremy has a short bit about Vixie cron. joat: 06:00:00 5 Nov 2003

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Security Testing Guide

While we're talking about standards, NIST has published the Guide to Network Security Testing. Thanks to Bowulf for the pointer. joat: 01:57:00 5 Nov 2003

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Sat, 01 Nov 2003

NSA picks a commercial encryption product

From what I can get from the announcement, the NSA has picked a commercial encryption of its internal use. Please note: they have SDK's for Windows, Linux, Unix and more. joat: 23:40:00 1 Nov 2003

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