i've been interested in getting this working for a long time
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Loopback-Encrypted-Filesystem-HOWTO.html
also,
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6481
posted by geoff on 10/15/2004 05:55:25 AM
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Ethernet : Any Ethernet -> Wireless Bridge or D-Link DWL-122
DVD->DivX: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdibbler/
posted by geoff on 10/14/2004 07:33:31 PM
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Are traditional web URLs becoming obsolete? With increasingly dynamic content (that if not making content impossible to relocate, at least makes it difficult to remember the address), disappearing content from small servers or being moved within a site, would it not make more sense to index pages by how you found them. I've already seen this take hold in some company's internal documentation, e.g.:
http://www.companywebsite.com -> Human Resources -> Payroll -> Direct Deposit
to describe a series of links to click.
Often, instead of bookmarking a page or sending a link to a friend, I'll try to tell them how I got there, e.g:
"Google for 'belkin wireless solder' and look on the first page of results to find that article about attaching an external antenna to a Belkin device with a non-removable antenna.
Maybe there should be some kind of standard nomenclature for these sort of descriptions. Would it be possible for a browser to interpret these instructions?
posted by geoff on 10/14/2004 06:49:52 PM
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Watching the presidential debate last night, I thought of something that might be interesting as performance or political spectacle. The basic principle is to meld electoral/mainstream politics with the politics of real people. The idea is to make a fake debate between a real person and video footage of a political figure. The footage coud be from a real debate or pieced from past press footage of the politician. A human moderator would offer the question. The video footage of the politician would play and then the human debater would give a response. One humerous piece that comes to mind would be a real person debating issues of anti-terrorism or problems with the US' criminal justice system against John Ashcroft singing the creepy Let the Eagles Soar.
posted by geoff on 10/14/2004 06:38:51 PM
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What I think I'll need:
- Pringles Can Antenna (x 2)
http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448
- Linksys WAP11 (x 2)
http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=33&scid=35&prid=563.
59.99 @ bestbuy.com, maybe $30.00 @ eBay
* Might only need one of these if I can solder the antenna directly to the Belkin Router (see http://www.yobbo.co.nz/belkin.htm)
- Pigtail for AP (x 2)
http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/PigTail for info
$20 @ http://www.antennasystems.com/jumpercables.html
* Might only need one of these if I can solder the antenna directly to the Belkin Router (see http://www.yobbo.co.nz/belkin.htm)
posted by geoff on 10/14/2004 05:21:23 PM
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Brian Deller pointed me at this:
FDA approves computer chip for humansPart of me is like, sweet, I'll never have to remember all kinds of information again. I won't have to carry credit cards, or IDs, or wallets ever again. But, the other, more realistic, part of me realizes that the draconian implications of this are terrifying. If these ever become mandatory, or people become too apathetic about this, the ability to maintain any kind of anonymity or privacy is pretty much out the window. The fact that people are installing these things whimsically is both frightening and heartening. If this becomes very accessible and common place, the technology will become easily hackable and people will be able to decide for themselves the functionality of these devices - taking advantage of some of the convenience maybe while protecting some shred of privacy.
Devices could help doctors with stored medical information
The VeriChip, the size of a grain of rice, is inserted under the skin with a
needle in a procedure that takes less than 20 minutes.
The Associated Press
Updated: 1:55 p.m. ET Oct. 13, 2004
WASHINGTON -
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved an implantable
computer chip that can pass a patient’s medical details to doctors, speeding
care.
VeriChips, radio frequency microchips the size of a grain of rice, have
already been used to identify wayward pets and livestock. And nearly 200
people working in Mexico’s attorney general’s office have been implanted
with chips to access secure areas containing sensitive documents.
Delray Beach, Fla.-based Applied Digital Solutions in July asked the FDA for
approval to use the implantable chip for medical uses in the United States.
The agency had 60 days to reply to the “de novo” application.
