securely saving kmail critical info to an USB key

This is what I have done on my macosx system for this:
1. created a directory for what I deem to be critical files (emails and configuration) on my system:
~$ md /<path-to-mail-backup-dir>/mail-backup
2. created a script able to update the backup directory, from the major ~/.kde place, tar and encrypt (using openssl and a password file to [...]

kmail, firefox and macosx

Need to document how to configure firefox launching from within kmail, as none of the “obvious” (googled) options worked:
X11 –> terminal –> kcontrol –> KDE components –> Component chooser –> Web browser –> enable “in the following browser” and add this line:
open /Applications/Firefox.app
The problem is that the only answer having come up close to the [...]

beyond belief – 2007

Recordings from the second edition of this conference – Enlightenment 2.0 – are now available online.