Show Notes: Episode 158
Security Expert. www.grc.com
Gibson Research Corporation (www.GRC.com) recently designed and released a highly secure, zero-cost, freely available “One Time Password” system for providing multi-factor authentication – similar to the hardware “tokens” we’ve discussed before – but requiring NO hardware. It’s known as “Perfect Paper Passwords” and has now been implemented in all popular programming languages. It is being used by end-users to access their PCs, by web sites, by private corporations, and many others:
Leo and I will describe the design and operation of this freely available, open source, super-secure solution which will likely see increasing use in the future.
RELATED WEBSITE LINKS
http://www.GRC.com/ppp.htm
www.mrexcel.com
• From Word, PowerPoint or Excel 2007, Choose Insert – SmartArt
• Choose one of the layouts (this can be changed later)
• Build your message in the text pane. Excel automatically resizes the text in the graphic to fit and keep all shapes balanced.
• Choose a color scheme.
• Choose an effect from the five 2-D styles or 7 3-D styles. Note the last style is great for sharing bad news (no one can read anything)
• Show how easy to present the same message in new shapes by changing to a new layout.
• Show off a gallery of 8–10 SmartArt layoutsThe amazing tip that Microsoft doesn’t tell anyone:
• Normally, values in the shapes can not come from formulas in Excel. I published the workaround that allows this to happen:
• Create the SmartArt with dummy text.
• Select one shape in the diagram.
• Press Ctrl+A to select all shapes.
• In a blank section of the worksheet, paste a copy of the SmartArt. But – it is no longer SmartArt – it is now a collection of Excel shapes!
• Select a shape. Click in the Formula bar. Type =A1 and press Enter. The value in the shape now comes from cell A1.
• Repeat for each shape.
Now, when the formulas in the spreadsheet change, the text in the SmartArt will change.I will post show notes at http://www.mrexcel.com/tip155.shtml
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Air Date: March 7, 2008
TranscriptCaller Questions
- Angelique, Sydney, NSW
- mark, Brisbane, QLD
- Andrew, Laredo, TX
Yewell's Jewels
- RuneScapewindowsmaclinux
RuneScape is a Java-based MMORPG operated by Jagex Ltd. It has over ten million active free accounts[1] and more than one million paid member accounts. Players are shown on the screen as customisable avatars. They set their own goals and objectives, deciding which of the available activities to pursue. There is no linear path that must be followed. Players can engage in combat with other players or with monsters, complete quests, or increase their experience in any of the available skills.[10] Players interact with each other through trading, chatting, or playing combative or cooperative mini-games.
Sean's Shinies
- Ferguson Hill FH007 + FH008
$649 + $349
If you’re using your computer for multimedia and you’ve dedicated a lot of your resources to the video card, you are only really addressing part of the equation: sound can be every bit as important as the picture, but most people only have puny speakers attached to the system. Ferguson Hill makes high-quality audio equipment, and the FH007 is set up to receive input from either RCA or 1/8th-inch connectors, which means you could use this setup with either a computer or directly with a digital audio player. The set breaks each channel into a bass orb and a treble horn, which does take up additional desktop space, but it sounds awesome…and the design is certainly a conversation piece. For those who want even more bass response, the FH008 subwoofer module can also be attached.Shiny
- excellent sound quality
- beautiful design
- can be used with MP3 players
Dull
- very expensive
- satellites a bit largeFH007 and FH008
Ferguson Hill
Kate’s Tips
- wink.com
Wink is a people search engine that culls results from social-networking sites (MySpace, LinkedIn, Bebo, and more), followed by results from other sites where users keep public profiles, followed by results from the Web at large. You can craft your own Wink profile if you want to shape what others see when they search on your name, or you can just hunt for long-lost friends.