Archive for the 'Computers' Category

Acid2 Test

Tuesday, May 10th, 2005

Skiadas told me about the Acid 2 test which Safari has now passed. Acid 2 tests your browser to see how compliant it is with CSS2 standards. There is a guide that explains how it works. Click on the smiley face on the left to have your browser take the test. I hope […]

Locating Taxi Cabs with Google

Monday, April 4th, 2005

Google Labs gives us Ridefinder. It shows in real time the location of available taxi-cabs in most major cities in the USA. With one click I can find out what cabs are available in Hyde Park and which cab company to call. I really hope that this idea graduates from Google Labs. Since […]

Buffer Overflows

Wednesday, March 30th, 2005

Firefox 1.01 has a remote arbitrary code exploit while parsing gif files. Keeping software up-to-date seems to be like change the motor oil in my car - something I know is necessary do regularly but keep delaying. Why is software so prone to errors? The answer is self-evident when I consider how I write code. […]