Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Linda historia de como recuperaron una notebook robada.
I am saddened to think of Xmarks (formerly Foxmarks) going under. Their announcement email explained the situation very nicely, however, and one can hardly fault them for calling it quits. They were never able to monetize the data they aggregated, and not enough people would be willing to pay a subscription fee now that all the browsers are providing sync themselves.
I've been their add-on since almost day one; at first they didn't even have a central server to provide the service, it was just an add-on that you could point to an ftp server of your choice. (You can still point it to an ftp or WebDAV server of your choice, so that is one way to keep using it, at least until browser updates break compatibility).
Actually, Foxmarks once got a stolen laptop returned to me. About a month after my house was burglarized, I noticed new bookmarks showing up in my browser on my other machines. The person who "acquired" my laptop never bothered to wipe and reinstall, or even to create a new user account. So every time he bookmarked a URL, Foxmarks would diligently sync it to my other computers. So, from my own machine, I edited all of the bookmarks to point to a redirect page on my server. Once my changes were synced back to my stolen laptop, I was able to record its IP address every time he used one of his bookmarks. I gave that to the police, and another month later they got my laptop back after subpoenaing his ISP to get his address.
So, Foxmarks has a special place in my heart.
I am saddened to think of Xmarks (formerly Foxmarks) going under. Their announcement email explained the situation very nicely, however, and one can hardly fault them for calling it quits. They were never able to monetize the data they aggregated, and not enough people would be willing to pay a subscription fee now that all the browsers are providing sync themselves.
I've been their add-on since almost day one; at first they didn't even have a central server to provide the service, it was just an add-on that you could point to an ftp server of your choice. (You can still point it to an ftp or WebDAV server of your choice, so that is one way to keep using it, at least until browser updates break compatibility).
Actually, Foxmarks once got a stolen laptop returned to me. About a month after my house was burglarized, I noticed new bookmarks showing up in my browser on my other machines. The person who "acquired" my laptop never bothered to wipe and reinstall, or even to create a new user account. So every time he bookmarked a URL, Foxmarks would diligently sync it to my other computers. So, from my own machine, I edited all of the bookmarks to point to a redirect page on my server. Once my changes were synced back to my stolen laptop, I was able to record its IP address every time he used one of his bookmarks. I gave that to the police, and another month later they got my laptop back after subpoenaing his ISP to get his address.
So, Foxmarks has a special place in my heart.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Los cursos de este señor son bastantes buenos. Google le esta dando plata para que los haga en mas idiomas http://ping.fm/STf5f
CIA used 'illegal, inaccurate code to target kill drones' ( http://ping.fm/dZkHy )
"Inteligencia Militar"
"Inteligencia Militar"
Lindos chiches para comprar:
- TalkAbout que se cargan por USB. ( http://ping.fm/w0UY7 )
- Cargardor manual para USB ( http://ping.fm/20Y2A )
- Two-Way radio con cargador incorporado ( http://ping.fm/eed0O )
- TalkAbout que se cargan por USB. ( http://ping.fm/w0UY7 )
- Cargardor manual para USB ( http://ping.fm/20Y2A )
- Two-Way radio con cargador incorporado ( http://ping.fm/eed0O )
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Thursday, September 09, 2010
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