Monthly Archives: September 2008

Photo Meme “Why so serious?”

Posted on September 19, 2008 by visibleprocrastinations

“Photo Meme “Why so serious?”” via MG Siegler on Arrrgh! and ye be knowing already what today be me hearties!

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Secret Screenshot Voyeur?

Posted on September 19, 2008 by visibleprocrastinations

Nick Pendrell discusses his unhealthy fascination with the contents of other people’s computers in his post Confessions of a Secret Screenshot Voyeur; But it wasn’t this that interested me at all – it was the other information that the screengrabs … Continue reading →

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Shiver me timbers! Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

Posted on September 19, 2008 by visibleprocrastinations

September 19th (every year) is International Talk Like A Pirate Day http://www.talklikeapirate.com/ “Yo ho, yo ho, the pirate life, The flag o’skull and bones A merry hour, a hempen rope And ‘hey’ for Davy Jones!” Get some Pirate goodness from … Continue reading →

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… and then the Coffee Gods smiled

Posted on September 17, 2008 by visibleprocrastinations

There was none … … and then the Coffee Gods smiled

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Mac OS X v10.5.5 / Security Update 2008-006

Posted on September 16, 2008 by visibleprocrastinations

Security Update 2008-006 Security Update 2008-006 is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X. Previous security updates have been incorporated into this security update. Available for: * PPC [80MB] * Server PPC [127MB] * Server … Continue reading →

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This weeks links (2008-09-15)

Posted on September 15, 2008 by visibleprocrastinations

Note to Dick Smith Electronics PR: $200 < reputation ? Short on your DSE porn quota? You might want to bid on “the original Dick Smith scandal mobile phone” The university student told The Cairns Post she was selling the … Continue reading →

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Big Bang Day

Posted on September 10, 2008 by visibleprocrastinations

The Large Hadron Rap Today at about 5:30pm (AEST) physicists turn on the multibillion-dollar Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest particle accelerator complex. According to Mayan mythology, the world was destroyed and re-created many times over by their gods … Continue reading →

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Quicktime 7.5.5 and iTunes 8.0

Posted on September 10, 2008 by visibleprocrastinations

QuickTime 7.5.5 Released: 09 Sept 2008 QuickTime 7.5.5 includes changes that increase reliability, improve application compatibility and enhance security. This release is recommended for all QuickTime 7 users. Fixes: CVE-2008-3615, CVE-2008-3635, CVE-2008-3624, CVE-2008-3625, CVE-2008-3614, CVE-2008-3626, CVE-2008-3627, CVE-2008-3628, CVE-2008-3629 About the … Continue reading →

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Patch Tuesday Wednesday (SEP-2008)

Posted on September 10, 2008 by visibleprocrastinations

What’s more exciting today, the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC), or another round of Patch Tuesday? This month we have 4xCritical (none involving quarks) for our patching pleasure, all of which are detected via Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MS BSA … Continue reading →

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This weeks links (2008-09-08)

Posted on September 8, 2008 by visibleprocrastinations

If you consider yourself a geekdad, are you raising your kids in distinct blue and pink worlds, or does the game console equalize all, and your daughter it just as likely to frag you in Halo as your son? Do … Continue reading →

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