As in life, so in code… “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” –Antoine de Saint Exupery
Category: Commentary
General commentary.
Secure Disk
TrueCrypt has been nothing but unreliable on OSX, so in looking for alternatives I found an obvious one — the built in disk utility! DU can create encrypted disks… not exactly up to DoD standards, but more than enough for me, worried about my data in case my laptop is stolen…
Hashing
If you ever find yourself encoding or decoding one of the standard algorithms, you can use this website to check the results… FileFormat.info – Hash Functions.
Monitor Placement
This isn’t really about technology, but more about the human-technology interface. Keep in mind the traditional eye-movement triggers while placing your monitor(s) in your workspace.
Windows Time Synch
Windows nicely ships with a little utility that updates your system time with an internet server so that the clock won’t skew over time. This is a Pretty Good Idea, but alas, it went away several months ago. The built-in servers time.windows.com and time.nist.gov no longer respond to requests to get the current/correct time. As… Continue reading Windows Time Synch
Hello world!
Hello! This is going to be my place to store code, tips, and tricks as I find things worth saving…