RC1 for Firefox 3 was just released. I figured at this point it was worth giving a shot. I'm usually not all about jumping into the Beta scene because it's always a cost-benefit analysis of new features versus stability. RC1 is stable but a few of my add-ons don't work yet (Foxmarks and TabMixPlus are the big ones). Overall, I have to really say that this is a worthwhile … [Read more...]
Archives for 2008
PeerGuardian – Blocking out the bad guys
PeerGuardian is designed to block the IP addresses of those individuals that might want to do you harm and prevent you from accidentally or intentionally connecting to them or them to you. Advertisements, spyware, government, and education ranges as well as IP blocklists that typically contain those RIAA/MPAA trolls or MediaDefender folks. Even if you're doing nothing bad, it … [Read more...]
Tor: anonymity on the internet?
The Internet has a lot of downsides, in my opinion, due to its mostly-anonymous aspect: flamers, trolls, spammers, bots, and 50 year old guys posing as hot 18 year old girls. Then again, the anonymity of the Internet has a lot of benefits: bolder discourse through text than in person, broader whistle-blowing, vigilante software development, protection from those that don't … [Read more...]
Random Scripting or Scripting with Random
For a random number Go to a command prompt: echo %random% To set an account to a random password net user [username] /random It will then print out the random password. Be sure to write it down. Ex: C:> net user guest /random Password for guest is: tP4edm68 The command completed successfully. … [Read more...]
Stardock Objectdock – Mac-like dock for Windows
If you're a fan of the Mac OS X dock at the bottom of the screen and you're looking for something similar for Windows, look no further! Stardock Objectdock offers that convenience and some customization for free. There's a plus version, costing money, that promises a few more features but I try to stick to only those things where the price is right. You can put any … [Read more...]