things that only i could care about

aperture 2.1.1 hack

Ok, the offset for this latest update is 0×6f4bf0 – see the original Aperture 2 post for full details.
The summary is that you need to hex edit the Aperture.app/Contents/MacOS/Aperture file so that the string that starts at offset 0×6f4bf0 reads performLicenseCheck and is followed by five zero characters (ie: replace all of the text in [...]

DHS Allowed To Take Laptops Indefinitely

DHS Allowed To Take Laptops Indefinitely: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/01/0958242

Just don’t tell UK Customs & Excise or they’ll want the same rights too. Bet they could make the cost of this back through selling the details they find to marketing firms…
Assuming they don’t take tips from other govt. agencies on data handling and simply leave the laptop [...]