by Tom | Nov 18, 2013 | Personal, Reading
I love this. An enterprising coder and crossworder has taken inspiration from xkcd on the Adobe password leak and generated crosswords from the password hints and the crossword hashes. My lord there are some insecure passwords out there. Adobe Crossword....
by Tom | Nov 15, 2013 | Government, Hong Kong / China, Reading
A thought-provoking set of images that have been removed from Weibo. The inability of China to censor the internet outside China has similarities to the Conservative speech archive silliness. Glad that ProPublica is curating this. Covering up part of the sign leaves:...
by Tom | Nov 14, 2013 | Business, Government
Looks like we underestimated Occupy. Buying debt for pennies and forgiving it seems like a great idea. Not sure whether it cuts at the heart of capitalism, but it is a large scale version of suspended coffees.
by Tom | Nov 12, 2013 | Government, Personal, Reading
Wow, some must-read articles on new legislation working its way through the UK parliament. I get and salute the need for simplification of existing legislation, but we should not approach this through over-generality and vagueness. Descent into 1984 (because I...
by Tom | Nov 9, 2013 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
Nice of the Upper House to have it waiting for me. #hkplates
by Tom | Nov 6, 2013 | Business
Great piece by Ben Thompson (no surprise). Microsoft needs a new goal. It probably isn't the right vehicle for the sort of goal that Gates excels at. Read the linked articles.
by Tom | Nov 5, 2013 | Reading, Tech
Brilliant. And scary: your password was just cracked. Get Lastpass and change your passwords. It's now about how unusual your password is rather than how strong. Are 20-digit passwords close to GUIDs? Link: http://xkcd.com/1286/
by Tom | Nov 4, 2013 | Business
Great article discussing Amazon’s clearly-stated business model, why its profitability is both controlled and a long way off. If I were an Amazon competitor, Id actually regard Amazon’s current run of quarterly losses as a terrifying signal. It means...
by Tom | Nov 1, 2013 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
Much nicer than the gym.
by Tom | Oct 30, 2013 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
Walking from a friend’s house on the Peak to the Peak Bus Station, I was asked for directions in Cantonese by a taxi driver. And I responded on my terrible taxi Cantonese. And got it right (checked with Google Maps before he was out of sight). Later, I managed...
