October 2011
2 posts
Ubuntu Upgrade Day: 11.04 – 11.10 ‘Oneiric Ocelot’ →
Yay! My favorite Linux distro gets a facelift today with Ubuntu 11.04 making way for the newly released version 11.10 ’Oneiric Ocelot’. From past history lessons, I do tend to stray on the side of…
The best exploits are old exploits →
Last week I had a really interesting meeting with one of the Security Advisors from Microsoft prior to the release of their Security Intelligence Report (SIR) – Volume 11. While we were specifically…
June 2011
1 post
Software Defects – The Broken Windows of... →
We are gearing up for a major push of strategic security work and as part of the backgrounding for one of the areas I will be working on, I spent an hour of my day listening to a 2009 presentation by…
May 2011
1 post
Skype Beta 2.2.0.25 for Linux – Webcam WORKING! →
Ugh – finally, after much backward and forward (even to the point I dragged out a Windows laptop) I’ve tracked down the issue which was stopping my embedded webcams (which otherwise works in all…
February 2011
2 posts
Tots Corner – A Magical Place →
When my wife and I first learned we were having our first son, we asked around our friends in the childcare industry for recommendations for pre-school care. The answers unanimously came back “Tots…
Running Macbuntu on Ubuntu 10.10 →
I was having a chat to some people on Friday on why some devices were successful and some were… not. Essentially what it came down to was the user experience and, while the hardware plays a part in…
January 2011
1 post
Functional MRI and Improvisation →
How. Cool. Is. THIS?! Another gem from TED, this clip is of Charles Limb – a researcher who put jazz musicians and rappers in an fMRI to see how their brains work during musical improvisation….
December 2010
1 post
How to kill that pesky creativity in your business →
This video by Harvard Professor Youngme Moon has been sitting in my open tabs for a couple of weeks now as a irreverent reminder of the safe-play bingo phrases which find their way into so many…
November 2010
1 post
Organizing, Getting Things Done, (N)Evernote… →
With a recent move to a new working environment, I’ve needed to re-address how I’m working to compensate for the loss of an ability to leave my workspace setup ready for action each day. Part of this…
September 2010
0 posts
Getting an XT USB Modem working in Ubuntu →
Given that I’m rocking Ubuntu 10.04 on my beloved ASUS EEE 1005PE, I had a need to be able to use my Telecom XT T-Stick (a.k.a. ‘ZTE Corporation MF636 HSUPA USB Modem’) via Ubuntu. The issue with…
July 2010
2 posts
Barcamp Auckland 2010 – Redux →
The following is intended to be a summary of various links covering Barcamp Auckland 2010. Much of the discovery was done via a twitter search, so I’m not expecting it to be an exhaustive list –…
Profiling my Power →
To celebrate the introduction of the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS*) in New Zealand today (1 July 2010), I thought I’d publish the following article on what I’m doing in terms of residential Power…
June 2010
2 posts
Setting up the EEE 1005PE →
This post has been far too long in coming – mainly because some miscrent broke into my car and stole a bunch of my gear – including the charger for my 6 hour old ASUS EEE 1005PE. The replacment…
These *are* the Droids you’re looking for… →
Hat tip to @VodaphoneNZ for re-igniting my interest in having another crack at the following post which I originally wrote for an internal publication for my employer. I’ve changed some of the…
May 2010
1 post
Tabnabbing – An Even More Evil Phishing Attack →
Wow – I’ve just finished reading a recent blog post by Aza Raskin (creative lead for Firefox) and he presents an interesting new phishing attack vector for us to be(a)ware of, that of…
April 2010
2 posts
A PC for the Kids: Introduction →
With my wife adopting a new notebook we’ve found ourselves with an additional, usable machine which we’ve earmarked for our boys use.
The unit in question is a rather dated IBM Thinkpad R51 which ran…
What is this “Android” thing that people are... →
The first week of April 2010 saw the announcement of Telecoms first Android handset, with the exclusive launch for the XT network of the LG GW620.
Telecom is not alone in the New Zealand market with…
September 2009
2 posts
Larry Ellison talks Cloud →
I was reading a CIO Magazine article this morning on ‘The Cloud’, and found this wee video embedded in the article of Larry Ellison (CEO Oracle) talking about ‘The Cloud’, he certainly calls a spade…
Site Design and UI – An Educational Video →
The embedded video came across my Twitter feed this morning (thanks @rgoodchild) under the heading of ‘The Perfect Geek Rapper’. Now while m0serious may not be in the same league as NerdCore rapper…
August 2009
4 posts
Installing VirtualBox 3.0.2 on Ubuntu Server 9.04 →
The following guide will take you through installing Sun VirtualBox 3.0.2 on a minimal install headless Ubuntu v9.04 (Jaunty) Server. For a step by step on setting up the minimal server, read the…
Installing VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu Server... →
The following guide will take you through installing VMWare Server 2 on a minimal install headless Ubuntu v9.04 (Jaunty) Server. For a step by step on setting up the minimal server, read the article…
Setting Up a Virtual Environment →
So, since we’ve moved into the new place, I’ve been wanting to consolidate my technology somewhat and make things a lot easier to administer. To this end (and forgetting for a moment the lack of…
Setting Up Ubuntu Server 9.04 →
This article will address the base (minimal) build that I’ve been using while trying out a number of Virtual Environments for use in my home network. I’ve chosen to use an Ubuntu Server v9.04…
July 2009
4 posts
Windows 7 RTM – The last installation →
So Windows 7 is now released to manufacturing (RTM for you acronym junkies out there) and this is the last time I’ll need to be installing the operating system before it appears in the shops. During…
spyPhone or iPhone? →
I’ve just finished reading this interesting article on an iPhone vulnerability which (could) propagate via SMS messaging and is due to be revealed at Black Hat in Las Vegas on Thursday (US…
The Big Move: Part II – Planning the Cabling →
Well, it’s taken a week – but the initial plans (PDF 268K) are now drawn up for the cabling required in the house. The plans are pretty close to the minimum we’ll require to get things up and running…
The Big Move: Moving In Part I →
So – we’ve now moved in, the boxes are (mostly) unpacked – I’ve even managed to organise the garage enough to fit the HondaBus into it (who knows, maybe being an internal garage with light, heat and…
June 2009
6 posts
Can Security Policy live in a Business World? →
I’ve had a couple of decent articles come through my various feeds this morning in regards to IT Security and how companies are gaining traction for the acceptance and adoption of policies.
