Intellectual Android GamesIntellectual Android Games
Here is a list of Android games that involve thinking: Chess Unblock Me – the classic game of moving blocks to slide a block out Go – Japanese board game[...]
SE Linux Play MachineSE Linux Play Machine
Free root access on a SE Linux machine! To access my Debian play machine ssh to zp7zwyd5t3aju57m.onion as root, the password is “SELINUX“. I give no-one permission to distribute this[...]
Worthless Questions at LecturesWorthless Questions at Lectures
I’ve previously blogged about the productive length of questions at lectures [1]. But it seems to me that worthless questions can be recognised before the person asking even gets properly[...]
ASD Self-Diagnosis TestsASD Self-Diagnosis Tests
Here are some online psychological tests that can be used as part of an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) self-diagnosis. Simon Baron-Cohen is well known for his research into Autism, some[...]
Some Suggestions for Parents of AspiesSome Suggestions for Parents of Aspies
I’ve had a couple of parents ask me for advice about children with Asperger Syndrome (AS), in one case a child who was formally diagnosed and in another case a[...]
Free BooksFree Books
Here are some free books that I have downloaded and read: Cory Doctorow’s book Eastern Standard Tribe was the first novel I read on my computer. His other novels are[...]
Computer Power UseComputer Power Use
This table shows the power consumption of some of the computers I own. I use a domestic electricity meter that was certified for use in billing customers to measure this.[...]
How to Debug POPHow to Debug POP
POP (Post Office Protocol) is the most used protocol for receiving mail from a server to a MUA (Mail User Agent) for reading. It is specified in RFC1939. But the[...]
How to Debug SMTP with TLS(SSL) and AUTHHow to Debug SMTP with TLS(SSL) and AUTH
The first thing to test is a TLS (aka SSL) connection. The stunnel program has special code for this, the command “stunnel -n smtp -c -r mail.example.com:25” will connect to[...]
Software vs Hardware RAIDSoftware vs Hardware RAID
It’s a commonly held myth that hardware RAID is unconditionally better than software RAID. That claim is not true in all cases and is particularly wrong at the low end.[...]