1. Firefox beta beta 2 days ago
2. Safari yesterday
3. Chromium yesterday
4. Opera beta just now

And of course, my Google Chrome updates come every time I open it since it’s part of the development channel!

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I have the coolest PC in the cul-de-sac!

The TBSC BlueServo Virtual Community Watch is a network of cameras and sensors along the Texas-Mexico border that feeds live streaming video to BlueServo.net. Users log in to the BlueServo website and directly monitor suspicious criminal activity along the border via this virtual fence.

How cool is that?

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Get your vigilante groove on – from your couch!

Brian Krebs wrote a great article on this, so if you want more info, I recommend checking it out on the Washington Post website.

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Most SPAM sites use 1 of only 10 different registrars

As is the case with many companies that maintain large databases of information, Monster is the target of illegal attempts to access and extract information from its database. We recently learned our database was illegally accessed and certain contact and account data were taken, including Monster user IDs and passwords, email addresses, names, phone numbers, and some basic demographic data. The information accessed does not include resumes. Monster does not generally collect – and the accessed information does not include – sensitive data such as social security numbers or personal financial data.

That’s what they have to say about the latest Monster.com screwup, but in case, you forgot, it isn’t the 1st Monster data leak we’ve seen!

And get this, government job searches aren’t safe either – they host USAJobs.com too.

Thanks Monster – you da’ bomb!

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You Search, Monster.com Leaks!

For those who have no idea what I’m talking about, here are some snippets from this morning’s online version of the WSJ:

Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have withdrawn quietly from a coalition formed two years ago to protect network neutrality. Each company has forged partnerships with the phone and cable companies. In addition, prominent Internet scholars, some of whom have advised President-elect Barack Obama on technology issues, have softened their views on the subject. Obama one year ago at Google HQ’s: “I will take a back seat to no one in my commitment to network neutrality.”

Now that I’ve heard their stance on net neutrality, I’m glad I never ponied up the coins for their tree-killing newspaper. In effect, the WSJ is saying that Obama is softening his stance on net neutrality too; it’ll be interesting to hear his response on this, but meanwhile watch this short video on the net neutrality issue from Google’s point of view.

btw: Lawrence Lessig, founder of the Creative Commons Foundation, is leaving Stanford and returning to Harvard Law. He will work on anti-corruption issues from there.

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Net Neutrality And WSJ’s Load Of Crap

For those not familiar with Magic Squares, I included some brief instructions and a Wikipedia link on Magic Square history. If you wanna change it’s color theme, I included an option for that too.

One of these days, I’ll get around to an online chess or Sudoku game – now that would be a challenge. Have fun!

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Is your Magic Square symmetrical?

For example, when I receive, “I don’t know who that is! It looks like you caught him while he was blinking.”, I assume it’s referencing an image from an earlier message – but which message?!

So, if you’re not going to reply with the original attached file, which totally makes sense in order to cut down on bandwidth concerns (although it usually doesn’t apply anymore, but still feels good to keep internet traffic short & succinct), at least include the name of the image, video, etc. you’re talking about in the subject line or body of your message. That not only saves even more bandwidth, but also time and confusion for the receiver.

btw: this article on email etiquette lists 25 more email etiquette items you may want to take a quick look at.

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Email Etiquette – What Are You Talking About?