Archive for August, 2007

Bioshock – My initial thoughts.

How can I sum it up quickly? Hmmmmmmm…. 4 words should do it. Oh! My! Gosh!AMAZING!!! That’ll do. Okay, so you probably expect more than that from me, and thats fair enough. Anyone that doesn’t have this game, should have this game. And anyone that does have this game, WTF are you doing reading this…

WTB Ench +15FR Cloak – PST

I keep forgetting to post this. Anouska says I wouldn’t do it. Practically challenged my manhood by suggesting I wouldn’t do it. So, just to prove her wrong, and to show that I’m not the nice, sensitive guy that people associate me with, here is probably the second most controversial thing I’ve ever posted to…

(Un)Obfuscating the regexp-fu

Some things in life are just not intended for the new user or the beginner. RegExp, ore Regular Expressions, is one of those things. The powerful syntax allows for some amazing manipulations of strings. Because of the powerful capabilities of RegExp, a very elitest club is forming amongst those that can use and understand RegExp…

MeeboMe chat widget added

I know that some of you really wish you could chat with me, but the fact that I’m only regularly available on a single IM network now days limits your options. So I added a MeeboMe chat widget to the sidebar that will allow you to chat with me when I’m online, and leave me…

Security: Authenticating Identities

Well, I thought maybe its time to geek this blog up again. Its been a long time since I posted anything truly geeky. And I do mean, really geeky. Today I thought I’d discuss a security topic. Namely, issues around gaining access to a resource. We’ll discuss the 3 things required before an entity can…

Official: SCO loses to Novell

As of Friday, 10th August, 2007, SCO’s future is now effectively doomed. There is no recovery from the death blow they’ve just been dealt. There is no way SCO’s litigation can continue against others. It is now officially the defendant in a number of very nasty claims against it. IBM is about to pummel this…

One week in the new job

I should be long in bed, but I’ll post here because its been one full week now and people keep asking me, so I figure why not just say it out loud for everyone to hear all at once? :-) The new job is going good. Its a hell of a learning curve. Its an…

The first day

Being back in IT is one hell of a major shock to the system. Firstly, for those of you still on the night shift, I can confirm that this strange enigma known as ‘daylight’ really does exist and there really is a great big ball of fire in the sky. This is apparently called the…

New job begins

Started the new job today. Major shell shock. Will update you more when I get home.