Next up in “Safety Week” is Hidden. It is an app you store on your computer that, when activated, will track your computer’s location, collect pictures using your iSight camera and snap screenshots of your computer in use so you can see what the thief is doing with your computer. All the feedback on the…
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Safety Week: STOP Tags
For a nominal fee of $25, STOP tags offer a visible deterrent on any portable electronic device with a permanent adhesive sticker that requires 800lbs of pressure to remove. The sticker includes a bar code with the owner’s tracking data. Underneath the sticker is a permanently etched mark that says “Stolen property” asuuming a thief…
Safety Week: Find My iPhone
I discovered some real advantages to upgrading to Lion OS following our break-in last week. Had I installed Lion and added the Find My iPhone app on my phone, I may have been able to track the location of my MacBookPro. Prior to upgrading to Lion, the app could only be used to track an…
Safety Week: Require a password
Step number one in Safety Week. If you have a portable computer (or really any computer for that matter) go into your preferences right now and set your computer to require a user name and password upon restart, waking from sleep or waking from screen saver. It is your first line of defense for identity…
Travel in classic style with the Heritage Leather Co. Special Edition #312 canvas and leather mason bag. This edition was created in collaboration with Hickorees Hard Goods and all the finest details were maintained in these new editions plus lots of pockets and slots to make them useful for all kinds of tools — masonry…
An email popped into my inbox this morning that spoke to me on a visceral level. It was titled: “OCD Packing: Make Traveling Easy.” You had me at “OCD.” If your knees get a little weak at the idea of hyper-organizing luggage options and packing cubes, then hop over to Timbuk2 and check out their…
Luggage tags for the paper set. Giving new meaning to the term “air mail.” These tyvek tags are discontinued so you better order quickly. Set of 10 for $4 (via Perpetual Kid)