Tag Archives: geeky
Phone Security == Computer Security
Dan gets paranoid and despairs about the ease with which mobile devices can be stolen, the wealth of personal information stored on them, and the under-use of readily-available encryption tools. Continue reading
Craziest Internet Explorer Bug Ever?
Dan discovers a crazy little bug in Internet Explorer 8 and below, and complains loudly about it. Bloody IE. Continue reading
Visitor Tracking Without Cookies (or How To Abuse HTTP 301s)
A technique for abusing HTTP 301 redirects and random numbers to uniquely track users; even those who have cookies disabled in their web browsers. Continue reading
Moving Things Around With CSS Transitions
The “pop-up head” in the top-left hand corner of the page is powered entirely by CSS: no Javascript is used at all. Dan explains how. Continue reading
HDMI Virus, or How I Became An Old Person
HDMI cables are over-marketed at the best of times. But Dan’s just discovered one that goes one step further, claiming to do the fundamentally impossible. And then, like an old person, he writes an irate letter. Continue reading
On This Day In 2011
As part of the On This Day series, Dan looks back over the last year that he’s been running FreeDeedPoll.org.uk, a service that makes it easy and painless for British citizens to change their name (and have that name legally-recognised) Continue reading
New Computer #2 – Dana
Dana is the second of the two new computers Dan’s acquired this month. She’s tiny, reasonably-powerful, and uses almost no electricity. Continue reading
New Computer #1 – Tiffany2
This weekend, Dan built a new computer – Tiffany2 – to replace his aging media centre box. Continue reading
Goodbye Reader
After Google apply an ugly-as-sin new style and break some of his favourite features, Dan finally gives up on Google Reader and sets himself up on Tiny Tiny RSS instead. Continue reading
QR Codes of the Bodleian
For the Bodleian Libraries’ latest exhibition, Treasures of the Bodleian, Dan’s produced some unusual QR codes to sit alongside the exhibits. Continue reading
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