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Archive for October, 2007
Leaf Networks: Quick ‘n Easy VPNs
Oct 30th
Setting up a VPN isn’t usually for the faint of heart. You usually need to buy (expensive) hardware and you need your IT guy to set everything up. They’re awkward to change, and they can be fragile, especially if firewalls get in the way. Leaf Networks have introduced a free, easy peer-to-peer VPN service that is no more complex to set up than an IM client. You install the software, add “buddies”, and select what you want to share, and their software takes care of all the communication and security. Nice!
From Web Worker Daily
Open Source Document Management
Oct 26th
At work we used to be a small operation with very few documents and it was nice and simple to keep everything straight. I, as the CTO, am the keeper of all the operational procedures, network diagrams etc, and Pierre (our marketing guru) manages all the sales and marketing documents. The company web server runs a CMS called Joomla, which has a decent enough file manager, so we put the documents up there in a password protected area when they’re complete and we want to make them available to selected clients.
We’ve started to grow, both in head count and sophistication, so More >
Irish Retailers Don’t Get The Web
Oct 17th
Michele’s just come across the ultimate in cheapness. Rather than pay professionals to design their new website for them, Blanchardstown Shopping Centre are running a competition instead. They’ve got the Bank of Ireland to sponsor a prize of a whole €1,000 to be awarded to the winning designer of their new site! What’s even worse is the prize is in the form of vouchers for their own shops, so you can’t even spend it on what you want.
A professional wouldn’t even take your phone call if he heard your budget was only a grand, and nobody in the business is going to More >
No wonder George W Bush was re-elected
Oct 13th
I just saw this on Moby’s blog. CNN New Zealand did a vox pop on the streets of the USA asking questions like "where is the Berlin Wall?" and "What religion are Buddhist monks?" and asking them to point out places like Iran and North Korea on the map… It’s very funny and more than a bit scary, but makes you wonder about the information these people are being given about the world around them.
The US government & military are waging war abroad on behalf of their citizens without properly explaining to their people why, and communicating the repercussions More >
He should have asked her first
Oct 9th
"Reason for Selling: Purchased without proper consent from the wife. Apparently "do whatever the F**K you want" does not mean what I thought."
Link via The Register
