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Social Bookmarking in Plain English
The folks at CommonCraft have done it again!
USB 3.0 coming in 2008
"The current USB 2.0 version has a top data-transfer rate of 480 megabits per second, so a tenfold increase would be 4.8 gigabits per second." Read how on Crave : The gadget blog.
What ancient language am I?
Your Score: Older Futhark
Language of the Norse, Older Futhark! Thirty symbols, all told. And no hardier, more warrior-like tongue has ever graced the longships of the Viki or left the Celts and Saxons in such quivering fear. There’s only one drawback, that being you died 800 years ago.
| Link: The Which Ancient Language Are You Test written by imipak on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test |
Secure Password Generator for Firefox
Looking for a secure way to generate solid passwords on the fly? Try the SecurePassword Generator Firefox add-on.
Once installed you can find the program on Firefox’s Tools menu. When run a new window will appear:
Here you can simply click "Create" to receive a six-character complex password. Here you can choose to make passwords that can be typed with just the left or right hands or both hands. (Assuming you’re a touch-typist.) You can also check the "Make mnemonic" option which will give you a password solely made up of letters.
The Characters tab allows you to control the complexity of your password. Here you can change the length of the password, tell it to include/not include letters, numbers, other characters (punctuation), and tell it to exclude certain characters. You can also adjust the sliders for letters, numbers, and others to control how many of each you’ll receive.
When you do finally want a password, just click the "Create" button on the Create tab and your password will be generated in an animated way. (You’ll just have to see it as I just can’t figure out how to explain it.)
Lastly, use the "Copy to Clipboard" button so you don’t have to retype it.
This is an ass-on I’ll personally be using in the future and showing off in my security workshop.
Longest flickr tag ever?
Flickr user, and librarian, ricklibrarian uses the tag zone1referencelibrariansvisitedthewheatonpubliclibraryonseptember6. I’ve got to say it’s the longest one I’ve ever run across.
Do your patrons know your WiFi policy?
In my tech support & security workshop I discussed WiFi and why you should offer it in your library. We also talked about basic WiFi security and the dangers of open, unsecured WiFi from the user’s point of view. I was asked about policy issues and was able to remember most of what I talked about in my article on the issue published last year in Computers in Libraries. However, I had totally forgotten that that morning when I connected to the open WiFi at the Omaha Public Library I had to click through a short, to the point, yet completely wonderful screen that made me accept their policy. It covers everything. So, for the benefit of yesterday’s workshop attendees and for all my other library readers, here it is.
Windows Live Writer photoset
My complete set of Windows Live Writer screenshots is now available on flickr.
This plugin is similar to "Insert Amazon Link" but works a little differently. This one allows you to search by title or author (but not by ISBN, the only option in the other plugin), and generates a smaller output with cleaner code. (Still HTML and tables, but no MS-specific code.)
The Interface:
The Results:
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The First Quarter : A 25-year History of Video Games by Steven L. Kent |
