Dropsafe

Marek requested a picture of the cherry trees near my home; I enclose one (a little fuzzy) plus a photo of my local phonebox. Alas, most of the blossom is fallen, now, but there will be more, next year.

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1) Jetwash the motorbike 2) Carefully consider whether to jetwash the cat. 3) Let the cat off, this time, but if I get any more dead mice in the house, it’s hosepipe-time. 3) Pasta 4) E-mail 5) Try to negotiate with Gene Saunders (always a surreal thrill) and Mark Thacker (likewise) as to what URL

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I’ve done a little adaptation to the look-and-feel to try and make the weblog more pleasant to read; also the date-handling is a little smarter, and I am experimenting with colour a little to try and make things more legible. I feel considerably better and more able to cope with work today; Joep, myself and

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25085.html

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<efi> just finished my pizza <bartb> ow – enjoyed it I hope <efi> hmmm with all the sunshine out it was painfull but what the hell <PAVUK> 🙂 <bartb> you should know by now that sunshine is not the natural environment for geeks <efi> yep geeks these strange beasts which are kept closed in a

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Urgh. Well, my head is now back together, but I could really do with a couply more hours worth of sleep. Joep from Solaris Software Security Products Group (or whatever they are called this month) arrived late last night; his flight was due at 1920h but landed at 2047h, so in retrospect it was a

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Waiting for Godot: The Interactive Adventure! http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/6200/waitingforgodot.html

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it’s damp, it’s been raining, and it’s a lovely day. i woke inexplicably early (0530h) showered and breakfasted, and crashed on the sofa a bit, to snuggle the cat. tea, telephoned to pay some bills, joined the bmf, and got in the car to drive to work. I got as far as one end of

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Should you really be afraid of a smurf? And exactly what threat does a pulsing zombie pose? They’re just two of the sinister computer attacks you need to watch out for. Our latest quiz just may send a shiver down your spine. http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci813585,00.html

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http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175855.html SAPvir, the first virus to infect programs and reports used by the high-end SAP R/3 business information system, was posted to an online virus library this week. Experts said the proof-of-concept code, which does not appear to be present in the wild, is the latest effort by virus writers to target “exotic” computing platforms.

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I wonder if I should apply. 😎 Received: from disG.cjb.net (adsl-32-219-20.bct.bellsouth.net [67.32.219.20]) by pheriche.sun.com (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id GAA22986 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 06:01:41 -0600 (MDT) From: “Recruiting” Subject: Disgruntled Hackers Recruiting [A call to arms] To: alecm@coyote.uk.sun.com Greetings, I am representing the security research and developement (hacking) group DHO (Disgruntled Hackers ORG).

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