Category: Web/Tech

I can remember being assured ten years ago that the transition to IPv6 would take place long before the stock of IPv4 addresses ran low.  Umm..maybe not: The IPcalypse is only 100 days away.

The Free Nature Sounds site not only provides a several nature based sounds, but allows you to mix them and make a sound file to download to your PC.

10 Reasons To Delete Your Facebook Account.   I particularly like reason #6.  Reason #5 is also very good.

Google celebrates Pi Day (3.14).

Weather Underground is providing a new full screen weather map new fullscreen map application.

Click on fullscreenweather.com and enter your area code.  If you use Firefox or a similarly behaving browser, press F11 for an even bigger map.  (Press again to restore your normal screen.)

The Electronic Freedom Foundation is researching individual browser configurations to see how unique they are at Help EFF Research Web Browser Tracking.  I wasn’t surprised to find out that my configuration is unique since I run Google Chrome on a Linux system.  What did surprise me was learning that websites know what plugins I am running.  They also provide a Primer on Information Theory and Privacy.

Do you ever wonder how many Google services you use.  Google Dashboard will tell you after you enter your Google account password.