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Monthly Archives: April 2009

Opt your web site out of Phorm / WebWise

21/04/2009 – 20:32

Phorm is being rolled out so webmasters need to opt out as soon as possible, or face having their visitors monitored. Imagine someone watching everything a visitor to your site does and then selling that information to other companies.
To opt out, don’t bother with the form on their web site as they ignore it, just [...]

By mojo | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Retro Adapter V2 update

21/04/2009 – 18:43

This evening the Retro Adapter V2 site will be updated.
There are two major changes. I have abandoned the idea of using a DB25 in favour of a DB9, with a DB9-DB9 jumper box being used as the case. I managed to cram everything in to the space, with only one surface mount component (the microcontroller). [...]

By mojo | Posted in avr, electronics, microcontrollers | Comments (0)

Four step business plan finally solved

14/04/2009 – 18:20

Some genius on /. finally figured out the third step of the four step business plan! Instead of “3. ????” it now reads:
1. Start company
2. Fail
3. Get government bail-out
4. Profit!

By mojo | Posted in genius | Comments (0)

Avoiding British surveillance with alternative DNS?

03/04/2009 – 11:02

In the UK ISPs are required to keep logs of the domain name of every site you visit (e.g. “bbc.co.uk” if you visit any page on the BBC web site).
This might suggest that the logging is done by DNS servers. If that is the case, the simply changing to use alternative DNS server (e.g. OpenDNS) [...]

By mojo | Posted in networking, privacy, security | Comments (0)

Long haul flight experiences and tips

03/04/2009 – 10:34

I got back from Japan on Tuesday, after a 12+ hour flight on Virgin Atlantic.
Previously I have flown with KLM and JAL to/from Japan. I couldn’t really recommend KLM, because while the service was okay you can’t go direct from the UK with them, making your trip take 16 hours or more. JAL are by [...]

By mojo | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)
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