Not long ago, I wrote about how awesome it is to have shell access on
a remote server. I still hold to that notion, but I received a lot
of feedback on the issue.
Although it sometimes might seem as if relational databases have gone
the way of the dinosaur, making way for non-relational (NoSQL)
databases, such as MongoDB and Cassandra, a very large number of
systems still depend on a relational database.
Gurk really shouldn't be awesome. The controls are awkward on-screen arrow
keys. The graphics make the original Nintendo look state of the art in
comparison. The gameplay is slow.
And yet I just spent two hours straight playing it!
Password authentication contains a lot of assumptions about security and
trust. Encrypted SSH tunnels and public key verification are two common
ways to ensure that your password is not compromised in transit. But,
what if it's the computer you're currently typing on that can't be
trusted?
Most people are familiar with Instapaper and Read It Later. Those types
of services are great for tagging Web articles for later reading, and
in the case of Read It Later (now called "Pocket"), they do a wonderful job
of copying articles off-line for reading when the Internet isn't available.
