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I'm Michael Koby, and I love technology. I'm also a programmer, currently doing Ruby on Rails development for a small Houston startup. Here I talk about technology, programming, politics, movies, music, and anything else I feel I need to talk about. If you would like to know more, you can check out the About page.Popular Series
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links for 2007-10-10
http://downhereintexas.com/text/AdviceTX.txt (tags: humor Texas)
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Goodbye Adsense
Yep, that’s right, I have gotten rid of Adsense. This is for a multitude of reasons but the primary one is that after over 1 year, I have only earned a small amount. This is probably due to the lack … Continue reading
Power of Information 2007-10-07
This week on the Power of Information, Derek and I data encryption. Why do you need it, what you should encrypt, and what are some disadvantages to encrypting your data. We will go over, SSL Windows’ Encrypted File System, and programs like PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) and TrueCrypt. Also Derek continues his talk on Social Engineering. All this and more on this week’s Power of Information. Continue reading
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links for 2007-10-07
Top 40 Demotivational Posters Fatherhood – If you kill that hooker, you can get your money back. (tags: digg Design Technology) The best Linux system repair distribution gets better If there’s a better system repair kit than the Gentoo-based SystemRescueCD … Continue reading
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Apple Losing Its Grip?
It seems that Apple is incapable of getting its act together on these newly released iPod Classics & Nanos. According to an article from iLounge about the latest firmware updates, the video out is still not working correctly and according … Continue reading
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New Zunes
Last week, Microsoft announced the latest generation of their Zune media players. While the devices themselves are nothing to quickly write home about, one thing definitely was. One fact stood out above all the rest in the announcement of the new Zunes, and that was the fact that the original 30GB Zunes will get a software update that gives them all the new features of the newest generation. So the original Zunes will have podcasting support, as well as support for the updated video codecs. Continue reading →