Category Archives: Software Business

Thoughts on software development as a business/career

OS-X: Using Tor for All HTTPS Connections

By Robert Fischer | Published: December 13, 2011

I am a big fan of Tor, especially as the Great Firewall of America is going up. I previously posted instructions on how to set up Tor on OS-X, and I wanted to update that guide a bit. One of the problems with Tor is that the entry nodes and exit nodes can see your [...]

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Time for More Tor: How to Set It Up

By Robert Fischer | Published: August 11, 2011

It is looking like the US government is going to pass a bill which requires your ISP to track everything you do on the internet and store that information for 12 months: see here for more. This means that every website you visit and every plaintext password you send across the internet will be tracked. [...]

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I officially hate Apple

By Brian Hurt | Published: February 16, 2011

So Apple announced it’s new rules for apps on their iPhones and iPads accessing paid content. The rules are pretty simple, albeit it evil: If you provide an app to view your paid content on the iPhone/iPad, you have to be able to register for the paid content via the app, If you register for [...]

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Today’s busines idea someone else should do

By Brian Hurt | Published: June 25, 2010

The thought that just occurred to me was that someone needs to apply the hard lessons learned in internet social media, especially aggregation sites like Slashdot, Reddit, and Digg, to scientific publishing.

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The difference between an eternal noob and the not-yet-an-expert

By Brian Hurt | Published: June 23, 2010

me: “I’ve been lost here before!”

my friend: “Ah, so you know where you are?”

me: “No, I told you- I was lost then too. I still don’t know where we are, just that I’ve been here before.

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