A few weeks back, Amazon’s free app of the day was Splashtop Remote Desktop (normally and currently $4.99). It sounded pretty intriguing, so I picked it up. I had low expectations from a free app, but was pleasantly surprised by the functionality.
Out of the box it requires some minimal configuration, namely running the hosting software on the computer(s) of your choice and setting a password, and then you are good to go. Just launching the app on your Kindle Fire will allow you to connect (provided you are on the same network).
Splashtop Remote Desktop
Reaction to the SOPA blackout?
Yesterday was the internet blackout. A day where thousands (perhaps tens of thousands) of websites big and small (from Wikipedia to Snowulf) went “dark” to protest SOPA. There was a LOT of news coverage on the topic with many from the government officially backing out of SOPA/PIPA. So it seems that the blackout worked, for now. I suspect that this might be a giant game of door-in-the-face. Regardless of the long term effects, I’d like to share a few reactions I saw about the blackout.
Going “Dark” for SOPA tomorrow
Tomorrow is SOPA protest day, a lot of sites (like Reddit, Wikipedia, etc) are going dark. I’m putting my 2 cents in and supporting the SOPA protest (since SOPA is evil, and so is any SOPA supporter) and that means the blog is going dark for tomorrow.
We’ll be back Thursday with a real post.
Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange (GAMME) crashes on migration start
I was trying to test Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange (GAMME) for our company and it kept crashing on me. GAMME launched and let me fill in the configuration information, but the instant I pressed the “start” button, it crashed.
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Review: NCIS (The Video Game)
For Christmas I got NCIS the video game. I had been curious about it, which is why it was on my Amazon wishlist, but I was not curious enough to actually fork out the $40 for it. The game doesn’t have very good reviews on Amazon, but I do love NCIS… so it’s worth a shot, right? No… no it’s not.
Best of Snowulf 2011
Before Christmas John suggested to me that we should have a “best of” post for the year. For some reason. we’ve never thought to do this before. I thought it was a fantastic idea and embarked on the project post haste. Since we’ve never written one of these before, I figured I’d wing the format and we could refine it for next year. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed having the time to reflect on the year past – in blog!
OpenVPN “auth-user-pass-verify” doesn’t provide password
I was trying to using OpenVPN’s auth-user-pass-verify option, which allows you to essentially build your own authentication mechanism for usernames/passwords. I had a very, very simply authentication script setup and was using the “via-env” method. I fought for at least an hour or two trying to figure out why my passwords weren’t being accepted, even when I changed the password down to being as simple as “a”. Turns out I was doing everything right, but getting shafted.
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Review: High School of the Dead
(Note: the manga uses “highschool” as one word, though the correct use is 2 words: high school, which is what the English version of the TV show uses.)
Awhile back, Jon did a preliminary (zombie) review on High School of the Dead, then 2 months later, he finished watching the series (and read a bit more of the manga) and did a wrap-up review.
Given Jon’s interest, when I noticed that netflix had the show available on Instant Watch, I figured I would take a look.
Merry Christmas from Snowulf
Merry Christmas from the Jo(h)ns!
(Jon is a staunch support of Christmas Eve. It’s Christmas damn it!)
So long GoDaddy and thanks for all the SOPA
Yesterday, news came out that GoDaddy supports the “Stop Online Piracy Act” aka SOPA aka The-Stupidest-god-damn-way-to-destroy-the-internet-congress-has-ever-come-up-with. SOPA is bad; it’ll break the internet; it’ll destroy free speech; it’ll kill due process… and generally give the megacorps the authority to do whatever the hell they want to whomever the hell they want. So, SOPA is bad and likewise supporting SOPA is bad. GoDaddy is 100% behind SOPA so I’m 100% out of there.
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