I have been struggling to see the point of Twitter.com to be honest, but here’s something that does make it a little useful – Tom Morris has written a script that updates Twitter accounts with the current status
A pastebin is a website that allows you to paste text in order to share it with someone else on the web. They are useful for troubleshooting all sorts of programming and configuration issues.
Pastebin.com appears to be the original, and it allows a wide variety of syntax highlighting and also the creation of private Pastebins (private in the sense that only your content should be on there, but still available to anyone who knows the URL)
www.pastebin.ca doesn’t appear to be working properly at the moment so I can’t say much about it.
Accessing any protected system from an Internet Cafe-type situation is always a risk. This is because you have no way of knowing whether there is any spy/sniffing/keylogging software on the PC – either installed by another user or by the sysadmin. The following are tips to minimise the risks
More Applications that can be run from a USB memory stick without installing
Software that can be run without installing e.g. from a USB Stick here
Loads of keyboard shortcuts and ways of avoiding the mouse. Great for saving time. here