elbeno,

Way to go, 17 computer science professors!

Oscars

elbeno,

Nice to see The Incredibles and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind get recognised. And The Aviator was also deserving. The rest – meh.

New bookshelves!

elbeno,

I am now in one of the few periods of my life where the amount of bookshelf space I own is greater than that required for the number of books I own. *cheer* I have a whole 6-foot tall bookcase just waiting to be filled with books.

Nanaca Crash!

elbeno,

Another silly fun Japanese game. The idea seems to be to send the guy flying as far as possible, using a combination of moves and taking advantage of people on the ground while avoiding others. I don’t really understand everything that’s happening, but it’s kinda fun! My best score: a…

Physical security

elbeno,

A long time ago (in university) I read this lock picking guide. I recently re-read Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman which contains (among other things) memoirs of how Richard Feynman cracked safes at Los Alamos during WWII. (The safes in question weren't very secure.) And now I read Safecracking for…

Thunderbird

elbeno,

It's a great email client, but why don't the junk mail controls also work on news? They're all still there in the interface, just greyed out. I want to be able to treat junk usenet posts the same way as junk email!

SHA-1 Followup

elbeno,

More re the SHA-1 result: Around $30M (give or take a few million) should build you a machine to find a collision in a few days. What previously took (say) the NSA 40 years to figure out now takes about a week. A second preimage attack is theoretically 2106, according…

Final Fantasy II

elbeno,

Is it just me, or is it needlessly difficult? The problem is this: 1. Characters progress according to how they are played. If you fight with swords a lot, you get good with swords. If you get hit a lot, your HP goes up. If you do a lot of…