DISQUS

I priced backing up 1.5 TB of photos to Amazon on S3 using Jungle Disk. Ouch. Even without the "basndwidth" charges, it would be cheaper to buy a NEW 1.5 TB hard disk each and every month.

FYI JungleDisk now has provision to backup to servers run by its "mother ship" without "bandwidth charges." Still, buy that new hard disk, each and very month for the same or less.

SO, thanks for bringing BackBlase to our attention. I sure hope the company and their model survives!

Thanks for the answer. What do you think of semi-VPN services like WiTopia.net ?

LUDWIG
One option is to create a NEW ADMIN account, then change your old admin acct with everything in it to a STANDARD ACCT and continue to use it.

So, Victor, in the security segment, DotPaul was talking about how a user's credentials can be hijacked from Safari (or another browser) by malware that forces the browser to visit often visited secure sites while the malware captures the credentials over WiFi. At least that is what I thought I heard.

I'm fanatical about using Safari or Camino as my only browsers for visiting sites where I log in with credentials. Why? Every time I log out, I go the menu option to RESET Safari or Camino. Every time. And I don't let the browsers store log on info, however they do it. That's EVERY TIME, home, work, or the rare visit to a public WiFi site.

I go one step further when visiting public WiFi (not often, I assure you). I keep a separate "Standard" User Account just for public WiFi. So (in theory) neither my regular "Standard" user account with "real info" nor my Administrator account are exposed to WiFi hijack.

Are those major steps toward safety? Or am I still at risk from those particular vulnerabilities?

Great show, Victor. Explained HOW and WHY. Covered things I had no idea about, including what the Simple Finder does.

How about following up with kiosks?

I had to set up a buncha' windows machines for public access. Didn't thin about locking down the firmware. Fortunately I was there to watch as the first public users arrived. One "lady" executed the three finger salute, then started to lock down the machine with her own firmware password. Had she succeeded with that machine, she would (at great cost!) have wrecked the rest.

Kiosks! Not exactly typical, but macintosh user!

Victor! That was great. The way you handled the Skype calls in added immediacy. You moderated the calls so well, I'm calling it better than the TalkShoe live shows. It will be interesting to see, er, hear what you try next, but whatever you do, this show certainly "worked."

It was nice to hear Jane from Perth and realize that what we hear/have/do in the U.S.A. isn't necessarily everywhere.

One comment about .mac, er, MobileMe. It SEEMS that my .mac access has become faster in the last week. The iDisk opens faster, the directories i the iDisk open faster. I hope I am not just imagining this because the "old" version was just tedious. for MobileMe to "work" and gain and hold subscribers, access must be faster than the "old" .mac was, and it must stop flaking out so frequently.

One thing which did go by I thought I heard/read was that the "new" MobileMe would provide some document/ss setup like Google Docs. But I haven't been able to find it again.

Excellent!

The eBay RSA tokens you discussed? I've obtained them from my online brokers. Ask for one. If you have money you can't afford to lose accessible on the internet (including retirement accounts!), see if YOUR bank or BROKER will give you an RSA token.

You passed briefly by WPA passwords. My understanding about those is the longer and more complex the better. You sure don't want that drive download of all our personal data and files.

Thanx. #1 bagged.

#2 Guess I need to check out your video cast (laser etching the MBP?) on the 12" G4.

It is probably a matter of how the player (QuickTime?) sizes it on the user end?

This is entirely new to me, but like your other shows, the overview made it sound useful.

Me, though, I had visions of a accidentally sending out a ScreenCast like those huge jpg pics I've received in emails. You know, the ones which open with a full screen nose, and an HD view up the nostril --

A couple of questions from your ScreenCast overview.

1. You said to set the video to record in the final output, e.g., my MacBook has a "native" resolution of 1280 x 800. My wife is across the table using a 12" G4 Powerbook, 1024 x 768. And there's a lot more, I'm sure. So when you are making a ScreenCast which might be viewed on everything from a 12" Powerbook to a 30" Cinema, where do YOU recommend setting the video resolution?

2. I presume recording for the 30" Cinema would create an enormous file. So where's a good place for a compromise if you plan to downgrade from the HD original?

Mine's already on order, just a way of supporting your efforts - and who knows, SuperModel Amber Valletta is known to visit home and eat at the same restaurant I frequent for breakfast . . . maybe she'll need Mac advice . . . and the t-shirt . . .

Hey, Victor, rant on! There's a reason they call that OS "Windon't"

And maybe you're not receiving audio from we listeners for two reasons: (1) your 'casts are so excellently self contained; (2) your live Sundays get the action.

This edition was great. And I'm sold. No Parallels, no Fusion, and no Windoze --- but I'm lookin' forward to that new TMUP T-Shirt.

This in an email from Victor! "You hear a lot of music on my show and it's all 100% royalty and copyright free ..."

Podcasters: you can't just use music from your library in your Podcasts. If you do, those "suits" just might show up and haul you off to the financial equivalent of Guantanamo. Do as Victor does, and be sure any music you blend into your casts is not protected by ASCAP, BMI, etc. You DON'T want those guys knocking on your door, that is, unless you've paid the license fees . . . and that sure would be expensive