Sometimes you encounter a web task that is soooo boring you'd wish you had robot doing it for you. I encountered a few of those during this summer so I figured out it was time to acquire some Web Scraping and Automation Ninja skillz.
Turned out it's fairly easy, thanks to very useful libraries made for [...]
Couple of years ago I bought a Contoured Kinesis Keyboard due to a carpal tunnel syndrome (or at least my thumb was starting to feel numb on a regular basis).
I can't tell you, in spite of its very strange look, how wonderful this keyboard is. Not only it solved my pain/sensation issues, but it's really [...]
Just a small post to point to an article bunnie [1] wrote about the virus Influenza A : On Influenza A by bunnie.
This article should be of interest for people with a background in computer sciences but little knowledge in biology. It offers some funny/interesting computer sciences comparisons which should be of pedagogic interests for [...]
Hello,
I think it's time I go back to basics and post something a little bit technical on this blog, which was the original intent of this blog anyway, should I remind everyone .
So we're going to talk about magnetic cards. We all have at least half a dozen of them, if not more, and [...]
Funny talk between a (nice) hacker (from the cell phone scene) and Paris Hilton.
He's trying to help her to secure her cell phone account and voice mail. You could learn a few tricks if you don't know them already.
Here is the original link from Wired:
Hacker helps Paris Hilton
Here is a nice video of the CCC Camp 2007 which took place last summer.
Chaos Communication Camp 2007 Documentary Video
(here is an alternate link if this one is too slow)
The mood and general feeling were just incredible there. While watching, you could pay attention at 00:24:30 for instance *cough*
Furthermore, you'll find very good [...]
Sometimes hacking is really too simple...
You could try this google query for example:
http://www.google.com/search?q=ext%3Aica+planvue
Reference: http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/citrix-owning-the-legitimate-backdoor/
As Promissed here is a small list of interesting or funny links for this week:
Articles and News:
YouTube exposes torture in Egypt (direct link to videos: http://youtube.com/watch?v=8c1QfFiLDDI, http://youtube.com/watch?v=5QFSN8fyYHM, http://youtube.com/watch?v=r0-rQr6Np7A, and http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZQom4edkHkw
Colorblind Test
HD-DVD Volume Unique Keys Discovered (although I really don't see what is so extraordinary about it)
Upside-Down-Ternet (having fun when a neighbor is stealing [...]
For most people, as reinforced by the media and movies, a hacker is just a guy who finds his way into other people's computers. I'm not going to talk about this category of people, but rather about, what I would call, the hacker's spirit. It seems that everyone has his own definition of what a [...]