It’s the first time the FDA has approved the use of the device, though in
Mexico, more than 1,000 scannable chips have been implanted in patients. The
chip’s serial number pulls up the patients’ blood type and other medical
information.
With the pinch of a syringe, the microchip is inserted under the skin in a
procedure that takes less than 20 minutes and leaves no stitches.
Silently and invisibly, the dormant chip stores a code — similar to the
identifying UPC code on products sold in retail stores — that releases
patient-specific information when a scanner passes over the chip.
At the doctor’s office those codes stamped onto chips, once scanned, would
reveal such information as a patient’s allergies and prior treatments.
The FDA in October 2002 said that the agency would regulate health care
applications possible through VeriChip. Meanwhile, the chip has been used
for a number of security-related tasks as well as for pure whimsy: Club
hoppers in Barcelona, Spain, now use the microchip much like a smartcard to
speed drink orders and payment.
posted by geoff on 10/14/2004 04:04:00 PM
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WUSB54GS -- Wireless-G USB Network Adapter with Speedbooster
http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=654&scid=36
WUSB11 -- Instant Wireless USB Network Adapter - Version 2.6
http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=435&scid=36
WUSB12 -- Wireless Compact USB Adapter
http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=519&scid=36
WUSB54G -- Wireless-G USB Network Adapter
http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=578&scid=36
WUSB54GP -- Wireless-G Portable USB Adapter v1.0
http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=612&scid=36
There is a link on each of these pages which will describe how to use the Linksys utility to configure the connection.
Or it could be one of these issues:
Loss of wireless connectivity after applying Windows XP WPA Update
http://linksys.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/linksys.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=712&p_created=1084220000&p_sid=roxu_Nnh&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTI1JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9c2VhcmNoX25sJnBfcHJvZF9sdmwxPTgmcF9wcm9kX2x2bDI9JnBfc2NmX2xhbmc9MSZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li=
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=049c9dbe-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a&displaylang=en
posted by geoff on 10/12/2004 03:33:08 PM
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http://jgillick.nettripper.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19
posted by geoff on 10/12/2004 01:55:08 AM
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Watched Mean Girls with the housemates, Ali, and the Pittsburgh kids. I didn't know anything about this movie, but I figured, hey, I watched The Lizzie McGuire Movie with Bz and the rest of the Pottery Barn house, so this couldn't be much worse. It was actually real rad. It was one of the first movies that I've seen that seemed to be a really foreign representation of high school to me but also seemed very realistic. The message was overwhelmingly positive and it used humor that made me a little uncomfortable, but that I think made the movie much more accessible and maybe the message more considered by the average high-schooler. It's frustrating because it's one of those movies that makes you mad because it comes so close to being something with which I can totally identify. The hero is still both attractive and capable and because of this can straddle the fence between admirable geekiness and popularity. There are no real consequences for people being shitty to each other, and ultimately, I'm tired of having protagonists with which the akward kids of the world are supposed to identify with who have it pretty easy compared with a lot of experiences in real high school. Still, what this movie does, and does with pin-point accuracy, is depict the qualities and behaviors that make people jerks in high school, be it duplicity, dumbing down, or disregarding intelligent advice from the more experienced. And, it does it in such a way that there might be a chance that the viewer could think, "hey, that's me," and think twice before slipping into a life as a total asshole. I liked the depiction of adults in the movie as both wise and fallible in a way that defies the typical teen movie stereotypes. The movie is conscious of race, gender, and sexual identity in a way that is more sophisticated than most, even if it isn't exactly PC or respectful all the time.
I've said this before, and I reiterated it last night as we Zak, Leanne, and I were driving back from Chicago and singing along to a mix of 90s alternative radio rock songs that Leanne had compiled based on a sixth-grade boredome induced narrative that consisted mostly of 90s alternative radio rock band names. Here it is: I've been out of high school for longer than I was in it. Why does it still seem so formative?
posted by geoff on 10/11/2004 07:54:51 PM
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http://www.tightpockets.org
posted by geoff on 10/11/2004 05:27:54 PM
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