Category Archives: Internet

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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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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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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Google Street View – Now in Cape Town

Posted on June 8, 2010 by dale

Google Street View is now enabled for Cape Town, probably because of the World Cup. So go ahead and waste hours and bandwidth walking through the streets of Cape Town. View Larger Map

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The uncapped ADSL experiment

Posted on June 2, 2010 by dale

I’ve decided to give uncapped ADSL a try for my home connection, I’m not sure yet if it’ll work or if it’ll save me any money or bring on more frustrations… After asking around amongst my friends I’ve decided to … Continue reading →

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