Mobile Scanning

After trying the "Office Lens" app on my iPhone to do mobile scanning I find myself wanting more features. (basically the ability to scan multiple images/sheets into a single optimized pdf file for cloud storing or emailing etc)  Here are two more options:
https://www.camscanner.com
https://evernote.com/products/scannable/

If you try any of these, let me know your thoughts and which you liked more and why.

Cheers,
Mark

Drop Box woes... read if you use Dropbox:

Dropbox authentication: insecure by design

http://dereknewton.com/2011/04/dropbox-authentication-static-host-ids/

Dropbox Bug Made Passwords Unnecessary, Left Data At Risk For Hours

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/21/dropbox-security-bug-passwords_n_881085.html

Dropbox under fire for security concerns

http://www.tuaw.com/2011/04/19/dropbox-under-fire-for-security-concerns/

Top 10 Dropbox Alternatives to Securely Sync and Share Files Online

http://techpp.com/2010/07/05/dropbox-alternatives-sync-files-online/

OpenBSD 4.9 Release

This is my latest OpenBSD purchase.   Very cool.
http://www.openbsd.org/49.html

Low cost, high performance portable storage.

I am continually amazed by how much technology you can buy nowadays at very low cost.

Here is one of my latest finds:

1. Vantec NexStar MX Dual 3.5in SATA HDD Enclosure w/ RAID, USB2.0 / eSATA
   http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX21333%28ME%29.aspx
2. Then get two of these: Seagate 2TB Barracuda Green SATA III w/ 64MB Cache
   http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX32060%28ME%29.aspx
3. ST Lab A-341 2-Channel Serial ATA II PCI-E RAID Card w/ eSATA
   http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX18438%28ME%29.aspx
   

This way you can have a portable 2TB mirror raid set that can plug into a high performance eSATA port OR a convenient USB 2.0 port.

Nice.

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My Computer autolabel script

As a systems administrator I log into A LOT of different servers and VDI desktops. Sometimes I would get confused as to which computer I was on. So now I included this as part of the logon script:

=============8<===============
Const MY_COMPUTER = &H11&

Set objNetwork = CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
objComputerName = "My Computer"&vbCr&"["&objNetwork.ComputerName&"]"
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(MY_COMPUTER)
Set objFolderItem = objFolder.Self
objFolderItem.Name = objComputerName
=============8<===============

Works like a charm! Now my computer icon says:

My Computer
[hostname]

Just a quick look to the desktop and I know which system I am on.

Roasting Coffee Beans on the BBQ

My friend John found this on the internet so I thought I would try it out.

http://coffeeroastersclub.com/coffee_roaster_drum_for_your_barbecue_-_standard_model_-_gen2_design



I ordered up a bunch of sample packs of green beans from http://www.greanbeanery.ca

Easy to roast up a batch and wow, talk about lots of fun and good coffee.
Yum!