General
Prevent being tapped through your mobile phone
Sep 15th
I have come across this article which I though qualified for a post here.
As some of you may already know it. It is possible to tap through a turned off mobile phone. More info on the subject read here and there.
Dan at this site has come up with a small technique to help prevent mobile tapping, to ensure total privacy… and all of this by just using a reed switch and a magnet.
Read more at http://www.stahlke.org/dan/phonemute/
If you are still not up for some soldering, you can always remove the battery from your mobile phone when not using it 
The Good Life
Jun 12th
A little cartoon video, to reflect a tiny bit on what a good life is
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McvCJley78A
Cool Firefox addons
May 19th
Here is a list of very cool firefox addons which I think every serious Network/SysAdmin should have in his/her toolbox 
1. httpfox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6647
2. Tamper data https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/966
3. Live http header https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3829
4. Nagios Checker https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3607
5. Asnumber https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2072
6. Cisco Doc Search Plugin https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11390
7. Modify Headers https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/967
Feel free to add any other extension you think could be an invaluable tool in the day to day job.
Cheers,
Centos 5.3 to be released soon
Jan 21st
As we all know RedHat 5.3 has been released yesterday (20th Jan 08)…
While the mainstream packages are being tossed together for the centos release, you may want to get further twitter updates through http://twitter.com/CentOS
Wondering what’s to be new in this new release, hitch down to the redhat official changelogs
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 GA Announcement:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhelv5-list/2009-January/msg00092.html
Kernel (2.6.18-128.el5) changelog:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html
Release notes:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Release_Notes/index.html
Press release:
http://www.redhat.com/about/news/prarchive/2009/rhel_5_3.html
Package manifest (LOTS of errors in this doc):
http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Release_Manifest/index.html
Some fun
Dec 17th
Alright, just some fun, no hacks, no geeky stuff.. sit and relax
(don’t believe everything you seeing )
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJak63y9VSI
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZrr7AZ9nCY
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LLTsSnGWMI
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE_p5N89XQI