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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-29

Posted at June 29, 2008 11:59 pm | In Twitter | By Ben Woodruff

• Mike & Jena bought a Wii (impulse buy) for the party. #
• Back home. First Netflix DVD came today. The Bucket List. Will watch tomorrow, then Ashley’s grad party. #
• @leolaporte You may want to consult a doctor about that. #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-28

Posted at June 28, 2008 11:59 pm | In Twitter | By Ben Woodruff

• Getting ready to head to Avon for a few hours. Gotta get in touch with Mike & Jena to see what time they’re having people over. #
• Rochester here I come #
• Blockbuster with everyone #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-27

Posted at June 27, 2008 11:59 pm | In Twitter | By Ben Woodruff

• Listening to You Look Nice Today: http://youlooknicetoday.com/ #
• Working on a new screencast for the blog. #

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Road Runner: Dial Access in OS X - How to

Posted at 8:58 pm | In Research | By Ben Woodruff

Tags: Research, Software, Technology

I’ve blogged twice before about my frustrations with Time Warner Cable’s Road Runner Dial Access (here and here).

Reading those posts I’ve found it’s not very clear on how exactly how to accomplish connecting to the Road Runner network via dial-up using an OS X system (namely 10.5 Leopard).

I decided that the best way to explain how to do this is with a video.

Video: Dial Access in OS X ZIP (25.6MB) [Compressed - Recommended]
Video: Dial Access in OS X MP4 (30.2MB)

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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-26

Posted at June 26, 2008 11:59 pm | In Twitter | By Ben Woodruff

• I love working with information security #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-25

Posted at June 25, 2008 11:59 pm | In Twitter | By Ben Woodruff

• Listening to Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother. Awesome so far. Thanks Mark for the recommendation. #

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Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

Posted at 12:43 pm | In Media | By Ben Woodruff

Tags: Books, Media

I’ve been listening to Little Brother by Cory Doctorow in audio book form for the last couple days, and I have to say: it’s awesome. If you haven’t heard of this book you really should check it out. You can download the text format for free from Cory’s blog.

“Marcus, a.k.a “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school’s intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems.

But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked away to a secret prison where they’re mercilessly interrogated for days.

When the DHS finally releases them, Marcus discovers that his city has become a police state where every citizen is treated like a potential terrorist. He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him only one option: to take down the DHS himself.” - Cory Doctorow (more…)

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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-24

Posted at June 24, 2008 11:59 pm | In Twitter | By Ben Woodruff

• Working in Avon, text with plans. #
• Angiotech Rochester laid off half their staff today… black Tuesday… #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-23

Posted at June 23, 2008 11:59 pm | In Twitter | By Ben Woodruff

• Just bought the new MacHeist bundle. Quality software + money to charity? Can’t go wrong. http://is.gd/5G1 #
• Referral code for MacHeist, btw, if you want to help me out. https://www.macheist.com/buy/referral/31476 #
• It’s official: I have more Lil Wayne than Less than Jake on my LastFM. Interesting turn of events. http://is.gd/DBN #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-21

Posted at June 21, 2008 11:59 pm | In Twitter | By Ben Woodruff

• @roustem are you hooking it up to your machine locally or are you going to share it over a DroboShare / AEBSn? #
• @roustem let me know how it works out, I’ve been having some trouble with AirDisks (esp. with Time Machine) #

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