Archive for July, 2008

Wifi Danger

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Could be right - Better than facts

Could be right - Better than facts

As someone that works daily with WiFi, and with no adverse effects I find this shocking. But there you go, horses for courses. Doesn’t work for everyone despite scientific testing.

Original Article

Update

Just read a few comments, some of which are also alarmist, some of which make sense. You decide…

“Teachers working in wireless zones have reported nausea, headaches and memory loss” - Maybe they should drink less the previous day?

Screenshotter

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Jing

Jing

Been looking for a handy app recently for taking screenshots for putting into documentation that I have to do for work, rather than the printerscreen, paint, paste, cut area, new picture, paste, save… tedium that it normally takes.

Turns out there’s been a freeware app out called Jing which does this, and saves screencaptures to flash also for screencasting if required. This is brilliant.

Makes no business sense at all. “Where’s the profit margin in that?”, one of my friends would say.

Thanks to Lifehacker for this brilliant app, which they found out over a year ago, so you should always look at Lifehacker probably.

Gmail https

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Just read somewhere that Gmail now has an option to always access gmail via https rather than http. Oddly enough I was after that the other day, and now they’ve done, so its entirely possible they read my mind. It’s a good thing because it keeps your email more secure. It will potentially make mobile GMail stop working, but worth a check anyway.

HTTPS look!

HTTPS, look. see.

Dell Outlet Vs The Bad Guys

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

As we know, there’s a war on against terror. It’s global and everyone’s included, oddly including PC manufacturer Dell, who I was just attempting to buy a laptop from when they launch this quiz…

Dell catches the baddies

Dell catches the baddies

Now, I’m no expert on international security matters, but I can’t help thinking that not too many terrorists are going to fall for number 4 there. And that’s assuming the bumbling crazy makes it past numbers 2 and 3 without giving too much of the game away. Luckily for me, I’m not planning on using the spangly laptop for bio-weapons. Not even sure where to start with the mass destruction, unless they mean gaming, in which case I guess I might be blowing some stuff up in BF2142. In an uncertain future it’s good to see we’re covered by all angles.

Moving away from terrorism, another odd thing on the Dell Outlet meant an optional extra free discount voucher to remove £75 from the total. Optional? Wtf. It’s Thursday night I guess*.

Two posts in one day, weird.

*see other references to Thursday nights for further details on what that usually means