Category Archives: General

A new lego star wars game (new to me anyway, my copy just finished downloading!) I like what I see so far, the story is exciting, I love the introduction video, it has that “star wars is epic” feel about … Continue reading →

Netflix has been suffering from Disney taking all their content and refusing to play any more. Still more Korean dramas on Netflix than Disney though…

Absolutely awesome art + useful lessons for people trying to improve: https://www.instagram.com/grizandnorm/ This is the link I was trying to find for L today but couldn’t.. Relieved that I found it 😌

The old Apple Java-dev mailing list and all its archives appear to have been deleted. The mailman system is reporting “No such list java-dev“

Another day, another attack on processor architectures. I remember during the computer architecture classes at university marvelling at how clever the processor architectures were. Branch prediction, the challenges of process management and context switching. How everything could be managed so … Continue reading →

The era of 32 bit Mac applications is probably coming to an end. Apple seems to be moving towards a 64 bit future. 64 bit conversion isn’t very difficult for most ordinary apps, although there will undoubtably be developers who … Continue reading →

It is important to remember that there are problems for which blockchains are not the correct answer.

When tagging documents with keywords, sometimes too many keywords is as bad as too few. If you have too few, the document might not be found. If you have too many, the document will be found every time; even if … Continue reading →

Following from the entirely unbelievable but true Epic Split truck advert with Jean-Claude Van Damme, Scania has offered a new ad, building a working clock using trucks. I love all of these ads, I really do. But I’m not in … Continue reading →

Sadly it seems that the Birkhill fireclay mine has been permanently closed as a visitor attraction. I was lucky enough to go round the mine tour a few years ago when it was still open and it was a fascinating visit. The mine … Continue reading →

The new Raspberry Pi Zero looks amazing! Base price is just £4! Sure you have to add stuff like an SD card, a screen and a keyboard. But these can be shared, or borrowed or obtained second hand from somewhere … Continue reading →

WordPress usually needs plugins for things, but it’s a pain keeping them updated, unless you want to use the built in auto-updating (which I don’t use for various reasons) That was until I discovered this method of using svn:externals to update … Continue reading →

MoD releases code to GitHub Well done to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at the UK ministry of Defence. They’ve started to release code on github. I can’t imagine that getting approval for this was easy, and it probably required a … Continue reading →

I’ve been playing Prison Architect recently, having picked it up in a Humble Bundle deal. Interesting idea and great fun. Plus not so lifelike that I would be uncomfortable playing.  

http://xss-game.appspot.com/ It teaches a bit about Cross-site scripting (XSS) bugs that, as the page helpfully describes, are one of the most common and dangerous types of vulnerabilities in web apps. Worth checking, even if you think you know the material.

I just saw details of this new stuffed/plush toy bear that contains medical sensors, which seems absolutely wonderful as an idea. The idea is that instead of having to persuade a child patient to put up with various medical devices … Continue reading →

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