Good stuff. In case you want to hack proof a box.  Not perfect, but will handle probably 99.99% of script kiddies.

If you require remote access to your computer and you enable Secure Shell (SSH) connections, you must accept that you will automatically attract hackers who will try to break your defenses and take command of your machine. Although there’s no guarantee that your machine won’t be “0wn3d” by a “h4x0r,” a few simple solutions can help reinforce your SSH door and make life a bit more difficult for anybody trying to break in. This article considers three such techniques:

via Three locks for your SSH door.

These are the projects I’m currently working on. All are really karma driven. The only pay off is know that you are helping the world. If anything rocks your interest, I am for sure looking for Angel/VC partners. The focus is that the world can do better. And the internet is really improving the planet. Really!

EveryOneInTheWord.com & EITW.me
A CMS/HTML5 set of web based applications allowing free access for Every One in the World to create:
Their own web site that is mobile/iPad compatible
Their own blog
Their own combined web site & blog

EveryoneInTheWorld.org
A web based publishing system for non-profits to create their own member driven iPhone/iPad/Mobile sites.

QRMatrix
Create your own unique QR barcode. With iPhone integration. Follow the trail. Connect with everyone.

Tinytown
An open source php framework based on HTML 5 for easily creating complex
web+database backed sites.

5. CodersWithConscience
Coders With Conscience is a collective of software and hardware professionals offering crisis management technology services to global relief organizations. Coders with Conscience is not aligned with any country, political movement or religious doctrine, we operate 100% as an independent organization. We’re also very warm and fuzzy and actively seeking like minded individuals and organizations to partner with.

ShareWithAfrica
A non-profit making a change in Africa. The organization has done two trips already to Ghana. A bonafide 501c too.

greeneStreet
A super clean, super easy to modify WordPress theme.

The photo stylist of this photo just captured a piece of NYC. It’s really just perfect. Can any other spot of earth on the planet be so perfect for this shot. And 51?  Wow. Go girl Go!  But Madonna, why oh why did you buy your NYC pad on the UES, you are a downtown girl. Really!

Ok, I’m going to just throw these ideas out as they hit me. Maybe they’ll help someone down the road. Doing a web site today is a zillion times more complicated then just a few months ago. Just the way it goes. You can go pretty crazy, super fast, or live in the blur as they say. First things first.

You got the gig, now what? How I approach a new project.

I have a new client. It’s a redo of a site we cooked up almost 4 years ago: RealBraveAudio.

Where to start?
1. The first thing I do is create a folder on my desktop called: RBA Materials. This is where I store graphics, source material and anything related to the project. I make a copy of this on Dropbox. I have to spend the 5 minutes figuring out how to have that folder always synch to Dropbox. I’ll tackle that this weekend.

2. I create a numbered label in gmail for all correspondence related to this project. RBA is 109. That way in gmail that label will always come to the top of the list. Easy to see.

3. I create a Google shared document with my check list of milestones, client notes, etc.

4. I use my home brewed template in WordPress (greenStreet) as a starting point to build out the site. I use this even if I never am going to blog at all. WordPress is now my CMS, framework, blueprint for any site I tackle. When I get this template ready for prime time, I’ll post a link.

5. I add this new client to my Skype list

Tip? I used to use jpg’s almost everywhere. Now I’m a png guy.

Ok, that’s a start. Now off to lunch.

The KidRobot blog is pretty cool. This pencil sculpture has been making the rounds. Great work, really amazing.

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill’s Impact Tracked by Crowdsourced Map [APPS].

Norway has extensive health services and a well-developed social safety net. All those who are resident in Norway have a right to economic assistance and other forms of community support during illness, old age or unemployment. About 35 per cent of the state’s budget is spent on the Norwegian health and social welfare system.

Two laws – the National Insurance Act and the Social Care Act – are the statutory mainstays of Norwegians’ social rights. Read more in an article (English) by Målfrid Bolstad found on the Norwegian Government’s web site, Odin.