Years ago, I worked at a hosting company called Brightbox. Being a hosting company and being responsible for their customer's data meant that security was a high priority for them. One day, we were discussing some new feature and the CTO, John, pointed out a security flaw in

Actualmente se dice que muchas cosas están muertas, el RSS, el IRC, XMPP, etc, y entre esa lista interminable de supuestas cosas muertas se encuentra el blogging . ¿Por qué “murieron” los blogs?. La respuesta es simple: no han muerto, simplemente ya no son tan relevantes como antes. Remontémonos a una época más...

Think about a company where you can find all the information you are looking for. Everything is written and accessible—from detailed analysis of company financials to notes from the board meetings, from all details of projects to who is doing what at any moment. It looks like a utopia. Why can't many organizations...

New pixel art commission for Riley Luna of a cityscape at sunset.

Un propósito de año nuevo que os propongo a todos: dejar de usar pen drives para almacenar información importante. Los pen drives se golpean, se exponen a elementos, se pierden en bolsos, se roban. Se estropean con mucha facilidad. En mi opinión, y pese a que los chips han mejorado mucho en cuanto a fiabilidad y...

2024 has not been the best year for me and my family. My wife got diagnosed with a chronic illness called MS, which has turned our life upside down in a number of ways. Death has also been a big theme last year. I didn't think I'd already be dealing this much with it at 37, but here we are. It's been tough and that...

Let’s be clear. I’m a near 40-year-old straight male. I’m not one to go out and read a bodice ripper, nor would I want to. Not really my type of book. No shame if that’s your type of thing, but it’s not for me. That being said, I like romance. My normal fare would be called “fantasy romance” or (and I hate this...