- My Name is Tom, or Errant. I write about geeky things, politics, and life in general and politic. My current day job is in computer security but I have been known to program in my spare time.
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A very expensive flower pot
I was thinking about luck and wealth, and their connection, tonight, which reminded me of my favourite Antiques Roadshow clip (sadly I don’t have a link). Basically a woman brought along this flower pot for appraisal, it had been bought … Continue reading
It could have happened!
Jet and passenger plane nearly collide over London, reported the BBC. What’s wrong with this article (apart from the fact that if it wasn’t London it wouldn’t be front page news)? The story is as mundane as they come; last … Continue reading
Assange: Conspiracy or coincidence
Today various news agencies are reporting that Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder, is wanted in connection to rape allegations. Coincidence? Well, maybe. People have been pretty quick to come up with various conspiracy theories; the ones I’m seeing in my usual … Continue reading
The Fallacy of Visualisation
Earlier, in a rather dramatic post, Wired declared that “The Web is Dead, Long Live the Internet“. Which is a pretty amusing bandwagon for them to be on in the first place. It would be fun to rip the article itself … Continue reading
I am my Web Host
As I blogged about a few days ago I’ve fallen out with my web host. This tends to happen every few years; the standard of “cheap but reliable” hosting has taken a dive. Especially in the area of customer service … Continue reading
Bank Simple actually personalise their email
I am very impressed with Bank Simple (a neat project I came across via HN). Banking startups are an interesting (and hard) area so, in the spirit of “why not”, I left them my email a few months back. As a … Continue reading
Why I want an Eco-House
When people ask me (admittedly not very often) what sort of house I want in the future I usually say “a low impact, grass roof eco-home“. This follow up is usually something along the lines of: “huh, no way you … Continue reading
The dangers of relying on 3rd party APIs
You may remember a short while ago Twitter had some downtime; connections seemed to drift into the ether and time out after a number of seconds (or even minutes). Even the API was affected, and as a result so was … Continue reading
That Piracy thing again (debunking the arguments)
So piracy is back in the news this week with the US government’s proposed “Joint Strategic Plan to combat intellectual property theft“. Cue the typical hand waving and ranting from both sides of the orchard. I always hate times like this … Continue reading
How to write a good CV
Writing a CV often seems a pretty easy task to most (or, worse, a fairly unimportant one). The sad fact is that a lot of people are just god-awful at it. Here’s how to write a really killer CV (tldr: … Continue reading