Another template. I found it here. It’ll do for now. I’ll whack an image rotator in Real Soon Now. Of course Scamp copied me again, for he loves — nay — worships me, and strives to emulate me in every way. Yes.
Archive for August 13th, 2004
And…
Posted in Geekery on August 13, 2004 | 3 Comments »
Back to defaults
Posted in Geekery on August 13, 2004 | Comments Off
I’ve temporarily moved back to the default WordPress theme after noticing that Neil Turner’s CSS doesn’t actually produce valid XHTML. The search for something more aesthetically pleasing that doesn’t rape internet standards continues.
Welcome to 1988
Posted in Music on August 13, 2004 | 2 Comments »
I just stumbled across a patent application, presumably submitted by the RIAA, for methods of ‘reducing sound quality’ in music shared over peer-to-peer networks. There are some real gems in there — they’re trying to patent the very complicated method of reducing sound quality by — wait for it — changing the file from stereo [...]
Airport Express encryption broken
Posted in Macs on August 13, 2004 | Comments Off
Well, that didn’t take long. It’s been about a fortnight since Apple’s Airport Express started shipping in Australia, and the encryption it uses to transmit Apple Lossless Audio between a computer running Apple’s iTunes software and the Airport Express has already been cracked. Technically, yes, this could be used to ‘steal’ music being streamed over [...]
Site design 101
Posted in Geekery on August 13, 2004 | 5 Comments »
You may have read of the long-delayed second service pack Microsoft were working on for Windows XP, which was going to make all your viruses, spyware, trojans, homepage hijackers, porn dialers and other essential components of the Windows Experience(TM) vanish into the ether, leaving only a faint scent of pine. Let’s ignore how well the [...]
