- 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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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
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
Pro Tip: Tell us Exactly what your offering
I love seeing new websites and startups launch on Hacker News; even the “I threw this together in a few hours to learn X” sites are usually worth a quick diversion. But what I really love is all the great feedback … Continue reading
Beating The Competition
Last year I went to a local air show for the first time in a few years. It’s always a fantastic place to go because a fighter jet is one of the pinnacles of human engineering. Last year there was … Continue reading
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XSS: not just “their” problem
XSS is a pain – people can inject code into a URL link to do all manner of painful things to you. But XSS is not just a worry for the site the exploit targets – it is a worry … Continue reading
Handling multiple Kohana Installs P1
I use Kohana exclusively for pretty much all of my websites (the ones I dont are simply static pages). Since I posted a critique of the PHP framework last year I’ve got more and more addicted to it. Simply for … Continue reading
Too much google?
Apparently Jeff Attwood thinks so. Actually that’s a bit unfair because it isn’t what he meant; but he does raise some excellent questions about our dependance on Google. The stats he quotes (which show 350% more traffic via Google) are … Continue reading
Lesson Learned
Adblockers take a “dumb” approach… I was just sat here wondering why an image stored in /content/banners/ would not display on my web page, but wiould show perfectly in /content/. Huh? Till it dawned on me that the banners bit … Continue reading