There are a lot of Wii games out now, and basically none for the ps3. Here are a list of some that I’ve tried and briefly what I’ve thought of them.
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Flying geekstyle
September 23, 2007 – 4:44 pm
There are enough platinum/exectutive/diamond flyers taking up the reduced space in the first class compartment to guarantee that I, without at least moderate elite status, will not be upgraded.What is a nerd to do?I now pick underutilized flights, get a window seat, and sit sideways with my laptop or reading material hogging the middle seat.As you can see, the windows are behind me…. This also reduces the amount of people who have access to snooping on me while I work.Another win.Things I take with me when I travel in this hostile airport-rich environment:One or more laptops (depending on work being performed)Personal media player with cheap noise canceling headphones (I have an old pair of Aiwas that I purchased 8 years ago for $50 from an electronics chain.)
Shamed
September 19, 2007 – 9:43 am
A perfect case of what not to do to internet people.
Do not steal their equipment with a pal, for example.
Technorati Tags: surveillance, theft
Media Defender antics
September 18, 2007 – 5:09 pm
TorrentFreak seems to have the most involved and comprehensive tale of what they contain.This is a great example of people who do some things well getting caught doing things that are not their strengths.If you are going to establish an organization that will become a target for, arguably, some of the worlds most skilled and experienced technophiles, you should plan accordingly.That they were ever outed at all is a failure, but things like this (quoted from digg article) show how if you are untrained, ignorant, or sloppy, it can bring down an entire enterprise:The genius employee of MD subscribed to a torrent site using the gmail account he had setup as an email archive as the username and used the same password for the torrent site as he did for the gmail account…. Price and availability must be correct or it will be circumvented by someone with time on their hands that will make money created by those that can not, or will not, purchase what you are selling in the way you choose to sell it.This is the gist of all of the DRM, piracy, and putting-the-gene-back-in-the-bottle problem.
IT Compliance Institute Conference
September 17, 2007 – 4:56 pm
I am a speaker at the ITCi compliance conference this November in San Diego.
The speakers list and agenda are both very impressive. I’m excited and pleased to be included.
It should be a great conference, and I’ll hope to see you there.
Technorati Tags: compliance, conference
OSX address book contact deletion via iSync
September 17, 2007 – 11:38 am
This seems like a good idea in any case to be able to revert to a backup in case of things going horribly wrong.Second, export a vcard of your entire address book like so:Then go ahead and sync again with your phone…. You should then be where you want to be at this point.In the future, I will only be syncing my phone with one computer and then just copying the contents of my ~/Library/Application Support/Address Book on that computer to the other computers where I want a back up or reference copy.This should solve your iSync problems.
Mobile networking in a pinch
September 11, 2007 – 9:37 am
Any geek worth their salt nowadays seems to have a mobile device such as a blackberry, sidekick, smartphone, or data card for a laptop oh their person when out and about.
I am no exception.
I have actually converted several trend-setting alpha nerds over to the Powerbook/Macbook Pro + Nokia E61 combination over the last couple [...]
Traffic analysis and internet scams
September 9, 2007 – 3:12 am
A talk given at Google by Professor Ross Anderson entitled Searching for Evil on August 23, 2007.
Things I do to save the world
September 7, 2007 – 9:54 pm
I run folding@home.I run encryption whenever possible to encourage privacy. I watch c-span and I vote.I am an advocate of quality at all times.I am highly resistant to advertising.
USB malware on OSX
September 7, 2007 – 7:34 am
Once the software is run it will extract data from the Apple Keychain and system settings in order to provide the examiner fast access to the suspect’s critical information with as little interaction or trace as possible.[...]MacLockPick takes advantage of the fact that the default state of the Apple Keychain is open, even if the system has been put to sleep.It also makes use of the openly readable settings files used to keep track of your suspect’s contacts, activities and history. These data sources even include items that your suspect may have previously deleted or has migrated from previous Mac OS X computers.I contacted Apple’s security team to see if they were aware of this, if it works as described and, if so, why would such mechanisms exist in any responsible operating system.
