Monthly Archives: February 2005

T-Mobile’s web security

Posted on 23 February 2005 by tychay

It made all the websites yesterday that Paris Hilton’s T-Mobile Sidekick got hacked leading to a public viewing of her cell phone pictures (some on the pornographic side) and hundreds of crank phone calls to famous people who had … Continue reading →

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Who really never gets anything?

Posted on 21 February 2005 by tychay

Every time Apple comes out with a new product or idea (e.g. AppleStore, iTunes Music Store, and iPod Mini), some foreigner screams bloody murder and how unfair it is. This bothers me because it is the height of hypocrisy. … Continue reading →

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Rubber ducky, you’re the one.

Posted on 13 February 2005 by tychay

Well I wanted to get Caitlin’s blog up and running. Then it hit me I had to allow her to edit her blog without the command line. Sure it is easy getting the Linux box to talk to the Mac … Continue reading →

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Giving my Powerbook the middle finger

Posted on 12 February 2005 by tychay

When my Powerbook G4/800 was stolen last year at Amsterdam, I gambled that Apple would have an interim release in January 2005 and announce a Powerbook G5 as early as June 2005, so I purchased my Powerbook hoping to tide … Continue reading →

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Another (PHP) Framework

Posted on 12 February 2005 by tychay

Last month I read Adam’s call OSCON papers. I mention this today because I have to submit something this weekend, but I remember reading something funny.
As usual, they’re desperate for PHP papers. In fact, the only thing they won’t take … Continue reading →

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All your base are belong to O-Zone

Posted on 9 February 2005 by tychay

I guess I’m about 2 months behind the times, I found out that a silly shockwave flash song is making the rounds, much like the Spirit of Christmas, All Your Base, and the Star Wars Kid. Janice pointed it out … Continue reading →

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My computer, the porn star…

Posted on 9 February 2005 by tychay

After I left my second startup in 2001, I’ve been obsessed with small, cheap and powerful computers.
At the time I used to say, “Common sense says that the converse of Moore’s Law1 is that a computer today is going to … Continue reading →