27/07/2013
Nearly a month has passed since Google Reader was taken away from us 🙁 I’m still officially in mourning, and have yet to find a decent replacement. Currents is my go to now for news feeds on my Nexus devices, but it’s just not the same. So I decided to take more advantage of RSS feeds offered by the web sites I visit, and update the menu to easily provide…
27/07/2013
I’m never keen on this time of year, the dry spell between E3 and the pre Xmas push, where there are no new title releases 🙁 Thank the digital gods that Far Cry 3 has longevity, and Kerbal Space Program 0.21 update as landed September’s GTA5 release can’t come soon enough!
25/07/2013
Reports of the OTA arriving are coming in fast and furious The 4.3 OTA for the Nexus 4 seems to be rolling out en masse, as I’m getting reports from everywhere that it’s now available. To check for the OTA yourself, open Settings, scroll down to About phone, and tap the System updates line item. If you’re just not having any luck, the link location has been uncovered. You can…
24/07/2013
Here are a couple of really nice tools I was linked to today Whisper Systems free encrypted communication tools Red Phone Like privacy? Secure your calls for free with RedPhone. It’s that simple. RedPhone provides end-to-end encryption for your calls, securing your conversations so that nobody can listen in. RedPhone uses your normal phone number to make and receive calls, so you don’t need yet another identifier. Use the default…
23/07/2013
Hands on Official Akira motorcycle – Kotaku From my teenage years of playing Cyberpunk RPG, and watching manga, Akira‘s bike has been the epicentre of cool concept… and today I’m stoked to say it exists 🙂 Probably not the best ride, but for sure the coolest! diablo 2003
23/07/2013
Lack of Indy developer support from Microsoft is another reason that I’m been pushed towards the PS4 for my (first) next gen console. I’ve had a long time love affair with Sony, only enticed to the xbox as Microsoft offered online games first. Now times have changed, this feature is no longer unique, and what benefit have I had from paying to play online all this time. Don’t get me…
21/07/2013
Here’s a link to a guide I’ve nearly completed… if I could only get Vidalia to use the EC2 instant I’ve created as a bridge 🙂 How to Protect your Internet Anonymity and Privacy/Your own TOR node on Amazon EC2
21/07/2013
Today I have been trying to work with Tor via AWS… I have installed Tor ok, it seems to be running, I am currently having issues connecting to the bridge from Vidalia. So while trying to achieve this I’ve come across some cool Linux commands htop – I use this ofter but thought I’d list it, as one of my favourites. It lists the current processes and system activity ps…
21/07/2013
Is no site sacred? Ubuntu Forums Ubuntu Forums is down for maintenance There has been a security breach on the Ubuntu Forums. The Canonical IS team is working hard as we speak to restore normal operations. This page will be updated regularly with progress reports. What we know Unfortunately the attackers have gotten every user’s local username, password, and email address from the Ubuntu Forums database. The passwords are not…