Google recently announced that the GrandCentral service they bought some time ago is finally going to be reborn as Google Voice. I’ve been a GrandCentral user for a long time, and I have been afraid that Google might kill it: we haven’t seen any new features in quite a while.
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Background: I’m in the 2+2 program with MCC and RIT in an Information Technology major. Basically what this means is that I go to MCC (a community college) and pay much less tuition for the first two years of my college education, and then am automatically transfered to RIT (a very expensive private college) for the other 2nd two years – no application necessary. I’m currently in my 3rd semester at MCC, which should mean that next semester would be my last – and then I’d move on to RIT.
Situation: Registration started a couple days ago, so, because I’m the good student that I am, I started making out my schedule. I only need 4 classes: CIS 209, CSC 206, Statistics, and Advanced Java… none of which I was thrilled about having to take. (more…)
I have a Cisco PIX 501 that I’m trying to setup. I have a fairly basic network configuration (relatively) and I have everything working except remote access VPN. I want to be able to VPN home on my iPod Touch from work and school. I’m trying to do everything from the CLI rather than the PDM GUI. PAT, SSH, etc are all working so if I get the VPN going I might buy it, even though it’s an end of life device. It’s still a really nice firewall. I’ll post the config if I get it working. Otherwise, expect to see it on eBay ($200 ballpark). 
Enter to win a free Drobo!
All you have to do is link to http://aperturenatureworkshops.com apparently. See http://f64.com/ for details.
If you want to send me PGP encrypted mail, my key ID is 5C57DB86 and my fingerprint is 5363 A428 7C22 803D A4F3 D242 E551 C3C3 5C57 DB (I use pgp.mit.edu)
I wrote here about a cool way to lock your 1Password keychain, but I haven’t really personally been thrilled with that solution. I decided to delve into Xcode and write my first application.
The first beta of version 1 is available here: 
Lock_Screen_1.0_BETA.zip
Please let me know about any bugs you encounter. (more…)
