stuff on stuff

1tb

Thursday, 6 September 2007 9:49 pm by noel
posted in hardware, stuff

seagate recently introduced their 1 terabyte (tb) desktop drive. i vaguely remember hitachi advertising their 1 tb drive a few weeks ago.
1 terabyte. that’s 1,000 gigabytes. in one drive. one might think that this is enough but i also hear that people have started asking for 2 terabytes. for storing their dvds. people will [...]

an lcd with eyes

Tuesday, 4 September 2007 11:35 am by noel
posted in hardware, stuff

sharp came out with an lcd with embedded optical sensors. its still a bit small — half a vga screen — but it will eventually get to a size we are normally accustomed to. think about it for a moment. you will actually “look” at the person you’re having a video conference with instead of [...]

buy an extra battery

Monday, 3 September 2007 10:52 pm by noel
posted in hardware, stuff

if you’re buying a new cellphone do yourself a favor and get an extra battery. use them alternately.
i got myself an original replacement battery (sony ericsson) for my two- (or maybe three-) year old phone and i’m having a hard time recharging the thing. i charge the batt until the cell says its full and [...]

nmap security tool

Monday, 3 September 2007 4:50 pm by noel
posted in internet, software, stuff

well, if you’re into security or want to know a little more there’s always nmap.
Nmap is without question the finest scanner available for the security professional and the scanner of choice for the vast majority of hackers.

world’s worst hacker

Friday, 31 August 2007 8:40 am by noel
posted in stuff

i found this one funny. if you’re a geek, you’d find this funny too. it made my morning a little better. its an irc transcript and the link i got from the smoothwall forums.
the world’s worst hacker
if the link’s down, tell me.