the scanner works

I used one of my local open wireless access points to download some stuff on my laptop. Actually, just enough to get the wireless card working with WPA. Should I tell my neighbours to secure their AP?

[apologies to my LJ readers for the lack of cut] Lately I’ve been reading books on gifted children: how to identify them; how to deal with them; what to expect as a parent. Is mini-Elbeno gifted? Without wanting to sound like a competitive parent, and properly considering that it’s still…

In a stroke of genius, the guy(s) over at http://linuxnotes.blogspot.com/ posted the key on a webpage with (almost all of) the key in its web address. Why didn't they include the 56-88-c0 on the end? I don't know. But what this means is that the takedown notice sent to Google,…