The Big Move: Weather Station DOWN! →
I’m on the move… the last few weeks have been a steady extraction of the technology which is running here, and last nights victim was the Weather station
Power of People – Why your brand needs to... →
A great presentation by Joakim Vars Nilsen on the power of people (why empowering people is key in marketing). There are more than a few companies who could benefit from watching this deck - and it…
Flu Hype, and reality →
Below is an interesting video for those caught up in the swine flu (which it isn’t) hype.
As a bit of background, Hans Rosling is a doctor and researcher who I first ’saw’ when he presented at TED…
Inside a Tornado →
Now – while storm chasing may not strictly be the realm of geek, I’d argue that there’s a heck of a lot of technology, knowledge and innovation going on in this space – all in the aim of…
Bandwidth to join Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs? →
Those crazy French have declared access to the Internet is a “fundamental human right” as part of its decision in overturning the recent, and controversial “three strikes” anti-piracy…
May 2009
4 posts
Portable Hacking Device for Soldiers →
Now *this* is why it’d be fun to work in/with the Military in an innovation (non-lethal) capacity… loads of funding, loads of scope… okay, perhaps not here in New Zealand, but for economies such as…
On Goals, Persistence and Mentoring →
Much has been written of late around the ‘Susan Boyle Phenomenon’ and blogger Penelope Trunk has added her twist, using the song choice as a demonstration of setting goals that are hard but…
Hacking with MSConfig - Speeding the boot process →
My laptop is slow to boot - painfully slow. Slow to the point that, after entering my credentials, I’ll go make a coffee or grab an architecture document to review - anything to avoid the minutes of…
Awesome Siverlight / Photosynth Demo →
New Zealand Microsoftie Nigel Parker had a demo slot to fill at the WEB09 event and, after a chat with a colleague, decided to use crowd sourced images tagged as New Zealand to promote our beautiful…
April 2009
3 posts
Driving DropBox - Linking External Directories in... →
To get Dropbox to sync folders OUTSIDE of your [Drive:\ProgramPath]\My Dropbox\ directory, we need to use a symbolic link, something easily done in Linux*, but requiring a little more effort in…
Tanking Twimailer (and Trying Topify) →
Yesterday Alain E. posted the following comment on my Twimailer article
It is like Topify.com before less interesting. And in addition their twitter account is not even working. I personnally tried…
Security Companies on Twitter →
Since moving from the R&D field into the amorphous world of IT security, I’ve been trawling the web to find good resources to add to my list of feeds and help me learn more about what we do as a…
February 2009
1 post
Installing Windows 7 (Build 7000) →
Wow. I’m in love again.. well, maybe - I’m certainly in LIKE!
A few days ago I wiped out my gaming rig with the intention of installing the latest beta of Windows 7. The Beta was opened up around…
January 2009
3 posts
The Social Web at Work - Parachute 2009 →
Parachute, a New Zealand Christian Music Festival held at Mystery Creek, Hamilton, New Zealand, has recently finished and, while our church had its share of musicians playing at the event, I started…
New Plugins Added →
I’ve recently been updating a number of the sites I look after to bring more services to them and make them a little more self administrating.
To this end, I’ve been gravitating toward some of the…
Your Life on the Internet →
The following is a translation from an article published by French Magazine Le Tigre. It has been lovingly translated by one of my work colleagues (who happens to also be French, but now a New…
December 2008
2 posts
Home Networking - the Why (not the How or What) →
The first of what may become a series of presentations covering the home networking space. This presentation covers WHY you may want a home network, and what considerations need to be top of mind…
The Snowball Effect (or, how #GoTech came to be) →
This morning an innocuous observation on Twitter sparked what would turn out to be (for me at least) a far-reaching discussion concerning the teaching of Information Technology and its related fields…
November 2008
4 posts
Mini Notebook / Netbook Snapshot →
I’m sitting here, away from my desk waiting to be joined by a guy I work with to discuss mini notebooks/netbooks that may fit his needs.
Given I’m writing this entry on my ASUS EEE 701, I guess I…
Video: Company Values →
This link has been bouncing around the NZ twitter space this morning, it’s very well constructed video of a young company and their employees explaining what it means to be, and work at the company….
“Improving a pain in the ass doesn’t make it a... →
Doc Searls ended a recent post on the folly of yet another guess as to how to get online advertising to work with those words. A succinct yet accurate observation such as I’ve come to expect from the…
Larry Lessig - Master of presentation →
I watched the following presentation this morning and was moved on a number of levels (hat tip @gnat for the heads up to this clip).
Firstly, the way Larry Lessig speaks is very powerful, his timing,…