Barack Obama wants a National CTOBarack Obama wants a National CTO
I am just watching US Senator Barack Obama speaking at Google about his bid to become the next US president [1]. He has announced plans for allowing greater citizen oversight[...]
Unusual Ways of Helping the EnvironmentUnusual Ways of Helping the Environment
Unusual Things to Help the Environment Have a party! Keeping a house at a comfortable temperature on days of extreme temperature takes a moderate amount of energy. If instead of[...]
Not Visiting the USNot Visiting the US
I won’t be visiting the US in the forseeable future. For some time I have been concerned about the malfunctioning legal process and other related issues that arose from the[...]
Links March 2008Links March 2008
Dan Bernstein wrote an interesting paper about the security of Qmail [1]. Of particular interest to me are the sections about things that might do differently if he was to[...]
Redirecting Output from a Running ProcessRedirecting Output from a Running Process
Someone asked on a mailing list how to redirect output from a running process. They had a program which had been running for a long period of time without having[...]
Future Versions of WindowsFuture Versions of Windows
There is currently a lot of speculation about the future of Windows following the massive failure of Vista in the market. One theory that is being discussed is that Microsoft[...]
Chilled Memory AttacksChilled Memory Attacks
In 1996 Peter Gutmann wrote a paper titled “Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory” [1]. In that paper he mentions the fact that the contents of RAM[...]
EeePC for a TeenagerEeePC for a Teenager
I was asked for advice from a non-technical person about buying a laptop for their 15yo daughter. They were looking to spend $200 or $300. I suggested that stretching their[...]
Giving Away HardwareGiving Away Hardware
For the last few years I have been actively seeking free hardware to give to members of my local LUG. Whenever a friend or business associate mentions that they are[...]
Watching While WaitingWatching While Waiting
Over the past four years every visit to a doctor or hospital has involved some time spent in a waiting room, in the case of hospital visits it has often[...]