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Making Sense of the Advanced Encryption Standard

Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 by Peter

I haven’t been able to get any sleep so I thought I’d try to do something productive instead. I’ve an essay due next month and I thought I’d write about encryption, but rather than just give a general overview of … Continue reading →

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A Good Book

Posted on Sunday, October 25, 2009 by Peter

Toward the end of the first year of my undergraduate degree I read a book by Neil Barrett called Traces of Guilt, which describes the author’s involvement in computer-related crime as a security consultant and expert witness. It is written … Continue reading →

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Clever Pigs

Posted on Friday, October 9, 2009 by Peter

Schneier linked to a pretty cool video today. Basically, the pigs are fed by a system that reads an RFID tag on the pig’s collar. The tag is read, the gate opens and the pig gets some food. The system … Continue reading →

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An Eight Word Review of Battlestar Galactica Season One

Posted on Thursday, May 14, 2009 by Peter

Like Voyager, except that it’s brilliant. Go watch it. Now! Yes – I’m well aware that this post adds nothing of value to the Internet. Unless someone, someday wants to know what I thought of the first season of Battlestar … Continue reading →

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High-Speed Train to Kyoto

Posted on Sunday, April 5, 2009 by Peter

I’m lucky enough that I’ve never been subjected to the UK rail network for more than a couple of hours, but still, I try to avoid it where possible! The Japanese rail network is totally different! It’s spotlessly clean (even … Continue reading →

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