Lucid Tips

It seems like these days wherever you are (coffee shop, airport, burger joint) you can find a wireless hotspot allowing you free access to roam the Internet without much of a problem. However when surfing using these networks the data is send in plain text and is not safe. Using SSH and SOCKS proxy you can easily encrypt all your web browsing traffic and redirect through your home network (or some other trusted computer).

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As per Windows Live blog entry HotMail is now available via POP3 to users in United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands. POP3 will be enabled for other countries later on.

Using POP3 allows you to access HotMail via your favorite email client like Outlook, Thunderbird or Evolution. POP3 also makes it easier to access HotMail via your Phone/PDA.

Below are the configuration values to access HotMail using POP3

POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)
POP SSL required? Yes
User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example yourname@hotmail.com
Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live
SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port 25)
Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)
TLS/SSL required? Yes

Hurricane Ike was a major event in South East Texas and I apologize for the off topic post.

My family and me survived the hurricane OK. The house sustained minor roof damage but thanks to modern engineering it was able to withstand strong category 1 (119–153 km/h 74–95 mph) hurricane force winds. We were also not affected by floods. The only problem we have is no electricity, no phone, no internet and the cell phone service is very erratic. Overall we are in much better shape than the rest of Houston and surrounding areas. Driving around you can see all the destruction. TV images do not do justice to what has really happened here.

I do not know when we can expect power but will have my next post up as soon as possible …

I have just upgraded to Wordpress v2.6. It looks like it went through smoothly but if you notice anything out of ordinary please let me know by posting a comment.

-lucidTipster