By default, Google Mail sets a session cookie that doesn’t have the secure flag, meaning that if you log in to GMail, leave, and later return to the unencrypted “http://” URL (instead of “https://”), your browser will transmit your session information in plain-text to the server. This problem gained some attention last year and we […]
1. Create special email addresses to better filter your mail This one’s an oldie but goodie. If you’re using Gmail, you can append “+something” to your name in your email address to better sort incoming mails. For instance, if your name is John Doe and you wanted to separate work mail from family mail, […]
You may recall a post last month about Kaizo Mario, the ridiculously cruel fan-made Super Mario World level. Hackszine reader Guy Russell sent us a link to an article on the Mechanically Seperated Meat blog that uses this level to visually illustrate the concept of the “Many Worlds Interpretation” of quantum physics. One good example […]
One week ago, Sherri Davidoff dropped her wallet into an envelope and shipped it out. Then she boarded a plane: After about a half hour, I got up to the JetBlue counter. I handed my boarding pass to the woman behind the counter and explained, “I don’t have my wallet. Do you think I’ll make […]
Gizmodo has a detailed walkthrough that guides you through the process of getting homebrew apps running on the PSP Slim (or any PSP, really). They skip the whole step of enabling service mode on your battery, since there are some cheap service mode batteries available for $25 that will save you the effort. When you’ve […]
If you’ve ever wanted to examine or edit a binary file in your favorite text editor, there’s an easy way to simulate a vi hex mode. To do this, you just filter the file’s contents through the xxd hex dump utility, a trick that can be accomplished right within the vi/vim interface. To convert a […]
Richard from EspressoReport put together a thorough tutorial that will get you up and running with OS X Leopard on a Dell Inspiron. Arguably, it’s not the most sexy hardware, but at the $650 list price with dual core performance and the natively supported graphics chip (same as the MacBook’s), it’s not a shabby alternative […]
