I think you posted this comment on the wrong post (this is the post about saving files as root from inside VIM, not the Apple Java exploit). Apple released a fix for the issue shortly after I wrote that post, so it’s probably the one you’re referring to: http://db.tidbits.com/article/10352

I read your blog post and it’s very insightful! I have added your blog to my RSS reader and will watch for new posts!

Your summary of couchsurfing (“amazingly great some times, comfortable others, and once or twice it was ‘O geez, what was I thinking?’) sounds exactly how I suspect my experience will be. Nevertheless, I consider myself very much a “frugal adventurer”, so I’m looking forward to it!

Sometime last week, Apple released a security update for JS — did that remedy the situation you are addressing in this post?

Also, since you and I have exchanged an occasional idea and solution on things web-tech related, I thought you might like to take a look at my latest blog post, http://gitanajava-productions.vox.com/library/post/goo-goo-mama-google-wants-to-be-your-mother.html.

BTW, did the couchsurfing gig last summer, less through the site than through FOFF (friends of friends’ friends), while working a project on spec for a client. It’s cyclical — amazingly great some times, comfortable others, and once or twice it was “O geez, what was I thinking?” Overall though, it is a Frugal Adventurer’s dream come true.