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Month: June 2012

  • Image representing post: KeePass for Opera

    KeePass for Opera

    Dan develops a browser plugin for Opera to allow the KeePass Password Safe to work with Opera 12+, after the Opera team remove the feature upon which many KeePass users depended.

    Read more (260 words)

    • Article
    • posted 17 June, 2012
  • please.do.not.disturb.me

    Domain Name Hacks of 2013

    With a plethora of new top-level domains planned to hit the Internet in 2013, Dan proposes a handful of new domain names, then feels sad that this new era might spell the end of "domain hacks", by making them too easy.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (949 words)

    • Article
    • posted 15 June, 2012
  • In Europe? Here's the trick I used when Civ 5 was first released to get it a few days early... it'll probably work for Gods & Kings, too.



    I've just tried this and it works; thought I'd share my results with you so that any fellow Europeans can give it a go too.



    Pre-order the game in your own country (I'm in the UK and bought my copy months and months ago; paid in ยฃ)


    โ€ฆ

    Read more (182 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 15 June, 2012
  • My mobile banking app, showing me a special six digit code.

    Cardless Cashpoints

    RBS Group banks now offer the ability to withdraw cash from ATMs without using a bank card, by making the withdrawal request from their mobile app. Dan gives it a go, and shares his thoughts on the process.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (949 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 14 June, 2012
  • CCTV camera.

    Internetland

    In Internetland, everybody has prosopagnosia. That's why it's so important that the people who live there treat their passwords with care. Dan tells a story about Alice, Bob, Eve, and an antiques store.

    Read more - about 9 minutes (2078 words)

    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 13 June, 2012
  • Spee Kin Dork Weans Anguish

    Darn desk covers eh Anguish languish, you sing eat toucan fusion Hanoi owl office fronds.

    Read more (98 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 11 June, 2012
  • The Signal and The Noise album cover, showing a man in a dark room shining a torch on a woman, tied up and lying on a wooden floor, with her hand on a note.

    The Signal and the Noise

    Dan says nice things about Andy's new album, The Signal and the Noise, and offers to post his "spare" copy to you. Want it?

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    • Article
    • 3 comments
    • posted 9 June, 2012

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