Category Archives: General

WordPress Plugin – Are you sure ?

This is the second time that I have pressed publish when I meant to press preview. The solution – I hope – is the “Are you sure ?” plugin. All it does is ask you are you sure when you … Continue reading

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Secure browsing on a open wifi network

Most of the traffic on the Internet is sent in the clear – fact. Back in the day the Internet was a trusting place. You’d think that given it was developed as a Darpa (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) project … Continue reading

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HPR: Shot of hack:BSOD on Kubuntu

Some of the guys complained that my 22″ analogue clock screen-saver was a bit boring. So I thought that I would pull the fake blue screen of death screen-saver one on them. The screen saver … … BSOD – shows … Continue reading

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HPR: A private data cloud

In this months Hacker Public Radio show I talk about setting up a secure ‘private data cloud’ solution where I use rsync over ssh to backup my data to a remote location. Continue reading

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How to install Checkpoint ssl extender vpn (snx) under Debian/Kubuntu

I have released an update to this blog post: See CheckPoint SNX install instructions for major Linux distributions Another in my series of 6 months from now posts. There is a Linux client for Checkpoint’s ssl extender vpn. The binary is … Continue reading

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Say Thanks.

I was preparing to write up the scrip/show notes for my next HPR on the way home from work tonight. Rather than listen to a technical podcast I decided to put on some background music. As luck would have it … Continue reading

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User Agent switching for Google Chrome

I’ve been giving google chrome a test run and so far I am undecided. It appears to be faster than Firefox but I’m not sure that it’s as fast as konqueror. One thing I noticed was how animated the whole … Continue reading

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The JakAttack is back

It was an ordinary day. A day like any other when suddenly… As I was transferring my ogg casts to my ogg player I realised that there was a new JakAttack episode. The show is by Jon Watson and his … Continue reading

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To me six months from now: How to get Citrix running on GNU/Linux (Ubuntu/Debian/Fedora)

This is now the third time that I’ve had to research how to get working so it’s time for a post. This should probably work for Ubuntu systems as well. Edit: The site now has a debian package to make … Continue reading

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SpudShow

I listen to so many tech podcasts that I forgot that my ogg player can actually play music. Then while listening to the Linux Outlaws I heard that Dan Lynch had started a music podcast called Rat Hole Radio. So … Continue reading

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