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Feb
16
2011
ebalaskas: Custom Notify MSG: notify-send…
Posted by ebalaskas timeline at 19:47:53 in microblogging

identica.pngCustom Notify MSG: notify-send -u critical -i battery “Laptop is dying” “nDude, you have no battery at all. Find AC and find it fast!”

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Feb
16
2011
ebalaskas: @comzeradd i am using…
Posted by ebalaskas timeline at 19:46:56 in microblogging

identica.png@comzeradd i am using it! Its great vimprobable is probable one of the best web browser i have ever used !

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Feb
16
2011
ebalaskas: vim + WebKit =>…
Posted by ebalaskas timeline at 08:04:43 in microblogging

identica.pngvim + WebKit => http://www.vimprobable.org/ plz try it, plz plz just try it.

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Feb
15
2011
ebalaskas: @glezos to @ppapadeas …
Posted by ebalaskas timeline at 09:51:00 in microblogging

identica.png@glezos to @ppapadeas

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Feb
14
2011
ebalaskas: URL Shortener. Solution or…
Posted by ebalaskas timeline at 19:11:34 in microblogging

identica.pngURL Shortener. Solution or Security Risk ? http://balaskas.gr/blog/2011/02/14/url-shortener-solution-or-security-risk/

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Feb
14
2011
URL Shortener. Solution or Security Risk ?
Posted by ebal at 18:12:28 in planet_ellak, planet_Sysadmin

Ok i have to admit that large urls are un-friendly, difficult to share and sometimes have privacy info.
Url shorteners provide anonymity and a short-friendly url to use and share.

But they are also a security risk! Browser security is something that we take very light, but we shouldn’t!

When someone sends me a url shortener i have to use a web browser to click on it and see the destination page. With simple urls i have to just mouse over (firefox 3) to see the destination.
Sometimes people send me spam or urls that i dont wish to open or see.

I believe that the design of url shorteners is just wrong!
People should be able to see or even test the urls before they click and open on them.
Browser hijacking is one form of malicious code that url shorteners make it extremely easy !

An idea:

Like google’s “Instant is on”, a similar action should be done with url shorteners.
With mouse over (or whatever else you like) the destination domain/url should reveal to the client.
And then if he/she agrees to verify for open the destination url to a new tab/window.

A simple chrome/firefox extension shouldn’t be that hard.

Or you have a different opinion ?

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Feb
14
2011
ebalaskas: shit my dad says:…
Posted by ebal at 12:39:55 in microblogging

identica.pngshit my dad says: S01E17 “guns are dangerous, only if you dont know how to use them. every guy has a penis not every woman has an orgasm!”

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Feb
10
2011
ebalaskas: smem memory reporting tool:…
Posted by ebal at 08:02:02 in microblogging

identica.pngsmem memory reporting tool: http://www.selenic.com/smem/ A very useful !linux command

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Feb
09
2011
ebalaskas: For greek people: btw…
Posted by ebal at 21:37:38 in microblogging

identica.pngFor greek people: btw επειδή έκανα ένα σχόλιο για IQ > 40, δεν ήθελα να προσβάλω κανέναν. Το δικό μου είναι 41 για αυτό :D

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Feb
09
2011
ebalaskas: For greek people:Το 90%…
Posted by ebal at 21:19:39 in microblogging

identica.pngFor greek people:Το 90% των ανθρώπων δεν ξέρει καν τι είναι το 16αδικο. ΔΕΝ αναφέρομαι σε επίπεδο DNS ούτε σε MAC. Είναι un-friendly !ipv6

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Feb
09
2011
ebalaskas: For greek people: ένα…
Posted by ebal at 19:15:31 in microblogging

identica.pngFor greek people: ένα παράδειγμα έδωσα μεταξύ ipv4 & ipv6. Οποιοσδήποτε με IQ > 40 μπορεί να καταλάβει. - Ειι Μήτσο για πες μου την ip σου ?

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Feb
09
2011
ebalaskas: For greek people: Για…
Posted by ebal at 19:07:36 in microblogging

identica.pngFor greek people: Για εσάς που λέτε ότι το ipv6 είναι το μέλλον, για πείτε δυνατά: 109.74.203.10 και τώρα: fe80::fcfd:6dff:fe4a:cb0a/64

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Feb
06
2011
ebalaskas:
Posted by ebal at 16:07:07 in microblogging

identica.pnghttp://balaskas.gr/img/fosdem.2011.EOF.jpg latest !fosdem presentation

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Feb
06
2011
ebalaskas: we are ready for…
Posted by ebal at 15:48:58 in microblogging

identica.pngwe are ready for the latest presentation here at !fosdem …

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Feb
06
2011
ebalaskas: From this moment i…
Posted by ebal at 13:25:58 in microblogging

identica.pngFrom this moment i am a proud citizen of Transnational repuplic http://www.transnationalrepublic.org

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Feb
06
2011
ebalaskas: @gbraad
Posted by ebal at 12:57:12 in microblogging

identica.png@gbraad http://m.fosdem.org/event/distro_compilation

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Feb
06
2011
ebalaskas: Distributed Compilation of RPMs,…
Posted by ebal at 12:37:50 in microblogging

identica.pngDistributed Compilation of RPMs, now at !fosdem

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Feb
06
2011
ebalaskas: picture of Dieter Plaetinck…
Posted by ebal at 11:18:06 in microblogging

identica.pngpicture of Dieter Plaetinck after his !archlinux presentation on !fosdem

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Feb
06
2011
ebalaskas: i’ve just seen the…
Posted by ebal at 10:42:11 in microblogging

identica.pngi’ve just seen the !ArchLinux Installation Framework presentation on !fosdem by Dieter Plaetinck. Pretty Awesome - well done

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Feb
06
2011
ebalaskas: @martinum4 that’s what i’ve…
Posted by ebal at 10:24:17 in microblogging

identica.png@martinum4 that’s what i’ve done. The problem just got smaller, the issue exists! But i can live it for a few hours as it is.Need more debug

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