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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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…)