Shanktified!

I have a ton passwords.  I like strong and unique passwords for every site.

I love the password safe - Keepass.  It’s great and runs from a jump drive so I always have my passwords with me.  When I went to Linux, I was still able to use my keepass data thanks to a great fork KeePassX.

But I lost my auto-type feature - which i became dependent on. And closing the application always really closed it instead of sending it to my task bar like the windows version.  Well worry no more! The latest update has fixed all that and I’m fly through sites with random and difficult passwords like:

16AIC|dT4H0R:rKm}^2}!n,!f

Gotta love it!

Linux and Mac: KeepassX: keepassx.org

Windows version is available here: keepass.info

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News: KeePass 1.09 available! - KeePass

If you don’t have/use KeePass, you should.  At least if you like secure passwords, but don’t like typing or remembering them.

This is probably my most used program after Thunderbird and Firefox.

I’m not to this point yet - but soon if I can’t find an answer to how to stop Spam Karma from auto approving all comments it deems non-spam (which it is excellent at). As we all know some discussions get out of control and we need to moderate everything under the sun. Plus, I’m a control freak like that!

UPDATE: I did remove Spam Karma. The primary reason was it was overriding the WP moderation settings. And there are too many people who need to moderate every comment. I’m using Akismet (comes loaded with WordPress 2.0 and 2.1) exclusively now. It’s not as good at catching spam, but at least when it makes an error, I can catch it, as opposed to Spam Karma, that was just letting stuff through (more inappropriate comments, than actual spam).

… and just in time for Christmas!

I’m testing Dr. Dave’s Spam Karma and within 5 minutes, I caught a spammer. The “making people register” idea didn’t work for real people and didn’t even stop the bots completely. So, let’s give this a try.

I’ll keep you posted.

Just found this nice little password generator, orginizer, keeper, safe, whatever - and I’m hooked on it!

KeePass the free, open-source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager.

The auto-type feature is my favorite.

The new Skype status buttons rock!

FIREFOX USERS MUST UPGRADE NOW. Click here.

Computer code that could be used in cyberattacks on Firefox users has been released, increasing the urgency for people to upgrade to the latest version of the Web browser.

The two pieces of exploit code, posted online earlier this week, take advantage of a security vulnerability in Firefox that Mozilla patched in an update Thursday. In response to the exploit release, the browser maker on Tuesday upgraded the severity rating of the flaw from “moderate” to “critical,” its most serious rating.

Full story here: Tech News on ZDNet

I’ve been using skype for my outgoing calls for about a month now - and it works great! I don’t make enough calls to justify something like packet8 or vonage.

Click here and get skype - skype users can talk for free - pc to pc. But for those times you need to call someone on a real phone, this works great and I’m only using DSL.

NEW YORK (AP) - Skype is upgrading its popular Internet telephone service to add video calling and a toolbar for Microsoft Outlook to find and dial contacts with a click.

The long-promised “2.0″ edition was launched Thursday by Skype, which was acquired last month by Internet auctioneer eBay Inc. (EBAY) for an eye-popping $2.6 billion.

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