Problem: protecting your user’s data I recently wrote about using tarsnap to backup a linux server and that’s especially important with the recent revelations about PRISM. Tarsnap is “backups for the truly paranoid” but it’s only part of the story and perhaps isn’t the best route for all servers. With a Rails server, you can [...]
Just keep it simple!
Simple is boring. Simple is easy. Simple doesn’t get you noticed. But simple works! Here’s a frustrating experience I had today with a overly-complicated web form:
Don’t fear the PRISM
I read this article at the weekend which argues that we should view the PRISM-debacle as an opportunity to start EU-specific internet services. I disagree in a few ways. The best are popular because they’re the best First, many of these services are popular not because they are unique but because they are the best. [...]
This is how I’d build PRISM
The big news in the tech world today is PRISM. This is supposedly a system installed at the major Internet providers like Google, Microsoft and Yahoo that lets the NSA access any user’s data. They’ve probably read the drafts of this post before you have The NSA document says that the “Collection directly from the [...]
LiveReload and HTTPS
Web developers, particularly Rails developers, are on a constant lookout for anything which makes their lives easier and their development process easier. Enter LiveReload. This little app watches for changes in a directory and reloads your web browser whenever a file is updated: Edit your CSS, save and bam! the web browser has already refreshed. [...]
The curious case of the lost Fitbit — and how to prevent it
Update below A few days after my last post about measuring things, and enthusing about my Fitbit Zip, I lost it I synced the Fitbit on Monday night, and wasn’t using the computer again until midday Tuesday so it must have been in the morning that I lost it. I’ve retraced my steps, checked around [...]