keep it safe with Blowfish in vim 7.3
Late last year, everyone’s favorite editor saw version 7.3 come to light. One of the interesting new features is built-in and easy-to-use Blowfish file encryption, a powerful and much-needed upgrade from the old UNIX crypt function available in older versions. crypt() is an old and very breakable algorithm, not suitable for anything except protecting plain [...]
TiVo file and app sharing with a linux-based home network
Set this up late last year, and just documenting now in case I forget, or if any of my legions of readers are curious. Galleon is a open-source java client/server app that uses Tivo’s Home Media Engine system to allow all sorts of file and application sharing between a Tivo and other networked entities. It [...]
eventually all walls crumble
Allow me to join the hordes who are saying “about time” to the announcement that Adobe will support Flash 10 for 64-bit Linux. Although it makes little practical difference it will be one less wart on the Linux desktop experience.
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just found a new timetracker app at keeptempo.com, which purports to do nearly everything I could conceivably want a timetracker to do… the drawback being it is non-free and can’t be self-hosted.
