Posts by D. H. McKee

Two floppy-based firewalls

When you look in your closet, do you see a pile of obsolete hardware that you just cannot bring yourself...

Countdown to the Grokster Argument

Xerox machines, TCP/IP, weblogs, VCRs, emails, and even Silly Putty… To raise awareness about what’s at stake in the Grokster...

MoMA to showcase Canadian film

The Museum of Modern Art in New York has again turned its focus north of the border by hosting its...

Security through Obscurity

I didn’t have a way to lockdown my new Mac Mini, but I did have an old Dell case I...

Steamboy Rages Against Machines

London in 1866 might seem a strange time and place for a Katsuhiro Otomo film. In 1988, this legend of...

Hacked Britain: broadband boom turns UK into bot central

While the UK continues to experience rapid adoption of residential broadband, the country has yet to climb the security learning...

‘One huge US jail’

Afghanistan is the hub of a global network of detention centres, the frontline in America’s ‘war on terror’, where arrest...

Controversy on Canvas

So, it’s not quite Spring yet, unfortunately. My parents got back from Florida on Friday, and they were expecting the...

Cropless Crop Circles

Large designs have been appearing on San Francisco’s ocean beach tidal flats at low tides. Cropless Crop Circles – Phidelity.com...

Darwin has a Posse

These stickers and bookmarks are being introduced to increase awareness and appreciation of Charles Darwin. His theory of natural selection...