iPad – Who / Why / What
iPad: who / what / why
iPad: who / what / why
I use SSH a lot. I use it for secure surfing at coffee shops (SSH secure browsing) This keeps people from watching / sniffing what I am doing on public wifi. I also use it to keep in contact with people (IRC) and access to files at home. In some locations I am unable to get an SSH (port 22) connection …
I don’t mind helping family and friends with computer problems. It is time consuming, but I have realized that I can’t just ignore helping them. From the simple things where they have changed the font on Firefox to tiny and can’t switch it back, to their machine has crashed. What I have found is that it is really easy to educate …
SSH security
My wife’s laptop decided to be unreliable. I took the opportunity to upgrade her to a new computer. As with many items I am attempting to keep things portable. So we are upgrading her from a 15 inch Toshiba laptop that I purchased in 2007 for ($400) to a 13 inch HP Dm3-1130. I chose the HP for 2 reasons; size …
Bootable Windows XP USB drive
I use windows media center on my home theater / basement Projector. Thanks to the wonderful message I got from Comcast that my area is going all digital, I won’t be able to use my system much longer. 1st on my Media center / TiVo I lost the channel data (comcast no longer provides this to analog users) I have preferred …
I decided that I should do a post on what I have been doing. First and foremost I have been spending more time with my family. Three girls make life fun. I have also been training more and running more often. Running gives me time to think and if I run on the treadmill I get more time to watch movies. …