December 2011
1 post
Posterous integration test
I’m twiddling Posterous integration with my newly consolidated blog, so here’s a picture of Mike playing the MindFlex.
November 2011
1 post
A smattering of iPhone pictures from the last few...
See the full gallery on Posterous Just because, that’s why.
October 2011
1 post
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formspring.me
PROBE MY SOUL (and/or my butt) http://formspring.me/davewilliams
September 2011
3 posts
+1 Axe of Protein Folding: distributed computing...
To disable M-PMV’s protease, we need to know exactly what it looks like. Like real scissors, the proteases come in two halves that need to lock together in order to work. If we knew where the halves joined together, we could create drugs that prevent them from uniting. But until now, scientists have only been able to discern the structure of the two halves together. They have spent more than ten...
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Disasters happen when you implement good...
Link: Top-grade, SHA1 Encryption - The Daily WTF And then came the “data breach” email — everyone’s personal data (which, for Paul, was just his throw-away email) was now in the hands of some hackers. Great post from the Daily WTF - shows off how it’s very easy to end up in a bad situation when you have good crypto, implemented badly. Implementation is everything, and if...
The banking industry is ludicrous.
The banking industry is ludicrous. Have you ever made a bad decision that cost you more money than you could afford at that point? Maybe up to two grand, maybe less. I’ve certainly been in situations myself where the loss of twenty quid would have meant that I couldn’t afford food for a period of time. For a huge chunk of the world, two quid is a massively significant - quite feasibly...
July 2011
1 post
June 2011
1 post
April 2011
1 post
Have some colourful North London.
March 2011
1 post
yup, that's a bad slogan...
via flickr.com Best placard from the London anti-cuts protests. BEST.
February 2011
2 posts
An Hour At The London Hackspace (video)
An Hour At The London Hackspace from Dave Williams on Vimeo.
Human Sexuality Chart
On one hand, this is an incredible piece of work - view full size - On the other hand, through careful analysis, I have managed to simplify it - And that’s pretty much the way I feel about the whole issue.
January 2011
1 post
Candied Bacon Sandwich á la Dave
I made some candied bacon. For those unfamiliar with this particular cause of massive heart attacks, this is what candied bacon is supposed to look like. This is, of course, candied bacon as prepared by someone who Has prepared candied bacon before Is willing to do their research into how best to cook candied bacon Is probably quite a good cook, or in fact has done anything with their...
December 2010
3 posts
The Orgasm Bird
Download now or listen on posterous Memo.m4a (155 KB) This bird is part of the Dawn Chorus in Singapore. I’ll leave it up to you to work out why I call it the Orgasm Bird.
Crypto: hard.
Everyone knows that when you’re encrypting stuff, key length is important. When you choose a key length, and assume no mathematical attacks, you’re essentially betting on Moore’s Law being upheld and it taking unreasonably long to brute-force the key for your ciphertext. Fewer people know that the algorithm you use is also very important. Aside from crack speed - my MacBook...
In 1982, this body scanner was just...
Things have changed a bit now, eh? Download now or watch on posterous airport-scanners.mp4 (2038 KB) From Airplane 2.
November 2010
4 posts
Enabling the large clock on Polycom IP phones...
Polycom IP phones are, to use a technical term, a complete ballache to provision. The XML configuration file is rather opaque to say the least. One thing that I keep coming back to, and keep forgetting how to do, is enable the large clock with the date and time instead of a background image. It’s simple once you know the directive to look for…if you can remember it. Google’s...
October 2010
3 posts
soap4r and the Great and Terrible...
So I’ve been playing with some Ruby bindings for the VMWare Virtual Infrastructure SOAP web service. SOAP is, as many of you may be aware, is absolutely f*cking vile and has largely been replaced by RESTful web services. However, if SOAP’s all that you have, then SOAP’s all that you have. First thing to take note of: soap4r does not like Ruby 1.9! If you try to use it on Ruby...
BEST THING EVER
This is the happiest day in my life. Berocca have released a product that is basically Berocca, berry flavoured, with a crapton of caffeine in it. All of my (slightly tweaky) Christmases have come at once.
August 2010
6 posts
N7 Rainbow
Single rainbow all the waaaaaaay. Posted via email from blog.dave.io | Comment »
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(NSFW) Awesome concept
I really like this. Posted via email from blog.dave.io | Comment »
Photo via @phuturatica
via phuturatica.tumblr.com This is unreasonably beautiful. Posted via email from blog.dave.io | Comment »
The Perils of Time Travel
Be afraid. Posted via email from blog.dave.io | Comment »
How I see the start of the day
Share yours! Let me see what you see the moment you wake up. Posted via email from blog.dave.io | Comment »
New Geekosaur post: Firewalling for the Paranoid...
