Links 'n stuff
100 Vim commands every programmer should know
We all know Vim is the best editor there is ;-): endless posibilities, super fast editing and looking cool as hell when other people see you work. Here are 100 Vim commands [every programmer] should know.
Freerunner unboxing porn!
My Freerunner will leave for shipment tomorrow! Unfortunately I’m leaving on holliday sunday morning so it won’t be another 8 days untill I can get my hands on it
To ease the pain (or increase it?) I’ve been scourging the web for reviews, pictures and the likes. There don’t appear to be many Freerunners [...]
Reviews
First steps with the Neo Freerunner
Just got back from vacation yesterday after a gruelling seven hour drive. And what beter way to be welcomed home than by finding my Neo Freerunner waiting for me The phone was very professionally packed, the absense of a manual was the only thing giving away that this isn’t a mass market product (yet).
Besides [...]
Identi.ca - Open Source microblogging
The new microblogging service identi.ca has been online for some time now and its user base is growing steadily. It hasn’t gotten as much attention as Twitter or Jaiku to name a few, but identi.ca offers some features that are quite compelling to geeks as myself.
Perhaps the best thing about identi.ca is that its an [...]
Security
Disk Encryption Not Secure
The encryption used by popular several disk encryption systems such as Apple’s Filevault, the Bitlocker feature in Windows Vista, TrueCrypt or dm-crypt is not that secure after all.
That is the conclusion of researchers of Princeton University and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The flaw is actually a design limitation in the current way disk encryption systems [...]
Security Related Applications for GNU/Linux
Concerned about your digital security? Aren’t we all?
Check out this list of security related applications for GNU/Linux by Fayax.info and find some nice tools you didn’t know about!
Articles
Dvorak on shrink-wrap vs SaaS
One of John C. Dvorak’s latest articles is an ode to Shrink-Wrapped software and why it’s long from dead. Some of his arguments are correct, but many aren’t.
1. The network sucks
True, the network is the weakest link in the entire Software as a Service design. But I think John fails to see that the companies [...]
Wikileaks - Freedom of Information
While everyone has probably heard of Wikipedia before, the younger Wikileaks is much less famous. While Wikipedia is focusing on being the world’s first free and open encyclopedia, Wikileaks is an uncensorable wikipedia for leaking documents and analysis.
Wikileaks describes itself as:
The first ingredient of civil society is the people’s right to know, because without such [...]