The Dude abides.

The whole security circus … glorifies … the wrong behaviour

“The whole security circus … glorifies … the wrong behaviour“. I’m with Linus here. Based on my experiences with reading php-internals and following certain security sites, there seems to be annoying superiority complex that others are forced to put up with (with the possible exception of FreeBSD). Bloody annoying to deal with, really. Email follows:

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OSS Workshop

The Policy Department of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) will be organizing a Workshop on Strategic Thrust 4 (Promote Creativity and Innovativeness Via R&D to Harness Competitiveness) & Strategic Thrust 7 (Optimise Resources by Encouraging Smart Partnerships with Relevant Organizations) for Open Source Software (OSS).
The purpose of the workshop is to provide [...]

The Weekend at Cameron Highlands

I spent the weekend at Cameron Highlands, at the most excellent Father’s Guesthouse, for a weekend of hacking with Aizatto, Khailee, Khalid and Usher. Given the cheap availability of wifi Internet access, relatively cheap accomodation, decent food and comfy sofa’s, I was pumped to go crystalize some of the ideas bouncing around in my head.
Funnily [...]

Stranger Than Fiction

Down with an annoying flu, we took time off to watch “Stranger Than Fiction“. Lovely movie, excellent acting (in particular, Maggie Gyllenhaal is delicious) with an excellent ending:
“Sometimes, when we lose ourselves in fear and despair, in routine and constancy, in hopelessness and tragedy, we can thank God for Bavarian sugar cookies. And, fortunately, when [...]

Culture Matters

The mid-week sojourn to Thailand gave me an opportunity to finish “Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress“, a collection of essays by reknowned scholars (Francis Fukuyama, Nathan Glazer, David Landes etc) on the impact of culture on human societies. It was slow reading at the start, until I came across a fantastic paper by [...]