Angry Dictator

Archives for October 2007

links for 2007-10-19

• The Absolute Poker Cheating Scandal Blown Wide Open
  This is a perfect analogy to the dangers of electronic voting without a verifiable paper trail. Physical playing cards do provide some types of security you can’t find in computerized systems.
  (tags: Games Security)

Posted by PJ on Oct 19, 2007 | Comment |

links for 2007-10-18

• New Amazon EC2 Instance Types
  The only item left on my wishlist is support for VMWare images.
  (tags: Computers Computing EC2)

Posted by PJ on Oct 18, 2007 | Comment |

links for 2007-10-11

• Becoming Adolf
  The Toothbrush mustache is the most powerful configuration of facial hair the world has ever known. It overpowers whoever touches it. By merely doodling a Toothbrush mustache on a poster, you make a political statement.
  (tags: Interesting Politics Semiotics Mustache)

Posted by PJ on Oct 11, 2007 | Comment |

links for 2007-10-09

• A WordPress Plugin for Title Case Capitalization
  I wish it handled phrasal verbs, but you can’t get everything.
  (tags: Blog PHP Programming)
• The McGurk Effect
  It’s shocking how what we hear can sometimes be influenced by what we see.
  (tags: Video Language)

Posted by PJ on Oct 9, 2007 | Comment |

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