Category Archives: Education, Training and Information

New Years Resolution: Avoid These Bad Ideas?

2009-01-02 by mjr

I’m not a big new year resolution maker (new year is just a side-effect of a calendaring system), but if you are, I suggest the following resolutions to avoid three bad ideas: Change your passwords and do not set it … Continue reading →

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Looking Back: 2008 Part 3

2008-12-29 by mjr

This is the final part of my review of popular articles on my news websites during 2008. It follows part 1 and part 2, but it can be enjoyed on its own, like an nice ripe cheese. Unlike one friend, … Continue reading →

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Looking Back: 2008 Part 2

2008-12-27 by mjr

This is a continuation from part 1 but can be enjoyed on its own too, like a good red wine. It’s a bit early for me for red wine, though. May BBC TV: Click: Free=beer and facebook-flaming – my letter … Continue reading →

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Looking Back: 2008 Part 1

2008-12-25 by mjr

Over the next few days, I’m looking at the most popular articles from this site and my previous news website during 2008. I’ll be doing it in three parts. Popularity is measured by page views from local access logs, but … Continue reading →

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Results of Which Social Bookmarking?

2008-12-23 by mjr

I asked Which Social Bookmarking? almost a month ago. I was looking for a service which:- is run on free software provides RSS feeds of new additions (pref. RSS-1, but any RSS is OK) provides all my bookmarks for download/backup … Continue reading →

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Debian, Lenny GR and the Secretary

2008-12-19 by mjr

Two policy issues have been brewing in debian and I’ve been mostly quiet about them because I’ve been busy with TTLLP work. One is the Lenny release GR which I’m still trying to make sense of. I mean: yikes! I’ve … Continue reading →

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Smart Tricks with ssh

2008-12-11 by mjr

Host * ControlPath ~/.ssh/sock/%r@%h:%p ControlMaster auto from Nijel’s weblog: Speed up SSH logins – is there any disadvantage to this? Also, “completition” is a great typo along the lines of my frequent “abou tit” one. ServerAliveInterval 3600 for reasons explained … Continue reading →

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Farewell Oliver Postgate: Chairman Bagpuss, I almost knew you

2008-12-09 by mjr

There have been glowing tributes in the news today following the death of Oliver Postgate, creator of Bagpuss, Ivor the Engine and Noggin the Nog and co-creator of the Clangers. But it’s surprised me how few of the mainstream news … Continue reading →

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Do Your Shop Photos Leak?

2008-12-04 by mjr

If you’ve set up an online shop, are your product photos saying more about you than you intended? “there’s a huge amount of potentially privacy-sensitive metadata in your typical JPEG as generated by your camera (including camera type, settings, date/time, … Continue reading →

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Supporting World AIDS Day

2008-12-01 by mjr

“HIV/AIDS has been a global epidemic for more than 27 years. Most of today’s youth have never known a world without it. … The time is now. Together, we can prevent the spread of this pandemic – through awareness, care, … Continue reading →

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