Santas in the dock

Well after an embarrassingly long absence from the blogsphere...and no doubt long enough to have lost the goodwill from those linking to this blog... I have started agin wiht a new post.....from those guys over at out-law.com.

Microsoft Surface

An interesting concept from Microsoft...parodied by the Internet in about 30Seconds!....enjoy

A Lesson Learned

A short story for you....

I was enjoying my favourite beverage on Friday night in London (corner of Grosvenor St and New Bond Street to be precise) when one of London's finest decided that they would like to look after my bag for me.....very thoughtful.

As payment for this "service" they decided to keep my Macbook, charger, iPod and car keys. However they were most thoughtful to leave the paperwork I had carefully stowed along with my passport and house keys.

If I were to complain about any part of the service I think it would have to be the way in which they returned my bag.....via those fantastic fellows at the RNLI Lifeboat Station in Chiswick (http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/east/stations/ChiswickLondonW4). They fished it out the Thames on Saturday morning! By the way they perform a vital service funded entirely via public donation...so if you are feeling flush head over to their site.

This got me thinking about how one might go about getting one over the thief next time the odds are against me and it gets stolen.....

So....this applies to Apple MacBook/MacBook Pro/iMac/Mac Mini owners:

I have done the following:

1. 
   Enable the Open Firmware password on your mac (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106482)
2. 
   Purchase the following application: http://www.orbicule.com/undercover/ this is an ingenious bit of software....read the site to find out. http://www.orbicule.com/undercover/faq.php ....and for around £26 for cover for 5 machines it's not going to break the bank.
3. 
   Create a "honeypot" account on your mac. One that is say a guest account that has no password but cannot administer the machine. You want the thief to think it works to capture their face.....see undercover above!

Whilst this won't retrieve my MacBook....I'll have a better chance at recovery next time.

Just thought I'd share this with you.

Flip4Mac

Flip4Mac

Excellent blog detailing some of the features around the mac WMV component.

Well thats a real pig!!

Well thats a real bummer!
At least I won't have to go an buy a new HD flat screen now...Oh wait that was my excuse and now I don't have one...

When the Sky stops being the limit

HD For Indies

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