Author Archives: Reilly
Facebook Chat adds XMPP support
Today it showed up on Slashdot that Facebook Chat is now available using your favorite XMPP/Jabber client. This is great news. Finally people will be able to use Facebook Chat without having to deal with the (admittedly clever but still … Continue reading
On Link Spam
Somehow the spammers have figured out a way to post spam comments to this blog without getting an email notification sent to me. (Since all comments have to be approved before they appear on the site.) I’m not sure this … Continue reading
The Netflix PS3 Instant Streaming Disc
This Friday I discovered an unexpected package from Netflix in my mailbox, their new Instant Streaming Disc for the PS3. The lack of Netflix support was actually the only thing I regretted about choosing the PS3 over the Xbox 360. … Continue reading
Glee
Last Tuesday Fox premiered a new series, Glee. Set in an Ohio high school where the jocks and the cheerleaders rule the school, Glee tells the story of a Spanish teacher who dreams of restoring the school’s glee club to … Continue reading
Defying Gravity
ABC’s drama department is a strange place to be finding this season’s new Sci-Fi show, but since the Sci-Fi channel’s decided to rename itself “SyFy” anything’s possible. I haven’t quite gotten through the first episode, but it seems alright so … Continue reading
Less than 0.01% depleted
Head for the hills, the sky is falling! Or at least, we’re running out of IPv4 address space. In English, that means that if things continue at the present rate in 2 years there will be no more unassigned Internet … Continue reading
Will DNSSEC make SSL CAs superfluous?
For years now we’ve known that DNS is broken. Thankfully, a solution is on the way. DNSSEC provides a layer of security on top of the existing DNS architecture allowing clients to verify that the DNS information they receive has … Continue reading
Down With Twitter, Up with Identi.ca
Those who know me are familiar with my general dislike for Facebook. The same reasoning applies to Twitter as well. The fundamental problem with social networking sites is that they are closed communities. Sure, almost everybody is in them, but … Continue reading
Falling Down the Facebook Well
Lately I’ve found myself spending more and more time on Facebook. Probably in an attempt to keep in touch with the people I wish I were seeing more often in real life (or meatspace as some would call it). It … Continue reading
Late Night Thoughts
Graders really should compare handwriting between homeworks turned in to prevent people doing other people’s homework, in case a different person does it every time. Of course, if you’re comparing handwriting you should do it in good light, such as … Continue reading