Ars Technica is reporting on a new piece of Macintosh malware spreading on the Internet. The Flashback trojan has actually been seen over the past few months, but apparently it’s managed to infect a sizable number of systems. Apple recently released a patch for Java that fixes the vulnerability, but you should also check if …
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Google Goggles: Wait, did I miss something?
So today Google officially announced a skunkworks project called Project Glass. Great! Cool! Augmented reality glasses, I’m happy to start conceiving and imagining uses for new technology. But then I see this click-bait* article, and suddenly the facts have changed: It could be a year before Google eyewear reaches stores… Uh, what? Where does anyone …
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Server Migration Complete
Huzzah! I think the server migration is complete. All the services that I knew were being used from knot.org should be running on the new server now. Please test out any functionality you use, and let me know if there are any issues. The old server will be shut off before the end of March, …
MacFusion
FTP has been a large part of the on-going server migration. While I used to use Fetch on the mac, for the last 5 years I’ve just been using scp when I needed to transfer files. Unfortunately, the new hosting company doesn’t support ssh, so I’ve been forced to get back into the FTP business. …
More Migration
The migration has proceeded apace, in spite of other commitments. All e-mail accounts and forwards have been migrated. Moving the imap accounts was significantly simplified with the use of imapsync. Oddly, imapsync is free (as in speech), open-source software, but not gratis. The author wants to be paid if you download it from his website, …
Web Browsing and Privacy
So as a follow-up to my change in attitude towards Google, I’m taking a greater interest my privacy in general. There’s a news on the Net these days of growing support for “Do Not Track” headers. I use Safari by default, and I was pleased to see that the latest versions have implemented it. To …
Blue laser pointers
When did blue laser pointers get so cheap? Right now you can get a blue laser pointer from Amazon for less than $8 (link). I’m not sure these are legit, but the one I have (from Yugster) looks the same and works OK. It has a pretty wide beam compared to my green pointer, but …
Knot.org server migration started
The main website migration has started. So far I’ve moved DNS and the main www.knot.org page to the new server. I’m going to start moving blogs as I am able. If you have a blog on knot.org, please be sure to contact me to make sure your site makes the migration.
Karmadogs Migration complete
I’ve moved karmadogs.com completely off our old server, and it now resides entirely at the new provider. Let me know if there are any problems.
Server Migration, part 1
I just started migrating processes from the old server to the new hosting vendor. First up, karmadogs.com. The e-mail has already been migrated, and I’m cloning over the web page data now. As always let me know if any problems are spotted.