See some of what’s new with Snow Leopard OSX 10.6
Passport security
Why am I writing about passports on a tech site? Because they are now being made with RFID chips inside. Turns out my passport will expire in the coming months and while I was researching what is needed to renew mine, I also heard a great tip while listening to Security Now! with Steve Gibson. He mentioned in a recent episode that passports are now being made with RFID chips and that this creates a possible security threat. All it would take is for someone to get close enough to you / your passport and with a quick swipe of an RFID reader they would have your information. They immediately know if you are U.S. citizen or not. I don’t want to imagine the possibilities the criminals may come up with to use my information while I’m traveling so I am going to pick up a RFID Blocking Passport Billfold from ThinkGeek.com as soon as they’re back in stock.
Search for the best headphones
For the last few weeks I’ve been on a search for really good headphones at a decent price. It’s been difficult to make a decision because I hadn’t found any really good reviews. All the reviews seem so mixed and I was looking for a site that may have a reviewed a bunch at various price points and then give recommendations. I couldn’t find anything until I stumbled upon Matt Mullenweg’s site. He wrote a great post about headphone recommendations that I thought worthwhile to pass along. I’m going for the Sennheiser HD 595.