Archive for March, 2007

“Definitive”? Says who?

Monday, March 26th, 2007

definitive (de-fin-i-tive) adjective

most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study, or the like
serving to define, fix, or specify definitely
having its fixed and final form; providing a solution or final answer

I’m not sure which of these definitions fits properly to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s The Definitive 200, but needless to say […]

Random Thought: On an Alien Civilization

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

I’ve always wondered these sorts of things, but this last year at university I’ve had a course called Life Beyond Earth which brought up some interesting, but otherwise obvious concepts. Here are some additional questions I’ve often pondered about an alien civilization should one exist (mostly assuming that they would be, indeed, far more advanced […]

Sniffing Images Over HTTP Traffic

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

Yesterday there was a bit of a discussion over at Slashdot about network sniffers. Someone mentioned a program called etherpeg, for Mac (of about 5 years ago) that sniffed wireless network traffic and displayed collected images. The idea sounded pretty fun, but I couldn’t find anything similar for Windows. What I decided to do was […]

The Locust - New Erections

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

I’m not a die-hard listener of The Locust, so I wasn’t really expecting too much when I came across a copy of their new album. I did much prefer Safety Second, Body Last (SSBL) to any of their other stuff — not just because it’s more accessible, but I just like the overall tone […]

My Own ‘Summer of Code’

Monday, March 5th, 2007

Google has their own Summer of Code, so why can’t I have one too?
I like to try and make the most of my summers, and as much as I like doing nothing in the warm weather, I always like to work on some projects on the side. Inevitably, some of them will be programming-related. I […]