Got this from Third, who got it I think from Kaia, who got it from… ah fuck it – here it is anyway.
Feeling Close
I finally found a use for my iPhone camera (a.k.a. the crap-cam). I’ve decided to put up a set on my gallery dedicated to pictures showing the poor use of english. The few that are up now are mostly the misuse of the word close, when what they really meant was closed (hence the title). They’ll mostly be local, but who knows, maybe I spot something during trips elsewhere.
In time, I’m sure that the set will grow, but just so we’re all clear: I don’t really make it a point to seek these “situations” out – so it probably won’t be a regular thing.
Headphone talk
As I promised Arjay, I’m posting a blog entry of the story behind my new headphones. But first, let me give a brief “history” of my life and pricey headphones so that readers can make more sense out of this entry. Read More
Taas kilay
I apologize for the title, I really can’t think of anything better.
Anyways, I replaced my brow-ring after 2 weeks. I’m aware that it usually takes 4-6 weeks for this piercing type to heal, but I felt compelled to for a bunch of reasons.
How’s your password?
I promised myself that I’d write a post on this topic since God knows when, just never got to do it.
But there was a recent incident in the messageboard where we think a couple of users’ passwords were compromised. Of course we won’t discount the possibilty of a security exploit, but since the accounts were isolated, I’m inclined to think the former. So no better time than now to make good on that promise.
There’s a lot one can say about what you should NOT use as a password (e.g. common words, birth-dates, personal identification information, etc.), but instead of restating the obvious, I thought I’d talk about what you could do with your current weak (but memorable) password and beef it up.
Ultimately, it is accepted that randomness is the key to password strength. So the natural goal is to make one’s password as random as possible.
Unfortunately, not everyone has perfect memory, hence it’s a sad reality that people will choose passwords that they can remember; and that usually means choosing really simple ones at that.
But there is a way to create [somewhat] secure passwords which are also memorable.
Don’t believe me? Read on.