Monthly Archives: November 2009

How to Disappear Completely

This is a pretty interesting read. Back in August there was an article in Wired about people who decide to disappear without leaving any trace at all. As a sort of follow-up the writer decided to “disappear” himself and try … Continue reading

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Entering Murrayfield

Scotland’s Autumn Tests started this weekend against Fiji. Getting tickets was easy but I had to solve a little logic puzzle to actually get into Murrayfield. Someone at the SRU hadn’t thought their cunning plan all the way through. Pretty … Continue reading

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What the Large Hadron Collider is really looking for

On the off chance that you want to read a genuinely interesting piece of science writing, here’s a New Scientist article about the Large Hadron Collider. And for those who worry about the repercussions of digging a tunnel under the … Continue reading

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Malware and Child Pornography

Throughout our forensic informatics lectures we have been somberly informed that a career in digital forensics and avoiding child pornography are, to all intents and purposes, mutually exclusive. It isn’t very nice but sooner or later anyone involved in digital … Continue reading

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