Charming Video of a Cat with Cerebellar Hypoplasia

Automatic HTTP-to-HTTPS Redirect with Greasemonkey

Many websites have the option of using an SSL-encrypted version of their site. Google applications have this option, but HTTPS is not used by default. To use it you would normally have to manually correct the URL, which is very tedious.

To ensure that you are always using the HTTPS version of a site, install the Greasemonkey extension for Firefox and then install the HTTP-to-HTTPS redirector script. The script supports many common sites by default, and allows you to add sites if you like.

Please Help Save Radio Paradise

Recent rate changes by the US Copyright Office threaten to put Radio Paradise and other Internet radio stations out of business.  I cannot express how upsetting this is to myself and countless others. With all of the garbage on mainstream radio, Radio Paradise is a beacon of hope.  It is the best radio I have ever heard, and is easily one of my favorite sites on the Internet. But don’t take my word for it.  Head to RP and give it a listen.

The vast majority of music that I purchase comes as a result of hearing it first on Radio Paradise. It is the only site that I use to discover good music. It is not uncommon for me to buy several CDs after a long listen to RP.  Isn’t this good for the music industry and copyright holders? Without RP I will buy less music!

Please help save Radio Paradise. You can find out how to help at RPs home page.

Airborne Cats by Junku – A Flickr Collection

This is a fantastic collection of cat photos on Flickr.  Click the thumbnail to go to the gallery.

Airborne cats

One of Junku’s cats died on March 10th 2007.  He took some moving photographs that will tug at your heart strings.  The photos are here.

Worst 10 Consumer Privacy Infringers

Here’s a great post by Business Intelligence Lowdown that lists the worst 10 consumer privacy infringers. I’m very disappointed to see many of the names on the list, although I’m not at all surprised. The lack of ethics and respect for privacy is very disheartening.

Top 10 Big Brother Companies: Ranking the Worst Consumer Privacy Infringers

Via EFFector 20.07

Things My Boyfriend Says

Comedy gold

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Robot Insurance

Hilarious old commercial from Saturday Night Live.

WARNING: Persons denying the existence of robots may be robots themselves.

http://www.hulu.com/embed/wdIwrWS8DmSXIKVxxd6nbA

Get the video in Quicktime format at The Robot MarketPlace.

Andy Griffith on Eavesdropping

Someone at the Electronic Privacy Information Center figured out that this clip aired on October 30, 1967.

Via EFFector 20.05

Unabomber’s Secret Code Cracked

Ted Kaczynski’s secret code has finally been cracked – a decade after he was arrested. The most memorable quote in the article comes from Bruce Schneier:

“it would not surprise me if this was the most complex cipher the FBI has seen since World War II.”

The irony is that Kaczynski was against technology and targeted computer experts. These same computer experts would likely be very impressed by Kaczynski’s cipher. Ciphers are critical to secure storage and transmission of electronic data, and the fact that the NSA couldn’t break Kaczynski’s cipher is quite impressive.

More on the Unabomber’s code – Bruce Schneier

Save the Internet!

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101 Ways to Save the Internet – by Wired