Daylight Savings Time Argument
Some thoughts on "Daylight Savings Time"
You know that wierd thing that many of us have to do to set our clocks forward (or backwards)
Spring Ahead - Fall Back
Why do we do this - it doesn't really "save" time, so why do we call it that?
Tagged as: | DST | Daylight Savings Time | savings | time--savings | self-improvement | technology
Google and Salesforce Join to Fight Microsoft
I've had the oppertuninty to use both Salesforce.com and Google Apps. In this new york times article, you can read more about google and salesforce joining forces to implement customer relationship managment software linked to existing google applications.
From a programmers perspective, Both Google apps and salesforce, have nice, easy to use API's, so I see a lot of promise here. No word that this will be *free* though, but someday maybe. Salesforce.com licenses can be a bit pricey.
Tagged as: | google | business | salesforce | microsoft | computer
Protect Your Wi-Fi Connection
Many people don’t know how easy it is for people to connect to their wifi and steal their internet and bandwidth. Why sharing your home internet with everyone that is near your house if you don’t want them to?
Now, don't get me wrong, it is nice to want to be able to share your Wifi, or perhaps you and a few of your neighbours want to get together and share your high speed bill. Wifi can be an excellent way to makes this happen.
But even in this case, it might not be advisible to just let anyone come in, snoop your traffic, steal your information and move on. This is the risk you present yourself with if you are not using proper Wifi security.
Well it is quite easy to prevent this from happening and this article from TheComputerMaster walks you through the necessary steps.
The basic idea is you define a wirless key using a security known as WPA-PSK. Then only give the key to those you trust to access your machine.
Choose a long key to prevent brute force attacks. Don't think you are safe using the old, outdated WAP security, or trying to configure mac address filtering. Neither of these give you any real security. Always go WPA-PSK as a minimum for your WiFi needs.
Tagged as: | computer | wifi | security | business | tech | technology
Is this the future of Technology (Really?)
This video is an except from the movie href="http://www.freedomtofascism.com/" target="_blank">"Freedom to
Facism" by target="_blank">Aaron Russo. You can watch the full movie (about
1.5hrs) from Google Video or buy it on DVD at this website.
This
video (and others like it). Often get me thinking about our technology,
and where it is headed. We currently live in a world where are
informaion flows everywhere. Some of this information is actual money
($). Credit and Debit cards are accepted through wireless devices.
Money is literally floating above you in radio like waves. Information
(personal or not) is being constantly collected and in some cases
centrally distributed.
What does all this mean to us as a society?
Is this a blessing or a curse? It is often promoted that technology
will make or lives simplier, easier and give us more free time..but has
this really happened?
Imagine what life would be like if all the
information "floating out there in cyberspace" was made
centrally available to anyone and everyone. People are volenteering for
this ! Would you?
Sound like a pretty picture?
Tagged as: | technology | tech | science | ordering a pizza | zeitgeist | philosophy | future technology | realid | real id | computer | video | podcast
The QuickTime Alternative
QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt, .3gp and other extensions) without having to install the official QuickTime Player. It also supports QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages.
Tagged as: | technology | tech | Quicktime | quicktime alternative | apple alternative | windows media player | mov | media mov
