tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:05:50 +0000experto creditehttp://webpages.charter.net/allanms/noreply@blogger.com (AMS)Blogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-1855415389272181740Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:26:00 +00002009-08-11T11:42:02.316-07:00ResumeDongles escape you;Passwords are weak;Grids confuse you;And web forms will leak.SAML's not easy;Can't change your PIN;Fingerprints greasy;Just stay logged in.http://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2009/08/poem-about-authentication-2nd-try.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-7944468700346482047Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:10:00 +00002009-06-10T23:01:56.133-07:00As a substitute for writing a new post, here's my list of the best of 2004:Notes towards Memoirs of a Bit PlayerMore Memoir: Chemistry for Software EngineersTall latte with no volatile organic compounds, please.Instant ImmortalityIn fact, this has been widely quoted.Poor girl. But now we can see you in the dark!Tropicana lived for 30 more (mostly good) months.VC Funded Startups (a song)The Three http://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2009/06/greatest-hits.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-6112874859808756945Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:25:00 +00002009-03-20T14:30:37.312-07:00linkhttp://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2009/03/stop-me-if-youve-seen-this-before.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-2894145416499567541Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:58:00 +00002009-01-18T15:34:23.786-08:00With a little luck, George Jr. will be the last baby-boomer* president our country has to suffer. Sorry, Hillary. There's lots I like about my fellow boomers, but we'd all be better off if the 60's were taken for granted rather than have those battles constantly re-fought.That said, a song went through my head today that only the Woodstock generation would know:I heard a song last nightWhat a http://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2009/01/end-of-error-reprise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-1738992641160990392Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:52:00 +00002008-11-22T11:08:33.776-08:00It's good to see fellow ISB grads get into positions of power.Tim, I'm rooting for you. More than that: I'm counting on you.http://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2008/11/go-panthers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-901860044756616934Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:47:00 +00002008-09-08T23:54:55.455-07:00i tried your birthdayi tried your mom's first namei have the password to your...i tried your cat's namei tried your favourite bandi have the password to your......shell account— Barcelona, I Have the Password to Your Shell Accounthttp://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2008/09/music-to-brute-force-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-3763029660480974475Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:05:00 +00002008-08-22T00:09:09.832-07:00Never been lonelyNever been lied toNever had to scuffle in fearNothing denied toBorn at the instantThe church bells chimeAnd the whole world whisperingBorn at the right time – Paul Simon, Born at the Right Timehttp://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2008/08/lucky.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-5921538328774471368Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:56:00 +00002008-08-16T16:04:28.318-07:00"It must be a generational thing." => "Damn, you are really old!"http://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2008/08/translation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-9177135598527101775Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:20:00 +00002008-08-16T16:09:22.152-07:00Resumé(Apologies to D. Parker)Dongles we're losing;Passwords all weak;Grids are confusing;And web forms will leak.OpenID not easy;Resets lose hits;Fingerprints greasy;Get more random bits.http://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2008/08/login-with-usable.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-2664713635628797920Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:22:00 +00002008-07-22T02:22:49.861-07:00When I was in Kuala Lumpur earlier in July, my old friend and die-hard foodie KC Toh took me to the Petaling Jaya home of a local chef for an impromptu cooking lesson. Ah Pan, pictured here teaching me to fry noodles, is a hawker. I'm not sure what his specialties are. I can be forgiven for not learning this since he and I didn't share a mutually comprehensible language. He doesn't speak much http://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2008/07/my-new-career.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-4657996735739787401Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:51:00 +00002008-07-21T15:52:19.199-07:00Law #11: If Microsoft defines the Laws of Security, we're in trouble.http://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2008/05/11th-immutable-law-of-security.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-136521064187904998Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:01:00 +00002008-07-21T15:57:31.992-07:00thought this was a friendly gameinsteadnothing can be taken backthere's a clockwhy didn't you tell me soonerhttp://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2007/12/touch-move.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-658875029002372974Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:15:00 +00002008-07-08T05:09:22.158-07:00I'm in Sydney (actually in suburban St. Ives) but only last week I was in Malaysia. I saw Eric and Jane Toh's new baby boy, Keith. Eric is the son of my old friend and well-known raconteur KC Toh.Eric, a native speaker of both English and Hokkien, asked me if his son should be taught to address me as Ah Chek or alternatively, Ah Kong. Without telling him that this is the first time I've been http://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2008/07/your-first-lesson-in-hokkien.