http://crashsystems.net A blog about technology, world travel, spirituality, and random combinations of these themes. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:18:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Internet is a strange place, the web of interlinking and copying that is constantly happening. My previous blog post was probably my most widely read post to date, not that this means much. However, I find it entertaining to occasionally to search for crashsystems.net in Google, to see what ... http://crashsystems.net/2008/08/strange-places/ Lake City, Florida USA is the home of a rather unconventional school, New Generation. It is a non-profit, private school for students grade 6th through 12th that are at risk of dropping out of school due to educational difficulties. With a maximum population of 60 students, New Generation has an ... http://crashsystems.net/2008/08/comcast-wont-support-linux/ "We cannot rely on laws to protect us. We must use mathematics." - Bruce Schneier The ability to have a private conversation via email is vital. Yet due to the nature of both email and the underlying technology, most emails are far from private. Privacy can be achieved via encryption, but the ... http://crashsystems.net/2008/07/email-encryption-guide/ As I mentioned in a previous post, I had slight reservations about upgrading this site to WordPress 2.6, due to the fact that some people had problems with non-standard permalinks. I even encountered this problem myself, when upgrading a blog that I run on a VirtualBox test server. However, it was ... http://crashsystems.net/2008/07/upgraded-to-wordpress-26/ I'm both surprised and exited to see that WordPress 2.6 has been released almost a month ahead of time. By far the feature I'm most exited about is post revisions, which gives WP content wiki like revision history. This should be very useful for multi-author blogs and sites. Another interesting ... http://crashsystems.net/2008/07/wordpress-26-released/ This is not an endorsement of Ralph Nader, as I believe that Chuck Baldwin would make for a better president. However, this is a really good campaign video, which I think everyone should watch. [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=bGMy0n6KqqE] http://crashsystems.net/2008/07/1984-knocking-on-your-door/ Anyone who has read my blog before, or has talked with me about politics, knows that I think the current political system is broken. Therefore, I've decided to announce my bid for the 2008 presidentual elections. It started underground, but we're taking over! http://crashsystems.net/2008/07/douglass-clem-for-president-2008/ If you have ever wondered why dialup sounded so strange, this video has the answers! [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgqEIp2YmtE] http://crashsystems.net/2008/07/dialup-sound/ "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or ... http://crashsystems.net/2008/06/vote-criminals-out-of-office/ Just a few minutes ago I discovered a rather interesting looking piece of collaboration software software known as Dimdim. From the website: Image copyright Linux.com Dimdim is a free web conferencing service where you can share your desktop, show slides, collaborate, chat, talk and broadcast via webcam with absolutely no download required ... http://crashsystems.net/2008/06/collaboration-software/