“P2P pushes IPv6 surge”
Apparently the only thing preventing IPv6 from taking over was a lack of support from peer-to-peer file sharing programs. Whatever works, I guess.
Archive of posts filed under the Software and Software Development category.
Topics pertaining to software and software development, mostly for Microsoft Windows or Linux, and mostly in C or C++.
The Good Old Days
I had an interesting e-mail discussion with Ploni Almoni the other day, about how I should set up my new MacBook‘s security. He suggested installing a separate firewall program, despite the fact that OS X already includes a built-in “application firewall.” After some web research, I told him that it looked like the built-in firewall …
“Tech Support Cheat Sheet”
Here it is. Humorous and completely true at the same time. 🙂 I’m tempted to print out a copy for a few of my relatives… (Via BoingBoing)
The Joys (?) of a New Computer
I have a love/hate relationship with upgrades. On the one hand, it’s exciting to have something new, especially since that something is almost always a major improvement over its predecessor. But on the other, it’s always a major pain to transfer all your data, reinstall all your software, and get used to the new quirks …
“Virus arms race primes malware numbers surge”
Computer security people have seen this coming for years. Signature-based detection of specific malware variants is less and less effective all the time; there’s no way antivirus programs can keep up anymore, and they’re just going to get further behind. Not to mention the ongoing problems with false positives. (I don’t even bother running an …
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Know Thyself: Enthusiasm
This week, after more than six years of effort, I finally solved what seems to be the last theoretical problem to Project X. I have the entire high-level design now. Parts of it may still need some tweaks, but the whole thing hangs together remarkably well. It’s both a lot simpler overall, and a lot …
“Nobody Hates Software More Than Software Developers”
Ploni Almoni sent me this link recently. I read it, amused and agreeing with almost everything — until I got to the end: In short, I hate software — most of all and especially my own — because I know how hard it is to get it right. It may sound strange, but it’s a …
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“Read It Later” iPhone App — Excellent!
I’ve been using the free Read It Later add-on (RIL from here on) for Firefox for quite a while now. It’s really great for marking pages that I want to read, but don’t want to take time out from whatever I’m doing when I find them. It’s also very nice because I often have my …
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“Google ChromeOS: Have people taken leave of their senses?”
Someone recently asked me what I thought about the Google ChromeOS announcement. I think a lot of things about it, but this article sums them up extremely well, and adds several more that I hadn’t considered too. The bottom line: like the Chrome browser, I don’t see it as necessary. Neither will put much added …
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“iPhone app lets you squash Wall Streeters”
I’m betting that this game will do very well. At 99 cents, I’m considering buying a copy myself.