JHU uses Cisco VPN for outside connections to the university network. Unfortunately, this requires using Cisco’s VPN client, which is not really available for free download on the internet at large. Normally when I have a problem, I just re-install it, but the current version provided by Hopkins refuses to install on 10.5.3, citing a [...]

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I finally tried the Spore Creature Creator yesterday, and took a little movie. I then discovered the the software includes a mechanism to auto-upload videos to YouTube. Smart on their part. My first attempt is below.

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After checking my most important extensions for updates (most had them) for Firefox 3 compatibility, I took the plunge and upgraded to version 3.
So far it seems pretty snappy, though I’m not used to the new look.
If I hit any snags as I use it, I’ll update this page.

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I could live with the ads on Facebook when they stayed on the sidebar, but now that they’re inserting them everywhere in the site, I’ve had enough.
Enter this Greasemonkey script. For those of you not familiar with it, Greasemonkey allows you to use scripts to modify the web pages you view on the fly. Fortunately [...]

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Phun, the interactive physics simulator, is now available for Mac OS X.
Be warned. If you like physics or tinkering around with things, this program could be a huge time sync sink. (I’ve been futzing with SyncML too much lately.) I was playing with it in (ugh) Windows XP last time I was in New Orleans, [...]

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