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So, over the last weekend I had a go at the CSAW CTF. I did this mostly so I can get some calibration around my skills - find out how I measure up against random strangers on the Internet - and so I could identify areas where I'm strong and poor ( Read more... ) -
Happiness, more or less
So, a lot has happened since my last post ( Read more... ) -
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Check out this song. "(Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding. I've got a flashbulb memory of when I first heard it - in primary school, on my friend Nick's handheld FM radio. I was, for some reason, amazed I had never heard it before. Like if a chemist suddenly found a new element, and all his associates just casually remarked 'oh, you ( Read more... ) -
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So, circumstances have conspired that I'm working with a load of tech I used to work with, five or so years ago. Strange! It's funny how things come full circle sometimes ( Read more... ) -
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Ooops, I haven't posted for a while!
Anyway, since coming back to my place in Manchester on Monday (I write this on Wednesday evening) I've been working pretty solidly my some chess-related code.
You see, I was casually talking to Dave (who is doing a PhD in Artificial Intelligence) and I mentioned that I have a mostly-finished chess engine/AI ( Read more... ) -
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Sooooo. Haven't updated for a few weeks! oops. You see, I'm staying at my mum's house up north, and the only machine I have is my teeny tiny netbook (which is also in dire need of some TLC - soo slooww!). The keyboard on said teeny tiny netbook is really, really hard to type on, so much so that I don't really want to write a huge blog entry on it ( Read more... ) -
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Also, I love it when I find a song that I love in a genre that I totally hate.
I mean, I loev glitch, so I guess it's not reaaallly 'I hate the genre', but I think this is one of the two dubstep songs I like (the other being 'First of the year'). -
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I know I quote Warren Ellis too much, but I saw this one (while looking for another quote which I can hardly remember) and I thought I better jot it down ( Read more... ) -
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So, just thought I'd do a quick update (even though I don't have anything particularly interesting to say ( Read more... ) -
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Almost two weeks since I last updated! Ooops ( Read more... )
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