Category Archives: Computers and Internet

Open science citizen science and stuff

Posted on November 19, 2018 by dgm

This is a post that has been knocking round the back of my brain ever since I ended up paying $16.50 to get a thesis from the University of Queensland. First, some terminology: Citizen science This term is used in … Continue reading →

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Banks, phone calls and security

Posted on May 9, 2011 by dgm

Now I’m probably turning into an old fart, but I get really annoyed by banks when they phone you up about something trivial: – Hello this is the XYZ bank. Can I speak with Mr Xyzzyy? – Speaking – I … Continue reading →

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Epsilon Informs AbeBooks of E-mail Database Breach

Posted on April 4, 2011 by dgm

something unwelcome from Abe Book in my inbox this morning: We have been informed by Epsilon, a third-party vendor we use to send e-mails, that an unauthorized person outside their company accessed files that included e-mail addresses of some AbeBooks … Continue reading →

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Take 2

Posted on May 18, 2010 by dgm

This blog started out as a diary for a demonstrator project that a colleague and I had some money for to put together a wordpress multi blog hosting service and connect it up via shibboleth (hey presto, wide area authenticated … Continue reading →

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