Archives - (January, 2007)

Archive for January, 2007 (1 - 4 of 4)

meebo + ssh + safari = private im!

( Code )

In an attempt to make my private life more private (especially while at work), I set out to find a good way to encrypt my IM traffic. My options: OTR - Off the record (encryption built into IM clients) Pros: OTR is encryption for IM conversations :D Cons: Not everyone has OTR, OTR implementations are different between clients, You can still sniff who the traffic was going to / coming from. naim - shell / ncurses based IM client Pros: I can SSH to a box, and use this client. Cons: .. it's a console IM client.  [...]

To Clear The Air

( Work )

There are quite a few individuals on this intarweb that are of the opinion that my employer is much worse than it is. In fact, several people who I know and trust have cautioned me about it. I'm a typically paranoid guy so I of course had backup plans, but I'm proud to announce that i've rationalized my fears and done quite a bit of observation. All that I've found are quality, hard working people. Accountable people who care about the end result. It's an infectious environment that I'm [...]

Duckroller's Anonymous

( Loopy )

Have you been victimized by the DUCKROLL?

If so, please share your experiences here.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, please see our educational video on the social impacts of being duckrolled.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WXD8dyOL60

 

 

 

 

 

P.S. You got duckrolled, bitch!

Recursively Add CVS Binary -kb to binary files

CVS annoys me.

find . -type f | xargs file | grep executable | perl -e 'while (<>) { s/^(.+?):\s+.+$/$1/g; print `cvs admin -kb $_`; }'

Wont work on files containing "executable".. ;(  you might have to add more grep pipes to narrow things down if you have files named this...