Awol Bag Photo
February 26th, 2008
Just thought I would throw up a pic of my new kit. It really is quite big.
Archive
Archive for February, 2008
Today’s lecture in 1 minute
February 26th, 2008
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Why do I bother coming in on Tuesdays…
Cool Chips
February 25th, 2008
A few geeks at Princeton University have found a way to read the contents of RAM long after the system has been powered down.
Basically all you do is freeze the chips with liquid nitrogen.
This does have a fairly significant impact on disk encryption software which is the most interesting part of the discovery. In a lot of the encryption programs the encryption key is stored as plain text in RAM. Once you get the key it is game over for your privacy/security. Vista’s Bitlocker, Apple’s FileVault and the open source TrueCrypt are all affected, amongst others, though the first two can be made immune to this attack by using another authentication method such as a smart card.
Late
February 22nd, 2008
I think I left a bit too late for class today. Got a text in the car while I was driving, checked it when I was parked and found I was 15 minutes late for class. Left home an hour too late. Oops.
Sitting in the union just now, trying to dry off. The rain is a bastard at times. The front of my trousers and my boonie hat are soaked.
Should have checked the time before waiting for lunch. Oh well.
Now I can take the sink camping
February 22nd, 2008
My new backpack finally arrived yesterday. It is a full size British Army PLCE rucksack. The first thing that struck me was the size of it. Can carry 120 litres of stuff which is probably more than I need. It has side pouches which are detachable and can be fixed to a yolk for carrying around 20 litres.
It is bloody huge. I probably could pack the kitchen sink and take it camping. The backpack will most likely be used to go camping with 5 minutes notice. The other main use will be if shit hits the fan and I need to get out of wherever I am. Call me paranoid if you want but it is a possibility that something really really bad may happen and I want to have a decent attempt at surviving it.
The only difficulty I see with this backpack is how to pack my sleeping bag. My sleeping bag is too bulky to fit in the main compartment. I will probably have to find some way of fixing it to the bottom of the backpack.
Lecture = Fail
February 19th, 2008
Yet again there is no technical content to this lecture.
Internet Development fails like a Slashdotted webserver.
Yay. Single on Valentine’s day. Again.
February 13th, 2008
I’m not bitter.
Honest.
On a lighter note, happy birthday to my brother who turns 18 tomorrow.
Protest video up
February 13th, 2008
I have finally uploaded my video of the Edinburgh Scientology protest (Not suitable for dialup, 46mb. It was also uploaded to YouTube.
Best. Trailer. EVER!
February 11th, 2008
Warning: lots of fake blood, machine guns, cheese and a hot japanese female.
Back
February 10th, 2008
I’m back from my wee trip. If you hadn’t guessed, it was the Scientology protest. Nothing bad happened. Managed to get some video before the camera screen decided to malfunction. Will have a video up later in the week when I get round to getting it off the camera.