There are plenty of firewall guides out there. Most give you a low level overview of how to wrangle a specific firewall to play nice with what you need it to do. This is fine, as long as you know what you want – or don’t have a choice. However, with this article I’m hoping to give you a greater insight on what’s out there so you can get as much security as you want, with the minimum of time,...
July 2010
20 posts
There is no such thing as too many melons.
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This is Basil. Basil would rather like to be the...
via youtube.com I am concerned that Basil might be in with a chance. Posted via email from blog.dave.io | Comment »
If this man can make CTO, anyone can.
This is my boss.Those are strawberry laces. Or he’s a tentacle monster. Pick one. Posted via email from blog.dave.io | Comment »
KILL ALL HUMA...oh, wait.
User-Agent: * Disallow: /music? Disallow: /widgets/radio? Disallow: /show_ads.php Disallow: /affiliate/ Disallow: /affiliate_redirect.php Disallow: /affiliate_sendto.php Disallow: /affiliatelink.php Disallow: /campaignlink.php Disallow: /delivery.php Disallow: /music/+noredirect/ Disallow: /harming/humans Disallow: /ignoring/human/orders Disallow: /harm/to/self Allow: / ...
Let's backfire the AFA's boycott of Home Depot for...
The American Family Association appear to have the arse on about Home Depot at the moment, as they’re treating Teh Gays in their employ like human beings. Poppy Z. Brite reposted their email: From: AFA Action Alert <contact@afa.net> Subject: AFA makes it official: Don’t shop at The Home Depot To: PZB Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 3:11 PM AFA makes it official: Don’t shop...
It's A Curse
via gotsars.com Posted via email from blog.dave.io | Comment »
cows & cows & cows
via youtube.com If I were a cow, this is how I would spend my days. Posted via email from blog.dave.io | Comment »
Ass Goblins of Auschwitz
via amazon.co.uk …righto. Posted via email from blog.dave.io | Comment »
Freelance Linux, Windows, and Cisco buff sought...
If you fit the bill for the below, get in touch. This is not for my company, I am spreading it on behalf of a friend. I can be contacted at dave@dave.io if you want to communicate privately. Hi, My current client are looking for someone with knowledge of all of the following: • Windows Server networking; • ASP.NET networking; • IIS networking; • Cisco switch configuration; • Linux networking; •...
SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE
via secretagentslut.tumblr.com Excellent. Posted via email from blog.dave.io | Comment »
Picking on font usage is never a low blow when...
via boingboing.net Damn right. Arguing with a passive-aggressive note writer will never, ever work. Let them whine - but make sure they do so in a typographically sound manner. Posted via email from davewilliams’s posterous | Comment »
City Boy Ping Pong
And elsewhere, another company has put up two ping pong tables. The City is a strange place. Posted via email from davewilliams’s posterous | Comment »
Broadgate Circle
Bulmers appear to have taken over Broadgate Circle with an accordion band and many bars. Posted via email from davewilliams’s posterous | Comment »
Why the Insane Clown Posse will be the downfall of...
The Insane Clown Posse are at it again. They’ve released a new track called ‘Miracles’. In this soggy puddle of musical dysentery, they expound about how many miracles come together to make the world as it is today. And who can argue? There are a lot of things that have happened through a slight weighting in some very long odds, many of which are essential for our ecosystem to...
Office Supplies
We appear to have had enough loo roll delivered to last through the Zombie Apocalypse. Posted via email from davewilliams’s posterous | Comment »
It's A Very Niche Field
Everyone needs a hobby, after all. Posted via email from davewilliams’s posterous | Comment »
2010-07-15
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Avo - Pure Reason Revolution
Avo Pure Reason Revolution Amor Vincit Omnia via open.spotify.com If you’re not listening to this RIGHT THIS VERY MOMENT, you’re doing it wrong. Posted via email from davewilliams’s posterous | Comment »
Lines, grain and contrast
…are a few of my favourite things. Posted via email from davewilliams’s posterous | Comment »
CouchDB NoSQL Database Ready for Production Use
Two major enhancements to CouchDB make it 1.0-worthy, said Chris Anderson, the chief financial officer and a founder of Couchio. One is the fact that performance of the software has been greatly improved. The other is its ability to work on Microsoft Windows machines. A lot of work was also put into stabilization of the software. Performance-wise, the new version has demonstrated a 300 percent...
June 2010
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What is your quest?
To make everyone else’s as dementedly confusing as possible.
PROBE MY SOUL (and/or my butt)