Techfoot Short Takes

Video: Twitter in Plain English | Common Craft - Explanations In Plain English

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:45:51 -0400

Video: Twitter in Plain English | Common Craft - Explanations In Plain English: The Common Craft folks do their thing by explaining how Twitter works. “Twitter brought her closer to people who meant something to her 140 characters at a time.”

And I thought that the reason I couldn’t understand those...

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:13:39 -0400

And I thought that the reason I couldn’t understand those lyrics was that I was getting old and my hearing was going….

How to Remember Your Password

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:57:38 -0400

How to Remember Your Password: Internationally renowned security technologist and author. “Simply, people can no longer remember passwords good enough to reliably defend against dictionary attacks, and are much more secure if they choose a password too complicated to remember and then write it down. We’re all good at securing small pieces of paper. I recommend that people write their passwords down on a small piece of paper, and keep it with their other valuable small pieces of paper: in their wallet.”

Botanicalls Twitter DIY

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:13:24 -0500

Botanicalls Twitter DIY: Botanicalls Twitter answers the question: What’s up with your plant? It offers a connection to your leafy pal via online Twitter status updates that reach you anywhere in the world. When your plant needs water, it will post to let you know, and send its thanks when you show it love.

One Third of Princeton Students Buy Mac

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:17:00 -0500

One Third of Princeton Students Buy Mac: The percentage of Apple users on campus continues to grow.

Starting with All You Can Eat Music Service

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:45:32 -0500

I’ve spent the better part of the afternoon getting the SanDisk Clip to work on the Thinkpad. Now I remember why I liked switching the Mac.