Posted by Nu on 26 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: Tech
Tags:phone telemarketers Many people hate telemarketing calls, as exemplified by the popularity of the National and State Do Not Call (DNC) Lists.
Stop Telemarketers
However, there are many loopholes to the DNC List. One obvious way to cut down on telemarketers is to not give out your phone number.
However, many companies have a […]
Posted by Nu on 25 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: Tech
Tags:censorship psiphon VPN
Download Psiphon
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You need Psiphon if you surf away from home, or have friends that need to, as I wrote about in Part I. In Part II, We’ll cover some of the annoying pitfalls and things I didn’t fully understand in downloading, installing, configuring and […]
Posted by Nu on 21 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: Tech
Tags:censorship psiphon VPN Psiphon is a a new way to help people cut through firewalls. You should be using it if you surf wirelessly away from home, or in a location where firewalls stop you from going to places you would like to go on the Web.
Psiphon is a personal, secure proxy
& […]
Posted by Nu on 17 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: Tech, Finance
Tags:finance retirement TSP A couple of weeks ago, we told you how and why you should lock down your retirement account so that your retirement isn’t cleaned out.
Another break-in and theft — This time with US Government retirement accounts (401Ks) has been made public,
though not widely reported. I expect that […]
Posted by Nu on 17 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: Asides, Sex
Tags:sex Men and women both say they want a good sense of humor in their mates. However, men and women mean different things by “humor”. Men want someone to laugh at their jokes, and women want someone who’s funny. The article in Psychology Today has several other insights as […]
Posted by Nu on 16 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: Tech
Tags:FireFox portable psiphon security WiFi LifeHacker.com has an excellent article on securing your browsing while at work. It covers some of the same ground I covered in “Protecting Privacy While Using Public Wireless” areas, here, but there are some additional things that I think are worth covering.
First, a few warnings that apply […]
