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As promised

Posted by Jordan on March 25th, 2005

As promised, the videos of my Identity Theft presentation are now posted. Currently just two streaming formats, but I’m working on getting the full downloads available (maybe even under a CC license).
The first speaker on the video talks about the general issues associated with Identity Theft and how to protect yourself in meat-space, while [...]

Wiki, wiki!

Posted by Jordan on March 9th, 2005

I’ve long been a fan of the wikipedia(**) and have seen wikis used in a number of other locations, but until quite recently it’s probably safe to say I never really ‘got’ it. Well, at work yesterday I installed one for us to use internally for note taking. I’m definitely a believer now. [...]

ICARUS

Posted by Jordan on January 26th, 2005

<general rant>
I don’t know that I’ve EVER read an article in a non-tech periodical that was on a technical (RE, network, computer, whatever) subject that was accurate when I was in a position to know better. Let me rephrase; I don’t know if I’ve ever been quoted properly and in context, and in a [...]

Why I love Firefox

Posted by Jordan on January 22nd, 2005

There’s actually a ton of reasons why I love Firefox, but I’m going to highlight just a few today:

Tabs - You’ve probably heard this before, and will probably hear it again. Right now I’d have 18 different windows open if I was using IE, but instead I have 2. And that’s a low [...]

Random Images

Posted by Jordan on January 9th, 2005

Lately I’ve been fascinated with finding random photos. Lots and lots of random photos from random places. This being the internet and all, there’s a couple easy enablers for this bad habit:

WebCollage - The grand-daddy of random images, this page is built from a random collections of images found all over the web. [...]