Archive for June, 2006

Customize Google

by @ Thursday, June 29th, 2006. Filed under Misc, Technology

CustomizeGoogle is a Firefox extension that enhances Google search results by adding extra information (like links to Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, MSN etc) and removing unwanted information (like ads and spam).
http://www.customizegoogle.com

Spiders

by @ Thursday, June 29th, 2006. Filed under Art, Misc

an electric sheep comic – suggested for mature readers

Falling Down

by @ Tuesday, June 27th, 2006. Filed under Misc

My Monday morning was going as usual – out the door around 6:20AM and driving to Vienna metro. I arrive around 6:50 and discover there are lots of delays on the orange line due to the flooding of various stations caused by the continued rainfall. I decide to just board the existing train [...]

Cryptographic Multipart Computations

by @ Tuesday, June 27th, 2006. Filed under Security, Technology

” In cryptography, secure multiparty computation is a problem that was initially suggested by Andrew C. Yao in a 1982 paper. In that publication, the millionaire problem was introduced: Alice and Bob are two millionaires who want to find out which is richer without revealing the precise amount of their wealth. Yao proposed a solution [...]

Non-pop-kid-rock.

by @ Monday, June 26th, 2006. Filed under Art, Misc, Music

“Examples of other indie rockers-turned-kindie rockers abound: Lisa Mathews of Milkshake, a band that recently toured with Zanes on Jamarama Live, a sort of Lollapalooza for kids, used to be in a band called Love Riot, who once played Lilith Fair. “A lot of us, like Dan Zanes and They Might Be Giants, we’ve had [...]

Who killed Kenny?

by @ Friday, June 23rd, 2006. Filed under The Courts, political perspective

” The self-described “ignorant-ass hillbilly” dispensed with etiquette the day his brother’s body arrived at a California morgue. The government insisted Kenneth “Kenny” Trentadue committed suicide in federal prison. But evidence suggesting otherwise vanished, while much of that supporting the government’s theory was jiggered or plucked from thin air.
In trying to unravel the mystery, Jesse [...]

Turntabilism

by @ Thursday, June 22nd, 2006. Filed under Art, Music

While on the topic of music….

Pitchfork top 100 music videos

by @ Thursday, June 22nd, 2006. Filed under Art, Music

If you aren’t already watching the Pitchfork media list, you’re missing out. Their top albums list introduced me to a large amount of new and seriously nice music. Looks like they’ve done it again with their Top 100 Awesome Music Videos list. My favorite, The Avalanches – Frontier Psychiatrist.

SecTools

by @ Thursday, June 22nd, 2006. Filed under Security, Technology

“Top 100 Network Security Tools
After the tremendously successful 2000 and 2003 security tools surveys, Insecure.Org is delighted to release this 2006 survey. I (Fyodor) asked users from the nmap-hackers mailing list to share their favorite tools, and 3,243 people responded. This allowed me to expand the list to 100 tools, and even subdivide them into [...]

Pegasus High Altitude Balloon project

by @ Wednesday, June 21st, 2006. Filed under Misc, Technology

Nice homebrew project – they launch a camera, gps, phone, and small embedded linux device on a high altitude ballon. The story, charts, and pictures are on the website.
” Once the balloon was released I received two sms messages – one at about 350m and then another at 650m and then silence for 2 1/2 [...]

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