Rob Janssen (RobIII)

"How to Survive a Robot Uprising" - Daniel H. Wilson...

Daniel H. Wilson discusses his book "How to Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips On Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion". This video is part of the Goo...

Update on Leaky Add-ons

Leaky add-ons are a big problem, but there’s been lots of action relating to them recently.  What follows is a summary of the situation and a request for help from currently Nightly testers who use add-ons. Kyle Huey’s patch to prevent Chrome-to-Content leaks landed recently.

HTTP Server Security Vulnerability: Please upgrade to 0.6.17

A carefully crafted attack request can cause the contents of the HTTP parser’s buffer to be appended to the attacking request’s header, making it appear to come from the attacker.

Tweakers.net en Java

Tweakers.net heeft in de afgelopen maanden hard gewerkt aan het Tweakers 7.0-project. Een belangrijke doelstelling van dit project is het verbeteren van de specificatiefilters van de Pricewatch, die we ook op lijsten met nieuwsberichten, reviews, video's, enzovoort willen toepassen.

The Nerd Parent's Guide: When and how to introduce your kids to Star Wars

Let me start by saying I'm not a big Star Wars guy. I enjoyed the films when I was growing up (I think I saw the original  (Ep. 4 ANH) in 1980 along with Empire Strikes Back in 1980) but I haven't thought much about them since. That said, I appreciate the films and I like movies in general.

This Is All Your App Is: a Collection of Tiny Details

Fair warning: this is a blog post about automated cat feeders. Sort of. But bear with me, because I'm also trying to make a point about software. If you have a sudden urge to click the back button on your browser now, I don't blame you. I don't often talk about cats, but when I do, I make it count.

GUID guide, part three

Let's recap: a GUID is a 128 bit integer that is used as a globally unique identifier.

Reaching the Limits of Adobe Stupidity

Lately, I’ve been working on Flash ActionScript 3 decompiler, and I noticed an interesting pattern. Normally, if you work with a piece of well-known software and something goes wrong, it’s your fault.

The Codist

After reading this article and comments, I really really wanted to laugh. Or maybe cry. Or even throw up.

E2E: Erik Meijer and Robert Griesemer - Going Go

At Lang.NEXT 2012, several conversations happened in the "social room", which was right next to the room where sessions took place. Our dear friend, Erik Meijer, led many interesting conversations, some of which we are fortunate enough to have caught on camera for C9.