Hacker Friendly

Here are a few bits of Hacker Friendly-related news:

How To Accelerate Your Internet was mentioned in the “Bytes for All” column in the December 2006 issue of i4d Magazine. i4d is a print and online magazine with paper circulation throughout India, Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa, so this is great exposure for the [...]

As mentioned on Second Life Insider, the new First Look Viewer has beta support for dynamic reflections. Yes, that’s right: reflect the entire world (avatars included!) in your shiny objects. Sort of.
On the left is a picture of yours truly standing in the sushi shop, staring slack-jawed into a highly reflective chrome sphere. [...]

I’m sitting in Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, looking for a wireless network.
Oh noes! Teh Free Public WiFi virus is here!!!11!1!
KPN wants € 6.00 for a half hour. But fortunately they are kind enough to allow DNS and ICMP before authentication.