Cross-post to Substack where I dropped some details on the newest browser in town: Arc. Intro: It feels like it’s been forever since The Browser Company started teasing us about their new browser, Arc. I did the dance many of you almost certainly did and typed in my throwaway email address to try to get… Continue reading
Post Category → Browsers
Speeding Up Your Quest(s) For “R Stuff”
I use Google quite a bit when conjuring up R projects, whether it be in a lazy pursuit of a PDF vignette or to find a package or function to fit a niche need. Inevitably, I’ll do something like [this](https://www.google.com/#q=cran+shapefile) (yeah, I’m still on a mapping kick) and the first (and best) results will come… Continue reading
CVE Queries Right From Your Browser’s Address Bar
I’m not sure why I never did this earlier, but a post on LifeHacker gave me an idea to add location bar quick search of CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), no doubt due to their example on searching LifeHacker for “security”. My two favorite sites for searching CVE specifics are, at present, Risk IO’s and… Continue reading
Election Trackers Moved From Flash to HTML5
For those inclined to click, I was interviewed by Fahmida Rashid (@fahmiwrite) over at Sourceforge’s HTML5 center a few weeks ago (right after the elections) due to my tweets on the use of HTML5 tech over Flash. Here’s one of them: Folks, we are all really winners tonight. *No* major outlet used FLASH in ANY… Continue reading
Still Not A Fan Of Paywalls
As you can probably tell from a previous post, I’m not a fan of paywalls—especially poorly implemented ones. Clicking on a link in an RSS feed post and having it land on a page, only to have it smothered in an HTML layer or — in the following case — promptly redirected to “Pay up,… Continue reading
DNSChanger Detector
The FBI made a tool to help you determine if you were a victim of the DNSChanger malware. If you’re like many casual Internet users, you have no idea how to get the information to plug into the input box. Unfortunately, the security model of most modern browsers makes it impossible to easily retrieve this… Continue reading