Monthly Archives: October 2008

CBC Radio Wants Us

Posted on Oct. 31, 2008 by Jody

Phillip and I have been contacted by a local CBC Radio producer about a story idea. That’s all I can tell ya! I’ll post more about it when I can (if I can). Update: The story was about scotch!

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William Wharton, 1925-2008

Posted on Oct. 31, 2008 by Jody

As a commenter noted on my previous post, William Wharton, Author, Dies at 82: William Wharton, a successful impressionist painter who at 53 published his first novel, “Birdy,” which won a National Book Award, became a critically acclaimed movie and … Continue reading →

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How Long To Figure Out Your Password?

Posted on Oct. 31, 2008 by Jody

Password Brute Force Calculator provides an estimate on how long a computer would take to figure out (i.e. crack). Your password is 13 characters long and has 367,034,448,698,777,600 combinations. It takes 7,121,405.58 hours or 296,725.23 days to crack your password … Continue reading →

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Skype – an early review

Posted on Oct. 27, 2008 by Phillip

I have a few friends living overseas. Calling them long-distance ain’t cheap. So I installed Skype today. And guess what? It works. I talked to a friend of mine in France and although there was a slight delay in the … Continue reading →

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Tearing Down a Shed

Posted on Oct. 26, 2008 by Phillip

A couple bozos came over the other day and tore down the shed behind my house. Of course they video taped themselves.

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