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A list of items I’ve come across recently that I found potentially useful, interesting, or just plain funny:

• Setting up OpenDNS can protect your network. – Worried about Conficker on April 1? Setting up OpenDNS can protect your network.
• Show Hidden Files in Mac OS X – Application, preference pane and command line alternatives for viewing hidden files on a Mac.
• Mac OS X Startup Shortcuts – A useful note of the various startup key combinations for OS X.
• iPhone lightbox – Another use for the iPhone screen – portable lightbox… pity I don’t use much film these days!
• Getting Canon inkjets to work on a Mac – Ian Jindal describes the hoops he jumped through to make his Canon printer do more than just draft mode printing.
• It’s the latency, stupid – This article by Stuart Cheshire may be old but it’s still worth a read, as it explains how, no matter how much bandwidth you have, latency is often the limiting factor.
• It’s still the latency, stupid – Continuing on the theme in Stuart Cheshire’s original article, this one explains why latency is still significant in modern network designs.
• .NET Reflector – Having trouble with an application? .NET reflector lets you disassemble an application and see what’s happening behind the scenes. This video describes more.
• The Lego Computer – A working computer… made of Lego.
• Lorem Ipsum – All the facts – Lipsum generator – Useful Lorum Ipsum text generator.