Why Linux still doesn’t rule the desktop market
2016 is a pretty special year for me. It marks 10 years since switching my default operating system to Linux from Windows. (With a small exception in 2007 when I bought a Mac and used OS X for a while before installing OpenSUSE on that too) For me, Linux based systems...
Wait for the beep!
Quite a few years ago, 2008, a few of my mates and myself were avid Family Guy fans. Often watching new episodes as soon as they were out. One of the cutaway gags on an episode entitled “Long John Peter” caught my attention. By the end of that day, I had...
Death probe (A.K.A. 240V coffee warmer) review
Ah, another fantastically dangerous device shipped direct from China.
SSH Tunnelling – Bringing things a little closer to home or home a little closer to you
A few years ago, I wrote an article on how it was possible to hack into a friend’s Facebook account on public, unsecured, or poorly secured Wi-Fi, when using Facebook over an unencrypted connection. In that post, I mentioned you could tunnel your home connection...
Releasing Intacta Express – A reverse engineering story
Just over 15 years ago I used to watch a television programme on the BBC called Tomorrow’s World, the show focused on new and emerging technologies which could end up in our everyday lives. Famously, the humble Compact Disc was featured, and to this day,...Hello and welcome to my site
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