Barry Stuart Cable

Category: IT

  • tilde.town

    tilde.town is a computer meant for sharing. tilde.town is an intentional digital community for making art, socializing, and learning. Unlike many online spaces, users interact with tilde.town through a direct connection instead of a web site. This means using a tool called ssh and other text based tools.

  • Learn Vim while playing a game

    This appears to be a bit of fun and it’s a nice website. I haven’t played the game much yet. VIM Adventures

  • Selfhosted

    Extensive list of free software network services and web applications which can be hosted locally Awesome-Selfhosted

  • Australia roll back the clock on security

    This is a very good read. The people from Signal speak about their frustration with the Australian “Assistance and Access” bill. Source: Setback in the outback Related: New Australia data encryption laws

  • PixelFed

    An alternative to Instagram. I’ve never used Instagram but I’m interested in giving PixelFed a try. This is a list of Nodes/Instances I’ve created an account on https://pixelfed.social Me – https://pixelfed.social/cable

  • Chromebook security

    Making your Chromebook more secure. Source: How to configure your Chromebook for ultimate security How Chromebooks became the go-to laptops for security experts

  • KeePassX – password manager

    In my opinion everyone should be using a password manager. I prefer a password manager that is cross platform and installed locally on your computer. Check out KeePassX. KeePass Cross-Platform Community Edition Official KeePassX On my phone I’ve installed KeePass2Android

  • Keep your software up to date

    This is an excellent article for explaining why it’s important to update your software. Source: Software Updates and Why They’re Important

  • Spend Bitcoin Anywhere Online

    I haven’t tried this myself yet, but it’s interesting and I guess it works. Source: TheBigCoin website

  • New Australia data encryption laws

    I don’t support these new laws. Source: Australia data encryption laws explained Source: In the New Fight for Online Privacy and Security, Australia Falls