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Archive for February, 2005

Death Of A Blogger: The Passing Of Mike Wolf

By Emile • Feb 11th, 2005 • Category: Blogging, Design

It seems unfortunate that I never met Mike Wolf. I learned about him through a blog. I learned more by reading his blog. And I eventually learned about his passing suddenly by reading a blog.
What is most eerie, is HIS blog.
It’s still there, almost living and breathing as would have […]



Sexy Phone

By Emile • Feb 11th, 2005 • Category: Design, General

This is one indescribably sexy phone - stainless steel, amazing screen graphics, and stereo speakers for listening to the music you bring along thanks to the SD slot. It’s too bad that it will probably never see daylight as an American 3G network. Designed by Makoto Saito at KDDI.



Musings on design in FileMaker 7

By Emile • Feb 9th, 2005 • Category: Design, FileMaker

One of the things that is often under-apreciated and overlooked with regards to FileMaker as a tool, is it’s extraordinary flexibility. It is so flexible that this is also a potential downfall, and often is with regards to the small contingent of mud-slingers on FM bulletin boards and newsgroups who smear it as a […]



Maximum Starbucks Density: 144

By Emile • Feb 3rd, 2005 • Category: General

In light of the growing post at Kottke.org, see it here, I measured my own density of Starbucks within a 5-mile radius of my apartment… 144, not bad. Certainly seems like there would be more!
Put your address into the Starbucks locator and see what your Starbucks density is. (Note: to find the […]



Site launch: BIS Designer Resale

By Emile • Feb 2nd, 2005 • Category: Design, General

There are few shops in NYC or even the US that are worth their salt when compared to this diamond. BIS Designer Resale is resale shop home to Hermes, Chanel, Gucci, Prada, Marc Jacobs, YSL, Zoran, and a slew of other designer finds.
We managed to get a SimpleViewer gallery up and running, lots of […]



Making Life Miserable With OS X’s NetInfo Database

By Emile • Feb 2nd, 2005 • Category: Design, General

While most users don’t really know what goes in and out of their NetInfo database and most would stay away from it (rightfully so), yesterday I found myself digging through settings to change the way one of the SWL network’s eMac’s authenticates on startup. The change ultimately revolves around CUPS (a great way to get […]



Two Steps Toward Computer Security

By Emile • Feb 2nd, 2005 • Category: General

Article printed from SiteProNews: http://www.sitepronews.com
Two Steps Toward Computer Security
By Trevor Bauknight
So, you’ve heard enough horror stories about viruses, Trojan-horses, spyware and their cousins that can really make your Internet surfing a dismal experience. Confucius said: “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,” but the road to computer network security begins with […]



VoterGate - Security? What Security?

By Emile • Feb 2nd, 2005 • Category: Design, General

Sometimes, you read/view certain things that come across as absolutely preposterous: an electronic voting system created by Diebold Systems and mandated by several states in the US, demonstrates some of the worst security frameworks conceivable. Regardless of your political affiliation, take note of the mistakes. The following links serve a Quicktime movie (see the Apple […]



NSA Level Security

By Emile • Feb 1st, 2005 • Category: General

The National Security Agency (NSA) has released an elaborate and seemingly thorough 109 page Security Configuation Guide to Mac OS X v10.3.x (Panther). The guide is provided by the Systems and Network Attack Center of the NSA and presents an excellent walkthru of installing and configuring Mac OS X for maximum security.
This is ultimately pertinent […]



Welcome …

By Emile • Feb 1st, 2005 • Category: Design, FileMaker, General

FileMakers of all sorts, to the Secret Weapon Labs weblog of design and security issues pertinent to web users in general, FileMaker users & programmers (of any version) and Mac OS X users. This forum is intended as a bridge to the FileMaker community and any readers with pertinent links or ideas are welcome […]