Category Archives: tech

I wrote it in python for fun. Next I’ll redo it with javascript and write it up for greasemonkey. SHA1(secret + “sitename”)=>base64=>custom password. Changing the secret would be a bitch, though. See password generator for the inspiration.

Some nut has written a completely client-side wiki that you can serialize by saving the item back to disk. I think he’s crazy, but as long as it’s available I think he should market it as “A Wiki Of One”.

It can arise at any moment and bite you in the ass!

Sam Ruby links to Nic Wolff’s javascript password generator. While it’s super cool and all — I mean, there’s a screencast! By Jon Udell! — the actual password algorithm is kinda stupid, in that it generates only 4bn unique passwords. … Continue reading →

not with a bang, but with a whimper. I just ran shutdown -h +2 on pianosa…. it’s gone now. Andrew shut her off. Thus ends 8 years of service. PAR, the 500 block of white, Allen Hall, h0l, 2680 fayette … Continue reading →

Eric Zorn’s Notebook: The Human Lojack: Steven Levy reports in Newsweek that “mobile-phone makers (must) comply with an FCC “E911″ mandate dictating that by the end of 2005 all handsets must include GPS that pinpoints the owner’s location,” a bit … Continue reading →

I just went through the cleartype wizard again on my work (windows) box. It looks so much assier than the ibook I’ve been using all weekend.

I’ve joined the Mac cult with a purchase last week of an iBook. It’s ostensibly for Rebecca but I keep hauling off with it to sit in a corner and hack on Ugly. I’ll try to write a little bit … Continue reading →

No, not me. I’m working on a database project with mrw. For lots of reasons, we’re doing it in Java. (ok, two reasons. JDBC exists; and Swing works on both OSX and Unix.) From time to time, I’ll probably post … Continue reading →