A recent link I saw on Twitter pointed to an article on how to speed up your browser by changing your nameservers.

Unfortunately, while the change it suggests may make your browsing slightly faster, it will likely lead to an overall reduction in speed of your browsing experience.

I just got a direct message on Twitter from someone I didn't expect to receive one from - it read

LOL...i am laughing so hard at this pic of me my friend uploaded h t t p : / / xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx / a q I C H q C 

I have altered the link above so it is not clickable.

Rather than click on the link, I decided to investigate a little further.

Everyone needs backups of their important data.

Any good IT person knows that while copying data to an external hard disk is better than nothing, but leaving the drive on top of the PC it backed up doesn't really win you protection against theft, fire, etc.

For a very well written checklist of things to consider when designing and planning a backup system, check out The Tao of Backup. It's awesome - even if it is an advertisement for someone's product.

At both the 2011 and 2012 Atlantic Security Conference, I have volunteered to analyse WiFi traffic at the event and in 2012 I did a short presentation on my findings.

If you're interested in how this data was gathered and analysed, read on!

Here's a copy of my presentation from the Atlantic Security Conference, for those who are interested.