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Twitter Updates for 2009-07-03
@darrenmoffat howso? in reply to darrenmoffat # whacked my head on window surround trying to rescue terrarium cover that had just blown off. #notmyday # Someone else had their #iTunes account hacked, #Apple punt blame. Who will publish Apple’s lax web security? http://is.gd/1lt5X # #Apple #iTunes identity theft background: http://is.gd/1lt8w and (longer) http://is.gd/1ltkR # Weird:…
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when hackers talked in even parity and were 40 columns wide
Gosh, this takes me back: Message # 00661 **Hacker’s section** From: JONATHAN BARBER To: ALL Subject:EUCLID Date: 6/3/86 Fob all of you who want an easy hack heres how to get onto the EUCLID computer.First di!l up’ JANET gn 01 831 6181 for 1200/75 or try 01 388 2333.Type PAD and RETURN as soon as…
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Why, in the future, everyone will be blogging (again), and it’s not just what Winer said.
Winer writes: I predict a return to blogging as people discover the power of being able to finish a thought, and to link to another site without going through an intermediary. Once again people will discover the power of Small Pieces, Loosely Joined. …and I think I agree that people will return to blogging —…
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The Mine! Project – Google Tech Talk Videos #themineproject #vrm
The presentations that Adriana and I did for The Mine! Project’s Google Tech Talk at the Google Campus earlier this year are now posted on the blog; I apologise that the audio on the first video is not original and had to be re-recorded, this was due to hardware issues* on the day. In the…
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New Book: The New School of Information Security
Another book arrived for the input stack this morning: “The New School of Information Security” by Adam Shostack (hi, Adam) and Andy Stewart. First impressions: for the price I paid, I was thinking it would be somewhat larger – sort of “Security Engineering, Second Edition”-size. Instead it’s closer to a “this slim volume…” size. It…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-07-02
wisley royal horticultural society # history of abermud: http://bit.ly/19jNGw # prrrt?! http://www.flickr.com/photos/keet0m/3215137675/ #
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Radio revolution will leave listeners in silence
The Times overcooks the eco-argument slightly – the growth in datacentres is inevitable as work expand to fit the computation power available – but there is an undeniable fact in the power tradeoffs at the consumer end: I have a small transistor radio in the bathroom (no mains power in the bathroom) and it consumes…
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step 1 towards more blogging
Spend an hour sorting out all your blog-posting bookmarks into a single bookmark-toolbar folder, so with one click you are set up to post everywhere.
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Kid Swaps iPod For Sony Walkman, Gets A Culture Shock
Kid Swaps iPod For Sony Walkman, Gets A Culture Shock Must read, Will Laugh. Best quote: It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-27
Michael Jackson broke Google http://is.gd/1ectj # @adriana872 spotted that the BBC has adopted the FAIL! meme in a heading; needs caps, exclamation mark. http://is.gd/1ectj # Have ordered T-Mobile G1 on a discounted Combi35 deal – 800 mins, free internet, free sms, free phone, 30 quid per month. # unfollowing @1938media because am fed up with…