New words I have a thing with "new words" so my attention was cought when I was cycling past a billboard that showed the word "Glascorrosie" (Dutch for "Glascorrosion") next to a picture of a somewhat dull glass in the …
I was just looking at a survey of nameserver software. For some reason Net::DNS::Nameserver seems to serve a significant number of zones. On the other hand it seems to only have 6 installed instances. I am curious. Who would use …
SIPping away At the recent Apricot the folk from APEET were selling wireless IP phones for a givaway price. It reminds me of the early times of 802.11 when these devices were made available for about 50-100 bucks. So having …
From the script for “Corporate Crime” starring Robbie Williams as James Bond. Scene 34 The Drousley assassination Drousley wakes up looks at the window, its open, he walks over and closes it. Looking surprised, that window wasn’t open. He scans …
Hmmm… tasty I am in Japan, in a conference hall, and when I look around I see… chairs, walls, blinded windows. If there would have been people the differences would have been more distinct. But now I could have been …
Bert, my most favorite Trend Watcher has produced his first movie on typical technology that will take over the world.
This brings back good memories need I say more… http://www.loop-net.co.jp/lingo/demos/mw/
Subversion Recently I became responsible for the maintenance of the perl Net::DNS module. Since the previous maintainer had moved Net::DNS to a subversion directory I decided to give subversion a try. The result… I am converted. Haleluja. What got me …
SHA1, SHA2, SHA3, what’s the next hash I’m going to see. The Feb 7 FWC.com article "Hashing out encription" first paragraph reads: Federal agencies have been put on notice that National Institute ofStandards and Technology officials plan to phase out …
Sisi and Sissy boys About a week ago I was invited to attend the musical “Elisabeth” in the the “Theater an der Wien“.This was the second time I attended a musical show. And although Iappreciate obviously high production quality (hydrolic …