November 17, 2003
Old Links - security
Links on system security and related topics:
Old Links - various
Old Links on various topics:
- via Joel on Software - Paul Graham on nerds.
- via CryptoGram [PDF] - Paper on vulnerability of (physical) master key lock systems
- wiki - Design Style and Creativity Book List
- wiki - Leadership Pages
- Wired - Individualisation of Markets and Negotiation
- Clay Shirky - Speculation on WiFi and VoIP rollout
- Infoworld - The Disruptive Web - lots of interesting stuff on how the blogosphere could evolve
- via Clay Shirky - Collaborative filtering for books mentioned in blogs
- Fast Company - What do you want to do with your life?
- Clay Shirky - DNA as a distributed primary key
- Popular Science - Battle scene animation techniques in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- via Ross Andersen - Dr Korner’s parody of Cambridge University proposals on intellectual property
- The New Yorker - Ice Cores and Climate Change
- goodthink.com - long, but fascinating story about a chap who cashed a junk mail cheque.
- Porn Clerk Stories - perhaps not for the easily offended, but I thought it was really interesting.
- Lego Geeks - MC Escher pictures in Lego
- Asimov’s - “Lobsters”, a Charlie Stross short. v.good.
- Game of Life - including neat Java applet that runs Life
- Wired - on Flywheels
- Clay Shirky - groupware as political organisation
- Image Converter - to ascii art
- Google link browser - very cool
- via RobotWisdom - Fascinating article on Facial Action Coding System (FACS)
- Village Voice - interesting response
- gladwell.com - Malcolm Gladwell on how we use paper.
- gladwell.com - Malcolm Gladwell article index. Almost everything is really interesting.
- FastCompany via Oblomovka - Great article on pricing. No, really.
- Caring For Your Introvert
- Another point on the Nature vs Nurture Graph
Jobhunting
Monday morning, so back to work:
I had what seemed like quite a good interview on Friday with a local company. I’m waiting to hear back from the agency about what they thought about it.
Just did a bit of phoning round:
- I sent my CV into a City based software consultancy that I won’t mention the name of for now.
- I also made some preliminary enquiries at Omgeo - I don’t know if they are taking anyone on at the moment.
- Spoke to Rakesh at Microcom - he says Data Connection is a no (which I can’t say I’m too disappointed about), and he’s still waiting to hear from the other company he spoke to (again, no names available).
- Spoke to Paul at Starfish - he’s hoping to hear back tomorrow maybe.
November 13, 2003
Old Links - Humour
A set of old links reflecting my sense of what’s amusing. YMMV.
More Old Links - Developer
Various old developer interest links:
November 12, 2003
Amazon Wishlist
Sad man that I am, I just created an Amazon wishlist. Although I was just transcribing from my private list, I was still amazed how many things there are on the list. I do slightly wonder whether maintaining this sort of list externally actually encourages you to become more acquisitive. On the other hand, I hate forgetting about things I might find interesting, so in another way, having a list of them partly satisfies my desire to have the thing itself because I no longer feel like I will forget about it.
I actually find this works quite well if I want to throw something away that I feel some attachment to — often the attachment is to a memory or association of the object, rather than any intrinsic usefulness it might have. Once I’ve made a record of it in some way, the desire to keep it goes away. Now I just have virtual clutter to worry about 
Jobhunting
Not much to report really. I feel a bit fed up with it at the moment. Partly it’s the thought of having an interview coming up, and another potential offer of work that’s making me slack off, but I suppose it’s also the lack of any feedback or sense of progress from websearches or phoning.
Of course, interviews are signs of progress, but it doesn’t really feel real while I am still unemployed. I guess I need to kick off a new search, and talk to a few more contacts.
Mayer Hillman
I just found a paper copy of this article in a stack of papers I was going through (as you do when you are unemployed) and I thought it was still very interesting. It’s a Guardian article on Mayer Hillman, which has some very interesting things to say about road safety, cycling, and perceptions of risk.
November 11, 2003
Links - people
One more for tonight. This is my old list of links to sites about or by people who I find of particular interest (the list is skewed towards technology because they tend to have the websites)
impressive analysis of security
- interesting stuff on the human aspects of development. The
Scum Talk is well worth reading
generally god-like author of Analysis Patterns, Refactoring and UML Distilled
- good on Open Source and the hacker ethic. Ridiculous on gun control
Old Links - Securities Industry
A few old links I have on the securities / financial industry:
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