Sterling at SXSW

A quite marvellous speech to close SXSW. Worth reading, even if you don’t get the geek humour bits. If more computation, and more networking, was going to make the world prosperous, we’d be living in a prosperous world. And we’re not. Obviously we’re...

Wow. Gawker vs New York Post

Not quite safe for work, but extraordinary. Shocking that the New York Post has been so catastrophically wrong and misguided in its coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings. Delightful that Gawker has made such a stand against it. Sadly the result will no doubt be law...
Bitcoins: a bubble?

Bitcoins: a bubble?

I like the idea of bitcoin, but I have to agree that it feels crazily bubbly. Also, no sensible government would let a uncontrolled currency loose on the world. The Bitcoin bubble, at $1 billion, is tiny compared to those that burst in 2000 and 2008. Nevertheless,...
Hijacking airplanes with a phone

Hijacking airplanes with a phone

Crikey, I’m glad Wiffy was in the air before I read this. No wonder plane manufacturers are so dodgy about wireless devices, and I’m glad they are. Summary: you can misuse some on-plane systems to install an attack framework and then, so long as AutoPilot...