Blog Archive

Dealing with Bot Nets

Currently at work I’m designing a large-scale system that will be susceptible to a certain kind of denial-of-service attack. By way of analogy, imagine that Gmail didn’t bother to prevent...

The Worst Desktop Operating System. Evar.

I complain a lot about FreeBSD here and on Twitter and, thankfully, I am now about to stop using that horror on my desktop. But why horror?

Still Alive

Yes, this is one of those irritating posts. Where a blog that you thought had quietly retired suddenly reappears with a post. A post that says basically nothing. A very...

Where have all the photos gone?

I’ve stopped posting my photos on my blog, they go straight to my Flickr.com feed now. It’s just easier to post to and have the photos look reasonable. Sorry Google,...

On the Nature of my Damage

Recently I have realised that at a very early age my attitudes towards and interactions with computers were permanently damaged. Like all geeks, I first started programming in primary school....

after the quake

after the quake Haruki Murakami

Steve Jobs & the JesusPhone Will Save Us