Houston 2600/HAQR Meeting Join computer enthusiasts to talk about programming, operating systems, computer security topics, hacking and geek culture. When: Friday, March 1 6-9 PM Where: Ninfa’s Express seating area, Galleria IV Directions Take Post Oak South past Westheimer. Turn right on Hidalgo. Turn right on McCue. On your left is a parking garage. Turn … Houston 2600 Meeting: Friday, March 1, 2013
As documented on /., six months ago I de-installed the Adobe FlashTM player on all my browsers. This provoked some shock and incredulity from others. After all, Flash has been an essential content interpreter for over a decade. It filled the gap between an underdeveloped JavaScript and the need for media content like animation, video … Six months without Adobe Flash, and I feel fine
Bob Way has a great post up about his brainstorm for a file-sharing system that technically does not include the actual data it shares, but can reconstruct it from a relative measurement of it, which is stored. This is much like coming up with a mold for a part and using relative vectors to describe … Using relativity to encrypt data
Most programming is a variant of “cut and paste” programming. You find the archetype you’re looking for, adapt it, and then paste it into the program from a mixture of sample code and blog posts. It works; you move on. Some programmers are even more experienced. Their pattern recognition and Pavlovian syntax response is all … Architecture versus pattern recognition
Books are knowledge hacking. They are also social engineering. The very best writers invent philosophies that circumvent existing restrictions and get us closer to the mysteries of the universe, its order and our own minds. The Houston Indie Book Festival is hosted by Gulf Coast and the Menil Community Arts Festival through a collaboration with … Houston Indie Book Festival: Sunday, April 20, 2013