Privacy has become a huge issue. We get free (or cheap) and useful services in return for information about us and the potential uses of this information are becoming more frightening over time. If you don’t have anything to hide you might think this is OK, but what if someday someone will make use of [...]
…. it takes you a second to realize you have to physically press down a resistive touchscreen to get a response. (either that or I’m just getting old)
Ever since I had a wireless router I’ve been sharing my WiFi network with anyone who could find it. It had a web-only restriction, but that’s just because I didn’t want anyone using file sharing and using up all the bandwidth. Yesterday, however, I password protected and encrypted my home WiFi network. The reason is [...]
I’m tired of the Wi-Fi situation here in Croatia. Even if you pay for a connection, it’s a crappy one that won’t let you upload stuff at a reasonable rate. I’ve been struggling to find a good Wi-Fi spot since I came here, and so far found only one (in Zadar.) Maybe tomorrow in Dubrovnik. [...]
When I’m abroad I keep trying online check-in, only to be reminded again and again why I don’t use it: I don’t have a printer. That’s a deal breaker for me, since I prefer to have hard copies of my travel documents. Yesterday the same thing happened: I started the online check-in procedure, chose a [...]
If you started using Google Buzz, I have some privacy advice for you: Hide your personal information from the groups Chat Contacts and My Contacts. The two groups are built in and the people on these groups are automatically added by Google. As a result, they can include people you sent some emails in the [...]
I’m not in the habit of ranting about free online services, but I really want YouTube to become a better website because I think it has a lot to offer me when I’m looking for something to watch. So what’s wrong about YouTube’s front page? You can add and remove “modules” but most of them [...]
סתם ניסוי בקידום אתרים. בטח התכוונת להגיע לפייסבוק.
ISP (from my local mail archive at home): Date: February 1, 1998 Subject: a Vocaltec Internet Phone license I got as a gift from my now-deceased Canadian relative. Using this software we had a lot of enjoyable video conversations over the Internet. I also found a lot of stories he sent me over time. Hotmail: [...]
קבלתי הזמנה לחתונה. בהזמנה היה כתוב “כל ששון וכל שמחה”. זה נראה לי מוזר: תמיד חשבתי שזה “קול ששון וקול שמחה, קול חתן וקול כלה”. חיפוש מהיר בגוגלך של “ששון שמחה חתן כלה” מגלה שאף אחד לא באמת יודע. למעשה, תוצאות החיפוש הראשונות מראות שלוש וריאציות שונות קול ששון וקול שמחה, קול חתן וקול כלה [...]