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The Threat of Free Public WiFi

October 23, 2007 By John P. 24 Comments

Folks, I was at the airport and I popped open my laptop to hop on the net and upon doing so I encountered a seriously sneaky bastard. Do you see anything wrong with the image below?

Free Public WiFi Threat

Well, hopefully you notice the little icon of a laptop beside the network entitled “Free Public WiFi”. This is NOT a free wireless access point, but instead a laptop computer that someone has configured to capture your personal data and rob you blind.
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Filed Under: Security, Travel Tagged With: , Belkin, D-Link, Hacking, Linksys, Networking, Router, Security, Starbucks, Travel, WiFi, Windows

That’s One Serious Cup of Coffee

December 31, 2006 By John P. 1 Comment

I thought this topic was particularly fitting given that it’s New Years Eve and tomorrow people are going to be needing a lot of this…

First of all, I don’t drink coffee. But if I did, I think I’d want to have one made by this guy!

Here is, what must be, a professional barista actually creating art out of coffee (or cappuccino or latte or whatever it is :-)).
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Filed Under: Art, Food, Videos Tagged With: Art, barista, Cappuccino, drink_coffee, Food, Latte, Starbucks, Videos