Tobi was mentioned here before, and now he’s just published his season-edit for 2012: Check it out! You’ll be amazed how many sports he’s skilled at! Other folks don’t even have that kind of action on their X-Box. Of course Tobi’s been focusing on skiing for a long time. So check out that part (roughly …
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Ubuntu Full-Disk-Encryption – A Field Report [en]
Since my old notebook computer recently gave up on me, I had to install a new one from scratch. I finally decided to give Ubuntu a go, after I had been using Debian (testing) for almost a decade. I must say that I’m really impressed with Ubuntu’s lean installation process, which handles diverse aspects like …
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29C3 Talk: Certificate Authority Collapse [en]
Just watching axelarnbak‘s 29C3 talk on Certificate Authority Collapse, which covers structural flaws in SSL. I’ve reported on the mess with SSL before, and you may notice related complications (see CAcert) while browsing this page. After a good summary, the talk mainly focuses on structural problems and regulatory solution approaches. But apparently there are other …
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Flashback: Home, To Where The Powder Is [en]
This is a flashback post, that is, it refers to a long-passed event, or contains content that was originally published through a different channel. In this case it’s based on an e-mail I sent to a bunch of friends on 2008-06-25 from my trip to New Zealand. Merry Christmas Everyone! Just a quick update this …
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Flashback: Important Message from the New Zealand Department Of Spam!!! [en]
This is a flashback post, that is, it refers to a long-passed event, or contains content that was originally published through a different channel. In this case it’s based on an e-mail I sent to a bunch of friends on 2008-04-24 from my trip to New Zealand. Kia Ora! OK, OK. I understand that some …
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Flashback: New Zealand News [en]
This is a flashback post, that is, it refers to a long-passed event, or contains content that was originally published through a different channel. In this case it’s based on an e-mail I sent to a bunch of friends on 2008-03-08 from my trip to New Zealand. Hi there! Once again, I’ve been too lazy …
Flashback: Tales from Middle-Earth [en]
This is a flashback post, that is, it refers to a long-passed event, or contains content that was originally published through a different channel. In this case it’s based on an e-mail I sent to a bunch of friends on 2007-12-02. Hey girls, hey boys! Time sure passes by! Last time I wrote, I was …
Perspective [en]
I love how science puts things in perspective: The earth is a microbial planet, on which macroorganisms are recent additions—highly interesting and extremely complex in ways that most microbes aren’t, but in the final analysis relatively unimportant in a global context. […] Microbial life on this planet would remain largely unchanged were all plant and …
News from Geneva [en]
Some things never change. Others do, apparently. More infos here and here. Looks like there’ll be heaps of work coming up for CERN and physicists in general…
Diskusionsbeitrag zur Quellen-Telekommunikationsüberwachung [en]
A: Ob man misstrauisch werden sollte, wenn die Modell-Nummer der Festplatte ‘SED’ enthält? B: Nö, nur wenn sie einen iSTASI-Anschluss hat.