trunkdesk - Mac desktop companion for Trunk Notes - Google Project Hosting. Since I keep playing around with desktop wikis and generally have the problem that I also want to access data on the go - and not just for viewing, but also for making changes, and with comparable features and not just limited (which unfortunately rules out VoodooPad because the iOS version only supports plain text versions and these are not rendered properly on the desktop, but are also only displayed in plain text there), this could be interesting - it's a simple desktop client for TrunkNotes. Basically, I'm doing this right now with VimWiki, but I wouldn't mind having somewhat more complete support for TrunkNotes features on the desktop.
Archive 28. September 2011
Firewire Attacks Against Mac OS Lion FileVault 2 Encryption » frameloss. Apple must have made a huge mistake here. Because via Firewire DMA, one can access the password for full-disk encryption stored in main memory. Even if you have disabled auto-login and there is actually no reason to have the password in memory. Ouch.
Face off: Facebook claims personal data is "intellectual property" | G! - gutjahr's blog. And the fun continues - now Facebook claims they can't meet the legally required deadline of 40 days and anyway, the data is Facebook's intellectual property. Quite amusing - but interesting is the hint that the data protection authority in Ireland is actively working on it, so it could indeed give Facebook a slap in the face. I think the whole thing about the alleged workload for Facebook is just an excuse - if you do it right, it's just a tool that collects and prepares a user's data from all the pots.
psycopg2-ctypes - GitHub. If you're playing around with PyPy and need a database driver, this could help - it's the classic psycopg2, but in a version that is based on ctypes and can therefore be efficiently integrated into PyPy.
django-tastypie - GitHub. This sounds very interesting as an alternative to django-piston - for example, it automatically provides all CRUD features via different APIs without any programming. This is particularly interesting for projects that are more focused on web apps (and where larger parts of the code run locally in the client in JavaScript).
coleifer/flask-peewee - GitHub. Interesting small project that works with Flask and Peewee and makes a somewhat more complete stack for Python web programming out of it. Also provides an admin interface, like Django - for this wtforms is used. Flask itself uses Jinja2 and Werkzeug underneath - this brings in good debugging tools and powerful templating, for example. By the way, PyCharm in the upcoming version 2 will also support Jinja2 at the same level as Django Templates (template debugging with breakpoints and stepping in the template!).
Diebold voting machines can be hacked by remote control - 2012 Elections - Salon.com. Hmm - where would these devices be used? Are there already any deployments of these machines in Europe?