OpenID eliminates the need for multiple usernames across different websites, simplifying your online experience.

OpenID is set to bring you (the user) back control of your login! With nearly ten-thousand compatible websites, OpenID is fast becoming the new easy and secure way to login.

The Good: How it works
A login under OpenID defies current logic by storing sensitive data such as your password, birthdate, full name, etc with an identity provider whom you completely trust. You can then feel safe giving websites, even those you don’t trust, your Identity URL. Using your Identity URL a website can contact the trusted identity provider, and ask for information about you. Then your identity provider will confirm your consent by asking you to login. The big difference is that you always login to your trusted identity provider, whom tells the website you successively logged in and tells the website whatever you told it to. This means no more registering, manage passwords, or anything of the kind as your identity is managed by a single site.
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This is the first post in a hopefully long running series about the FlippedWEB team’s adventures with technology, mostly dealing with linux and Open Source.

This isn’t exactly the most groundbreaking bit of hackery ever, but if you happen to be a linux user, it sure can be funny!

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I have just finished setting up our very own Ubuntu repo over at packages.flippedweb.com. There are several cool packages in it, and I’ll be sure to consolidate whichever cool packages I find on the net. If you happen to have an suggestions, please leave a comment or email me at dan@flippedweb.com.

If you would actually like to use the repository in Ubuntu (feisty), please add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list

## These should just be general packages for the LATEST Ubuntu release.
deb http://packages.flippedweb.com/ ubuntu flipped
deb-src http://packages.flippedweb.com/ ubuntu flipped

You should also add my public key (if you trust me) to verify the packages you download.

wget http://packages.flippedweb.com/dan.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

Then you can do a quick sudo apt-get update and enjoy whatever packages we have!

I have set up a mirror of the entire Wikipedia site at mirror.flippedweb.com/wikipedia!

(Just kidding! Its a mirror of the 2006 Selected Content off of Wikipedia, so it is all kiddie safe and editor approved, even if Quarks are a bit above little kids!)