Category Archives: Computers

Google Web Fonts API

Posted on June 29, 2011 by dale

Ever heard of the Google Web Fonts API? Stumbled across this while looking for something else. Could be useful when trying to find that “perfect font” for your new website. Oh and the new font selector website is pretty cool.

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Google Goggles, CSI like technology on your phone.

Posted on June 29, 2011 by dale

I’ve read about it before countless times before, but I haven’t had a phone capable of running it. This morning while drinking my tea I read yet another post about Google Goggles and decided to install it on my HTC … Continue reading →

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Awesome, powerful, small Linux machine.

Posted on June 7, 2011 by dale

Found this on the Make Zine site, more info on Geek.com site or the Raspberry Pi Foundation site. Awesome little machine with rather impressive specifications. Provisional specification 700MHz ARM11 256MB of SDRAM OpenGL ES 2.0 1080p30 H.264 high-profile decode Composite … Continue reading →

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Firefox 4

Posted on March 24, 2011 by dale

Yesterday I upgraded to the new Firefox 4… I must say that it does look nicer than the old Firefox, unfortunately a little out of place on my Windows XP desktop but not too bad. Unfortunately it feels very sluggish, … Continue reading →

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Wikileaks HQ or just another ISP?

Posted on December 13, 2010 by dale

There is some confusion in the comments of the post about whether or not this is Wikileaks HQ or just a data center that they use. But the place is cool, reminds me of a James Bond villains lair. Architecture … Continue reading →

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Wifi WPA Cracking

Posted on July 28, 2010 by dale

Found this on a friend’s Buzz page, rather scary. Basically these guys offer access to a cluster that has been specifically fine tuned for cracking WPA encryption keys for wireless networks and at the cheapest price it’ll cost $17. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Awesome Iron Man Suit

Posted on July 15, 2010 by dale

This guy has made an awesome Iron Man suit War Machine suit, one of the best ones I’ve seen online. Sorry guys I should’ve realised that this is not Iron Man but rather War Machine, but still its impressive.

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Drowned my Mouse – Autopsy + Repair

Posted on June 28, 2010 by dale

This afternoon I drowned my mouse with a cup of tea and killed it. The mouse was a Microsoft Wireless 4000 Notebook Optical Mouse which I’ve had for over 2 years and liked a lot… Electronics + tea don’t mix As … Continue reading →

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Yellow Dots – Follow on about the Xerox story.

Posted on June 18, 2010 by dale

After yesterdays post about Xerox making copies of documents for the CIA during the cold war a friend sent me a link to this site (SeeingYellow). For those of you who don’t know about this there is a conspiracy theory … Continue reading →

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The Power of Telnet

Posted on June 14, 2010 by dale

A client had a problem with “stuck” email in there inbox, we’re not exactly sure what caused this but there were about 60+ emails waiting in there email box all of about 3MB and all the exact same and they … Continue reading →

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