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-647171340782488491Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:12:00 +00002008-03-24T16:32:57.281-07:00He was one of those "greatest generation" guys who fought WWII (both fronts), got educated on the GI bill, created the baby boom (me and my two sisters) moved to the suburbs and took the train every day into the city.His parents were from Eastern Europe. He was the first one in his family to be college educated, I think. Attended CCNY after the war like so many NYC Jews, finishing a year before Ihttp://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2008/03/leonard-schiffman-631926-3202008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-2026960130804233647Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:08:00 +00002008-03-03T20:05:28.835-08:00It may make me a cliche, but Buddism has always interested me, and it is one more piece of culture affinity I have with Phylis. Recently, she and I have been reading the works of American Buddhist Nun, Pema Chodron. We first found about her when she was interviewed on Bill Moyer's PBS program Faith and Reason. I am thinking of reading Don't Bite the Hook next.Here's an excerpt from Karen http://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2008/03/not-another-buju.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-2271859391124267735Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:22:00 +00002007-12-21T22:30:36.887-08:00Poor dear Tropicana, our 18-1/2 year-old kitten, has severe chronic renal failure. She's on a lot of drugs, including human EPO (the feline version isn't out of trials). We have a veterinary tech visit daily to give her meds.Phylis and I ask ourselves every day: was today a good day for her? Was there something positive that perhaps balanced out her obvious discomfort and weakness -- her http://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2007/12/take-me-to-your-leader.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-2810864295357940032Sun, 26 Aug 2007 06:06:00 +00002007-08-26T00:31:01.573-07:00From 1972 to 1978 or so I lived in Singapore and Malaysia; first as an exchange student, then as a expatriate hence presumptively expert computer programmer. The exchange student part was in SUNY Stony Brook's program at ???? (that's Nanyang University to you) where I learned the Mandarin that I still barely retain. Typical of desperate male Nantah students I visited Singapore U., where I met http://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2007/08/finding-my-playmate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-6277646563004712821Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:13:00 +00002007-04-18T07:49:54.918-07:00The bitter-coated sugar pill, that is. I'm a week late noting Vonnegut's death, but, hey, I'm traveling (today: Sapa, Vietnam). I was a fanatical fan of his during my teens. It comforted me that someone else noticed there was no damn cat and no damn cradle.http://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2007/04/swallowing-pill.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-705193092171370420Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:56:00 +00002007-03-13T16:35:12.627-07:00BitFrost is the preciously named "security platform" for the One Laptop Per Child project. Naively simplistic, querulously written, and lacking acknowledgements (Garfinkel doesn't count), the specification is nonetheless interesting and worth reading. CapDesk creators, call your office.http://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2007/03/pola-axis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-7681632997764674322Sat, 17 Feb 2007 06:18:00 +00002007-02-17T02:21:09.428-08:00Andrew Patrick's Blog has interesting commentary on the research methodology used in The Emperor’s New Security Indicators: An evaluation of website authentication and the effect of role playing on usability studies (henceforth to be called TENSI:AEoWAatEoRPoUS for short or better, TENSI for shorter). The paper is to appear in the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, and has already been notedhttp://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2007/02/not-emperors-new-security-studies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-116469999032275364Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:46:00 +00002006-11-27T23:54:30.976-08:00Complaints Choir of BirminghamI may have been (as usual) the last person to notice this. But if you haven't seen this, you should.Why does my computer take so very long?Why can't the bus driver talk to anyoneAnd why is the beer so expensive in town?I want my money back,My job is like a cul-de-sac,And the bus is too infrequent at 6.30.Why don't they pay me more?Life was good beforeAnd I am http://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2006/11/complaints-choir-of-birmingham-i-may.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-116286197882900416Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:02:00 +00002006-11-06T17:12:58.843-08:00I wanted everybody to notice the new look for one of CommerceNet's portfolio companies, ChipIn. To celebrate, I've built one of their new contribution widgets. So, hand me your money.http://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2006/11/holdup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-115847355401996124Sun, 17 Sep 2006 05:20:00 +00002006-09-16T23:12:34.093-07:00Sir Roger Penrose, distinguished Mathematician and Physicist, prolific Author, and perhaps somewhat confused philosopher of consciousness has written a quite remarkable book.The Road to Reality : A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe attempts to cover general relativity, quantum mechanics and the modern theories that attempt to unify them both (i.e. String theory, Loop Quantum Gravity & http://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2006/09/are-reals-really-necessary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-115847032824355347Sun, 17 Sep 2006 05:07:00 +00002006-09-16T22:18:48.413-07:00For those who follow Stephen Wolfram or those who were merely baffled by the the book: now it has been revealed what all that stuff was for.http://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2006/09/new-kind-of-ringtone-generator.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690933.post-115101599965040397Thu, 22 Jun 2006 22:24:00 +00002006-06-22T15:39:59.696-07:00Apparently it's been available since last October, but I've just been turned on to VMware Player, and their Browser Appliance download fills the bill very nicely for the Safe Computing with Ephemeral VM Environments idea I described two years ago.Maybe not such a bad idea after all, huh, EKR?http://webpages.charter.net/allanms/2006/06/you-had-heard-it-here-first.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (AMS)0