April 8, 2008
White House Taps Tech Entrepreneur For Cyber Defense Post
The Bush administration is planning to tap a Silicon Valley entrepreneur to head a new inter-agency group charged with coordinating the federal government’s efforts to protect its computer networks from organized cyber attacks.
The fourth global iSummit will be held in Sapporo, Japan from 29 July to 1 August, 2008. iCommons will bring together pioneers of the free Internet from over 60 countries around the world.
Osaka Otaku Cafe Swaps Mincing Maids for Matronly Moms
Forget maids, Japan’s otaku now want moms for their themed cafes. Mother Cafe, in Osaka’s recently opened Mandarake outlet in Amerika-mura, aims to ease otaku’s Oedipal urges by having waitresses take on a maternal air as they baby their customers.
Move Email to Gmail with the Google Email Uploader
Google releases an open source email uploader that moves existing email and contacts in your desktop client into your Google Apps Gmail account. Not compatible with vanilla Gmail!
The Complete Field Guide to Testing Firefox 3
If you’re sick of Firefox 2 eating over a gigabyte of memory only to freeze & crash, it may be time to move onto Firefox 3. There are a few ways you can start using Firefox 3 without blowing your browser setup to hell or losing important extensions. Here’
Yokosuka Curfew, Alcohol Ban Lifted
The curfew and alcohol ban recently imposed as part of a period of “heightened sensitivity” to mourn the killing of taxi driver Masaaki Takahashi has been lifted, according to CNFJ.
An interesting article which stipulates that women are just as sex-starved in marriages as men are. The popular myth of the man always wanting sex seemingly transcends gender. The article is a good read for married couples.
Time Machine via AirPort Disk Is Unsupported, Apple Says
Apple confirmed for me last week that a feature for using hard drives attached via USB to an AirPort Extreme Base Station is an unsupported feature. The company declined to provide further information.
April 7, 2008
How to Add Your Recent Blog Posts to Your Emails
A simple method for displaying your most recent blog posts as part of a signature while using Thunderbird as your email client. Uses a Thunderbird extension to do the work.
