Friday 4/18/2008 – 8:37 pm
Bruce Schneier at the NJ ACLU
Noted security guru Bruce Schneier gives an informative and well-reasoned talk about the state of security, “security theater,” and what it means to be secure.
(tags:
security
)
Thursday 4/17/2008 – 8:35 pm
Build a Pocket Theremin on the Cheap (Popular Science)
This will be my next electronics project. I have a feeling that Roxy (2yo daughter) would like to play with it too!
(tags:
electronics
diy
theremin
technology
gadgets
project
music
)
Wednesday 4/16/2008 – 8:35 pm
PHP Cheatsheets - VisiBone
Bob Stein of VisiBone fame adds PHP cheat sheets to his repertoire. If these are anything like his excellent JavaScript references, expect great things. (The JS regular expressions reference is especially fine; I’ve lent it to Perl coders at times.)
(tags:
PHP
development
web
)
Tuesday 4/15/2008 – 8:40 pm
Sony Design: Interaction Design
Sony’s Interaction Design Group shows off their chops with a three projects. While details are fairly light, simple and powerful interactions are shown off via video, adding a sense of the richness a well-designed single-purpose interaction can provide.
(tags:
future
interaction
design
)
Wednesday 4/2/2008 – 8:35 pm
Change We Can Believe In (Ask H&FJ | Hoefler & Frere-Jones)
Another example of design by committee producing inferior results to a single talented individual: the new British currency versus “new” American currency.
(tags:
design
currency
)