I have been wanting to write about this for a while (well, since Roo first wrote his post) but wasnt sure whether to just point to Roo’s post, or whether to repeat the contents of it here. I have decided that posting the 4 videos would feel too much like plagarism, so check out Roo’s post: rooreynolds.com: Physics Games
It is a collection of Physics based computer games - “Boring” you may think, but in fact they are quite cool (very cool in fact). Don’t think about out, click the link above and watch the videos. I have downloaded Phun, and it is indeed a lot of fun. The thing in common with all the games is that they all have somewhat realistic physics engines (in fact that is the main part of all the games).
Dale Lane has a very informative post/review of Jungle Disk
Jungle disk is an online backup/archive service powered by Amazon S3 storage - Dale includes some calculated pricing from his usage, which is incredibly helpful. I think it might actually work out cheaper than buying the hard drives for my offsite backup server (let alone the cost of replacing dead hardware)
It really does look like a good way to backup all your RAW photos (flickr is not really a backup solution)
Strobist is reporting that Joe McNally’s book “Moment it Clicks” is back in stock on Amazon. Along with this announcement, they have a fantastic video of Joe doing a photoshoot for National Geographic of the light at the top of the lightning mast of the Empire State Building. Check out the video on Strobist.com
When my copy of the book arrives, I will give you a review!
Strobist pointed me to this awesome off-camera flash photo of a snowboarder - absolutely fantastic! 
Dan Medhurst - Document Snowboard Mag Front Cover: 50th Special Edition!!
An Amazing Mind has an interesting insight into why people use linux
We tell people we use Linux because it’s secure. Or because it’s free, because it’s customizable, because it’s free (the other meaning), because it has excellent community support…
But all of that is just marketing bullshit. We tell that to non-Linuxers because they wouldn’t understand the real reason. And when we say those false reasons enough, we might even start to believe them ourselves.
But deep underneath, the real reason remains.
We use Linux because it’s fun!
It’s fun to tinker with your system. It’s fun to change all the settings, break the system, then have to go to recovery mode to repair it. It’s fun to have over a hundred distros to choose from. It’s fun to use the command line.
Let me say that again. It’s fun to use the command line.
No wonder non-Linuxers wouldn’t understand.
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When I first heard about these, I thought “what a great idea”. Then, almost immediately, I wondered if they were really secure or if it was a gimmick and the security was in fact rubbish - Well, I know now…
Secure USB sticks cracked - heise Security UK
Apparently the security is controlled by the OS, and it tells the usb stick when to unlock the hidden data - all you have to do is run a single command, and you can get to the supposedly protected data
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