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I use keepass database that I store in a truecrypt volume which is then stored in dropbox which solves the first two items listed. With two separate 20+ char pass phrases the last …

I use tera term when on Windows, it requires an install but I like it more than others. The installer does include some other weird programs that I don't like, but if you only choo…

As someone who lives in Seattle and has used Amazon Fresh, I actually prefer to go to the grocery store for most things. Items like produce are almost always not the best of qualit…

As someone who uses Amazon Fresh, there are still things you want to leave the house for such as produce. Fresh has different categories for freshness, but I've found it not to mea…

On my Android phone I use the doggcatcher app to download podcasts. I go well over 3gb each month, but as a Sprint customer I currently do not need to worry about the limits. I cou…

see also: IceCat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_IceCat It is a version of Firefox with the branding removed as that portion has a copyright by Mozilla. This project started in 2…

DNS has nothing to do with ping response times. A ping requests the IP address from the DNS server and then does the ping. On most systems the DNS is cached locally, so multiple re…

There are also lots of libraries for powershell that make it very easy to do things. For example MS provides a great way to manage Exchange via powershell. You can even go so far a…

A lot of sysadmins I've talked with love Aruba products. I've always thought their products cost too much money, but the wifi setups that I deal with max out at 20 concurrent users…

As someone who manages a few dozen android phones throughout my company I have yet to see any malware on any of the devices. If some phones were going to get infected the ones I ma…

So, the ability to root an iOS device via an exploit doesn't count as malware? Interesting.

I would like to do something like this, but I am too paranoid to put this device on my network. Assuming that Google is sanitizing the data is just that, an assumption. Signed up f…

Same site with the .police.uk and linking to the same twitter account. http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/np/birminghamwestandcentr...

XenServer is actually the product name from Citrix. Xen is the open source project that is Open Source. I know its being a stickler for the tiny facts, but when you are a XenServer…

Like a lot of sites there is the print button which includes the entire article. http://www.networkworld.com/cgi-bin/mailto/x.cgi?pagetosend=...

More importantly the domain was bought today. Last Updated On:09-Jun-2011 09:42:00 UTC Expiration Date:09-Jun-2012 09:13:59 UTC

I just tried to play the office on high with my desktop system and it was unwatchable due to how choppy it is. On this same system I play 1080p content with mplayer without an issu…

When working for my former boss I uploaded a photo of him that I had permission from the photographer to do anything I wanted with it. I didn't check the exact right boxes when upl…

My dad formally had massive eye issues and needed to have laser surgery multiple times to not go blind. He ended up having to replace his Corneas. Anyway, he has stated many times …