From an article at
http://lifehacker.com/5583307/top-10-usb-thumb-drive-tricks-2010-edition

Encryption,

Generally, a 'self-destruct' mechanism only gives you a sense of false security. If somebody really wanted your data, they could just as easily copy the entire (encrypted) contents of the drive to somewhere else and work from there.

This is what I do under Linux with flash drives: I have a 16GB drive, so I set up a 12GB and a 4GB partition. The 12GB is unencrypted FAT, so it can be used for quick data syncs, etc. with Windows/Mac/Linux.

I encrypted the 4GB partition with LUKS/dm-crypt (Serpent-XTS).

Now when I plug it in to my Linux machine, the 12GB FAT partition is auto-mounted and I'm prompted for the 4GB partition's LUKS passphrase (which I can ignore and not mount if I like).

Resetting Windows networking

If TCP/IP stops working on Windows XP try:
netsh /?
netsh interface ip reset

netsh interface winsock reset
is thought to help if ipconfig is giving errors

/etc/init.d

This directory contains startup scripts. See Debian Policy manual chapter 9.3.

After a script is created you must use update-rc.d to create the symbolic links in rcn.d.

JSP and Servlets

Yesterday I was tutored on JSP and Servlets using Tomcat. I'm going to start developing on our company web site. This is a new opportunity for me. Now that I know JAVA better it all makes a lot more sense than it did a year ago.

PodCasts and long MP3 files

I like to listen to The Inside Mac Radio Show Podcast [rss] on my iPod. It would be nice if iPodder could automatically split long PodCasts into tracks inside iTunes. As I listen to each track on my iPod the playcount would be incremented and I'd know when I could delete it from my iTunes library.

Dameware w/WinXP Firewall

Turn XP firewall OFF temporarily while you connect the first time. This allows the installation process to use the ports it needs.

Attach from another computer using Dameware Remote Control and let it run the install.

Once you're attached go to the XP firewall and define an exception for Dameware.

Add a TCP port (6129) called Dameware Remote Control.

Change scope to Custom list: 172.16.0.0/255.255.0.0,192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0

Turn firewall ON

AShell - Python integration

AlphaBasic to Python converter. Python code would access SQL instead of ISAM. COMMON data area for passing between programs Data conversion would convert ISAM files to SQL RDBMS. XLOCK semaphore mechanism

Questions:
Does the environment have to emulate the AMOS/AShell job table? or
could it use the actual AShell environment? could it access AShell's
XLOCK? How hard would it be to create a multi-user environment with shared semaphores?