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From Japanese toilets to Digital debris to Micropayments
Occasionally I am tasked with explaining why personal information is valuable – and inspired by a toilet article on BoingBoing I ran into this quote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilets_in_Japan However, historically, pit toilets were more common, as they were easier to build and allowed the reuse of the feces as fertilizer[14]—very important in a country where Buddhism and…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-10-01
Leftovers Risotto – rather odd, but satisfying. Includes bratwurst. # @mjj122 rural northeast hampshire # The more I read #cybersecurity strategy docs / about the risks facing our #CNI the more I am put in mind of #Y2K compliance # I have just found out what time it is by following @big_ben_clock # There's a…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-30
@bulletford Nope – missed a chunk of the latter talk – will try a different approach next time. # @ppolstra Maybe you can redeem the word 🙂 # Some of my fellow ex-#Sun developers will recognise these problems, and some of the solutions http://t.co/JecXEEBm HT @shortblue #fixed # RT: Why #Cybersecurity Is Rubbish (slides from…
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Malicious Cheese-giving
How to confuse a European houseguest: Give them a block of ordinary, hard cheese Give them an ordinary, sharp knife This keeps happening. Four times now. It’s got to the point where I keep two cheese slicers / kaasschaaf / ostehøvel / rabot à fromage handy, for when – cheese in one hand, knife in…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-29
@1Password Help! I logged into a webpage & saved it, but somehow it's stuck under "Generated Passwords" not "Logins" & I can't click on it # From Surevine's CEO ( @shortblue ) – I think some of my fellow ex-#Sun developers will recognise these problems, and some of the solutions # @1Password Ok. So there's…
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Why #Cybersecurity Is Rubbish (slides from #bcsoxon)
Because of my presentation style the slides are only half of the story, but these are from my recent presentation at the Oxford branch of the British Computer Society. Research notes (some) are here. Next opportunity to see this talk (along with Sex, Lies & IM) publicly is at Portsmouth Skeptics in the Pub on…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-28
Has anyone using #OSX #Lion Mail.app to access #GMail had problems where GMail folders/labels turn up empty, or not at all? # @kelvin_alpha Turns out the issue was with GMail inboxes being named "Inbox" clashing with Mail.app's internals. Quick rename. #gmail #OSX #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-27
@siodaNMRC 1) generic name for some dessert types, overlapping with 2) savoury or sweet dishes prep'd by steaming or dunked in boiling water # @siodaNMRC Check out: Steak&Kidney Pudding, Bread&Butter Pudding, Queen's Pudding, Black Pudding, Sticky Toffee Pudding, Suet Pudding (type) # I swear, #southwesttrains carriages are designed to be faraday cages. # @sheldon_kent Indulge…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-26
Idea: set up a committee to research and publish a British Standard for secret handshakes. Subclasses: freemasons, rotarians, scouts… # http://t.co/dgBC7Gtz The court ruled that information could not be […] stolen within the Theft Act # I don't understand #Graphviz on OSX; the downloaded .app (2.28) provides an Attributes pane and a basic DOT viewer?…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-24
@lauraanngill I think it' fabulous – a logical consequence of liberation, freedom and fun; anyone who'd call it eg: corrupt, would worry me. # @andymclernan Alas. You missed Ford Prefect, too… #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-23
Anyone who remembers A8 : http://t.co/UFBz6X7k HT @chris_bloke # Done! – two presentations good to go. Send out the final reminder-tweet, and then _lunch_ # #Oxford BCS lectures: "Sex, Lies & Instant Messaging" + "Why #Cybersecurity Is Rubbish" Tonight @ 7:30pm http://t.co/WZseNhfN # Yellow-winged WW1 US Army #biplane just flew over the house. Blue roundels…