Shot this weekend with the Leica M9 and the 35mm summicron. I still love that camera.
Under the Bridge
Choose Your Password (Language) With Care
When you want to use words / sentences in a password, it pays to use a non-English dictionary. Just check the Kaspersky blog on strong passwords., and try it for yourself.
The English word combination 'horse' and 'toad' are considered weaker than the Dutch equivalent ('paard' and 'pad').
Mail Addressed to 'Unknown IP Address'
The last couple of weeks, I got several mails addressed to 'Onbekend IP Adres' (which is Dutch for 'Unknown IP Address') .
The e-mail 'To:' field contains my mail address with the 'Onbekend IP Adres' as an alias.
How are we supposed to take these spammers seriously? First, get my name right. Then, I'll might think about clicking on these links in the e-mail (NOT).
Create a Juniper SRX ca-profile For Unified Access Control
When you have a registered Juniper UAC / IC appliance, you have to option to download a VMWare version of the system. This is called a DTE appliance (Development and Test Environment). With this you have a full-blown UAC at your disposal for testing and development. Only downside is that it's limited to 5 connected users. Apart from that, it's just like the real-deal.
Kobo Glo Illuminated Screen
The Kobo and Sony e-reader both have excellent e-ink displays. No difference on that front. The biggest difference is the fact that the Kobo Glo has a build in light. This makes it possible to read in the dark. The following images show the difference of the screen compared to the Sony PRS-T2 with the following Kobo Glo lights settings;
- No Light
- Minimal Light (1%)
- 50% Light
- 100% Light
The photos were shot with an iPhone under poor light circumstances.
I have no problem with reading in the dark (pitch black) with the minimal light setting (1%). Just throw in more light if you need/want more contrast when reading in the dark.
Kobo Glo eBook Library Management With Calibre
Since the bookcase in our living room is is reaching its maximum capacity, we're moving from traditional books to e-books.
My wife already has the Sony PRS-T2 e-reader, and this week, I bought the Kobo Glo
for myself. The reason for choosing the Kobo Glo is that it has an
illuminated screen (which you can turn on and off). So it enables me to
read in the dark. No need for an additional light. It does drain the
battery faster if you enable the integrated light. Not as fast as I
thought initially, but compared to the battery life of the Sony reader,
the difference is significant (weeks instead of months).
This post won't review the Kobo Glo itself. There are numerous other reviews online available. So, if you're looking for an in-depth review, please follow this link and pick one of the search results.
This post goes into the e-book management for the e-reader. Especially on how to sort and display series (e.g. the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child). Even though the post describes the management for the Kobo (Glo), it's possible as valid for other e-readers. The (textual) information was gathered from several sources on the Internet (and added as a source of that information).
International Interest in My 'Brand'
This week, I found the following mail in my mailbox. Not really sure what the scam is, but I'm sure it's gonna cost me money....
(Letter to the President or Brand Owner, thanks)Dear President,
We are a domain name registration and protection agency in Asia. I have something to confirm with you. We formally received an application on July 16,2013 that a company which self-styled"Togh International Co.,Ltd"were applying to register"redelijkheid"as their Brand Name and some domain names through our firm.
Now we are handling this registration, and after our initial checking, we found the name were similar to your company's, so we need to check with you whether your company has authorized that company to register these names. If you authorized this, we will finish the registration at once. If you did not authorize, please let us know within 7 workdays, so that we will handle this issue better. Out of the time limit we will unconditionally finish the registration for"Togh International Co.,Ltd".Looking forward to your prompt reply.
Best Regards,
David Zhao
Tel:+86(0551)63434624
Fax:+86(0551)63434924
Address:HuiZhou Ave 999, Hefei, Anhui, China
Apple Sued For Porn Addiction
“Chris Sevier, a 36-year-old man from Tennessee, got so addicted to porn videos that his wife took his children and left him. Now he has sued Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), saying the Cupertino, Calif.-based company failed to install any filter in its devices to prevent his affliction.”
Why stop at Apple? There's also something as your Internet Service Provider. Those are the 'bastards' that transport the stuff from the Interwebs to your home. Or the actual sites for allowing people to see these appalling (for some) images / videos without a dozen age/religion/whatever security checks?
One of the best parts is the following:
“Sevier claims that his addiction started when he “accidentally” replaced the “a-c-e” in Facebook with a “u-c-k.” Sevier said this F***book site “appealed to his biological sensibilities as a male,” and he started to prefer the images on the screen to his own wife.”
The 'a' is nowhere near the 'u', and the 'k' is nowhere near the 'e' (on my keyboard), so how the hell is it possible to 'accidentally' type f-u-c-k instead of f-a-c-e?
At least I learned something; I learned about the existence of a website that wasn't in my bookmarks already :-)
Juniper SRX Apply-groups
A while back I wrote a blog post about enabling global logging on security rules. This week I applied the same technique to enable ping on all zones for testing / troubleshooting purposes.
Instead
of adding ping as a host-inbound-traffic system-service to all zones,
and if you have a couple this means some configuring, you can solve this
by adding just 3 (three) lines of config to the firewall.
Sarlacc Pit On My Doorstep
When I came home yesterday and tried to enter through the front door, my eye caught some movement just in front of my doorstep. My first thought was;
OMG... The Sarlacc Pit in front of my house.
And for those you find the video too scary.... The bug lives (just not saying which bug).