SOFTWARE
Technorati.Net v0.9.1 (last updated 5/16/2003 3:41 AM EST)
This is a C# wrapper for the Technorati API recently released. It's a simple thing, leaving a lot to the calling application (putting the resulting strings into the desired form, nice error trapping, etc.), but adequate for most purposes. There is also a simple form application for testing. You will need to get your own key from Technorati and set the 'TechnoratiAPIKey' value in the application before using it.
Technorati_Net_v092.zip
UPDATE: v0.9.2 adds search capabilities. Proxy still untested.
Technorati_Net_v091.zip
UPDATE: v0.9.1 does some clean-up, and adds proxy capabilities ... theoretically. I don't have a proxy at the
moment, so it's currently untested.
Hashinator v 1.0 (last updated 10/18/2003 7:28 PM EST)
With the constantly expanding number of passwords I'm required to have,
I was given four choices:
- 1. rely on my increasingly fallible memory to remember a variety of, preferably, long and complex passwords and their associated machines and/or sites or
- 2. use and reuse the same passwords or
- 3. use far less complex passwords or
- 4. record them all somewhere
So, of course, I chose option 5, "none of the above".
The Hashinator (hat tip to Strong Bad) lets you repeatably generate a seemingly random sequence of characters, optionally specific to a site or machine, from the same, or a small set of, relatively simple passwords (avoids dictionary attacks).
It allows you to dump the resulting string to the clipboard for pasting into whatever password field is appropriate without ever seeing the actual string, and an additional method for clearing it from the clipboard (avoids people looking over your shoulder or poking around your machine while you're off getting another caffeine injection).
Hashinator_v.1.0.zip
Initial release.