Can you use a model A1457 iPhone 5S in Japan?

Edit: I stumbled on this nice site recently: willmyphonework.net, which allows you to check compatibility of a lot of phones in various countries.  It confirmed my iPhone 6S also works in Japan.  And now for something slightly different (still tech related), I went to Japan this summer (btw, I wouldn’t recommend that: go in spring […]

Mac OS X Time Machine backup on a Debian server

December 2015: I just wanted to note that the solution below stopped working for me after a while. However I recently purchased a Synology NAS and configuring as a Time Machine backup destination is fairly easy. I just got a MacBook Air and had already read about how you can setup your own network based […]

Two factor authentication: just do it!

This post on Wired editor’s Mat Honan’s blog had me worried. While there are plenty of things you could blame him from doing wrong (mainly not having backups even though the OS he was using makes this extremely easy) the thought of somebody being able to just wipe everything is frightening. While to my knowledge […]