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Walgreens is a great place to get AC adapters for really cheap. Please keep in mind that these do NOT change the voltage.<BR>
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I'm at the building in Berlin now. It is way swank. The neighborhood here seems to changing quickly. There's some pretty angry (and way beautiful!) graffiti about gentrification all around here.<BR>
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See you all soon!<BR>
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:35:51 -0800<BR>From: longobord@gmail.com<BR>To: congress@lists.noisebridge.net<BR>Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-congress] packing list for congress<BR><BR>Thanks! Wasn't sure it'd be worth it to bring the cat5. I'll bring my extra long one too. <BR><BR>I'm glad have everything else covered and it's down to the pants. I'm so excited!<BR><BR>Christie<BR clear=all>_______<BR>Getting to the bottom of the hill is convenient. The view from the top of the hill is stunning. Where would you choose to live?<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=ecxgmail_quote>On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Andy Isaacson <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:adi@hexapodia.org">adi@hexapodia.org</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=ecxgmail_quote>As I'm packing for congress I am remembering things I wish I remembered,<BR>every year.<BR><BR> - cat5 cable or three, 10ft or even 20ft. There's wifi but it's spotty.<BR> The congress has ethernet switch ports in many common areas.<BR> - obviously verify your power supply can deal with 220VAC.<BR> - European power adapters, I got this design for $11 at Radio Shack:<BR><A href="http://images.sabob.com/products/images/1/100_Pack_European_Travel_Power_Adapter_Adaptor_Converter_Plug.jpeg">http://images.sabob.com/products/images/1/100_Pack_European_Travel_Power_Adapter_Adaptor_Converter_Plug.jpeg</A><BR> - US extension cord with 3 outlets on the end.<BR> - USB thumb drive for bulk data exchange with new friends.<BR> - digital camera to record same.<BR> - SD/CF card reader and cables.<BR> - business or personal calling cards, if you have them.<BR><BR>If you have a US GSM phone (T-Mobile, ATT, MetroPCS) your carrier may be<BR>willing to unlock it to allow you to use a German SIM, which you can get<BR>for as little as 15EUR. Or you can buy a cheap phone while there; last<BR>year I got a Nokia 1200 (includes flashlight!) for 20EUR with a SIM for<BR>10EUR at the Saturn electronics megastore on Alexanderplatz. When<BR>buying a SIM they'll ask for an address (required by law I'm told); just<BR>tell them (convincingly) that you're staying at the Park Inn (which is<BR>all of 100 meters away) and they'll be fine.<BR><BR>Regarding security, a series of recommendations starting from common<BR>sense and extending to slightly paranoid:<BR><BR>Back up your laptop and leave anything really sensitive behind in the<BR>US. Assume that all data on your laptop will be stolen by a wily skript<BR>kiddie and replaced with `perl -e 'print "LULZ" while(1);'`.<BR><BR>Do NOT log into any blogging or microblogging sites that go over an<BR>unencrypted HTTP connection. Turn off clients that automatically send<BR>your passwords in the clear or using insecure API methods -- Facebook,<BR>I'm looking at you. Set up a secure tunnel endpoint *before* you leave,<BR>if you want. (I use "ssh -vD 7788 $HOST" and then configure Firefox to<BR>use SOCKS5 localhost port 7788, and turning on<BR>network.proxy.socks_remote_dns makes things more tolerable.)<BR><BR>Consider changing your password before and after congress.<BR>Shoulder-surfing is a real, although minor, risk.<BR><BR>Verify that you don't have any network ports open on your laptop unless<BR>you want them to be used. Use nmap from another machine, and check both<BR>your wifi and wired connections.<BR><BR>Ensure that you don't auto-run or auto-mount any media attached via USB,<BR>Firewire, SD card slot, etc. Turn off Firewire in your BIOS if<BR>possible.<BR><BR>Finally, have fun! Most of the security paranoia is overblown, but<BR>then, isn't that what we're here for?<BR><BR>See you all in Berlin,<BR>-andy<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Congress mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Congress@lists.noisebridge.net">Congress@lists.noisebridge.net</A><BR><A href="https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/congress">https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/congress</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR> </body>
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