Pages tagged “internet”

01 May 2015

It's not OK to not understand the internet

A story and an article which resonated with me today. They both have important, complementary messages, I think. Major London rail station reveals signal system passwords during TV documentary and Encryption won’t work if it has a back door only the ‘good guys’ have keys to

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06 Feb 2015

Bashi-bazouks!

What is your favourite list/category on Wikipedia? Mine’s been deleted - or rather, merged into a parent article, which is kinda disappointing. List of exclamations used by Captain Haddock It still exists on the marvel that is the world wide web, though - and in reading about it, I have learned a little bit about what a Bashi Bazouk actually is. Here are a couple of other good lists/categories: Counterintuitive pronunciations - whose research led me to pen this tiny post Fictional donkeys - with thanks to my friend Alasdair Lists of lists - Mmmm, all metay and self-referential, too.

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