Tag Archives: information

I’m not bothered about cookies and privacy intrusion, Firefox privacy feature deletes all cookies on close

You know those cookie opt-in/opt-out information bars that you regularly spot when you surf around (mostly big) websites? Here’s one from thesun.co.uk. The fuzz is that cookies can be used to identify users on subsequent visits, therefore a possible privacy … Read more

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My 5-hour long stay in Cambodia

I just arrived in Cambodia. The only reason I’m here is to stay in Thailand. Confused? Read on. Tourists can only stay in Thailand for one month without a Visa. The only way to extend the stay is to cross … Read more

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Sharing of information, social media and privacy – before and now

As I can’t sleep I’ve decided to scribble down some thoughts regarding sharing of information, social media and privacy. It’s interesting how in my younger days I was obsessed, well maybe not intentionally, about sharing information about me and getting … Read more

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iGoogle replacements

Netvibes Netvibes may be my iGoogle replacement of choice as of now. It seems to be fairly flexible and also importing the iGoogle feeds to Netvibes was a breeze. Appearently Netvibes requires the import file to be in an OPML … Read more

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Apple location services you think you need enabled but you don’t

So you don’t fancy the fact that Apple knows where you are at all times? Then you’ve probably browsed through the “Location Services” items in the Settings menu and you’ve also looked through the cunningly named “System Services” section. With … Read more

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CoreFTP Command Line commands

Snapshot from their official documentation at 25th of July 2012. Please read the official documentation supplied with the binaries downloadable from the CoreFTP website for the most accurate information. CoreFTP has a summary of command line options in their Docs … Read more

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Readability is important – programming principle that should be used by everyone

When you’re working in programming teams, code readability is very important to the overall quality of the system – that is if you care for it in the long run. You have to consider that other people don’t know what … Read more

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