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The state of internet banking passwords is appalli...

2012-01-02T09:57:52.014-05:00

The state of internet banking passwords is appalling. I stumbled across this article after finding that many of my passwords are not case sensitive. I posted my conversations with five banks over at PacketU.

I would never discourage you from running cable. ...

2011-07-30T10:58:07.810-04:00

I would never discourage you from running cable. I have a full compliment of wiring tools and a box of CAT5e a few feet from me right now, but I think it's time to replace your wireless gear.

My ping times to the same target through a NETGEAR WNR3500L running dd-wrt and an ATT DSL line:

Wireless
--- 128.32.136.9 ping statistics ---
100 packets transmitted, 100 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 15.543/17.538/39.361/2.398 ms

Wired
--- 128.32.136.9 ping statistics ---
100 packets transmitted, 100 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 14.697/15.474/17.810/0.376 ms

Other folks talking about this: http://www.youtub...

2011-05-20T11:47:58.986-04:00

Other folks talking about this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFMOJjroCFI

http://oaklandliving.wordpress.com/2011/05/19/next-time-you-board-a-bus-it-might-tell-you-what-to-do/

Not in NYC =( I knew exactly what I needed too: w...

2009-09-21T00:21:47.865-04:00

Not in NYC =(

I knew exactly what I needed too: we've got a macbook (under warranty) with a dead HDD. Of course, I can't say that myself, I need a Genius to make that diagnosis. And of course, I can't see a Genius without an appointment. And of course, all the appointments are booked. What do you mean "all" of them? Like ... forever? 'Fraid so.

So eventually I end up at a certified third-party service provider (at least I can drop in), but they say I need to wait 5 days for the replacement drive to appear from Apple.

Sigh. In the end, I conclude I would have been better off saving the money I spent on AppleCare and instead spending it on a new HDD, which I could have replaced myself in 20 minutes.

So it turns out it's just like the rest of the Apple experience: when it works, it frickin' works. But when it doesn't ... gods help you.

That is terrifying about AmEx.

2009-03-09T12:57:00.000-04:00

That is terrifying about AmEx.

That's pretty damn impressive for a phone camera.

2009-01-13T23:52:00.000-05:00

That's pretty damn impressive for a phone camera.