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I’ve had just a little extra time open up in my life recently, so I decided to check out a video game shop in my neighborhood. Now, I’ve been pretty busy as a new father the last few years, so my game systems of choice are still a PS3 and Wii (maybe that will change on my next birthday). The plus si Read More

So today I needed to see what hosts were up on a network. I can think of dozens of sensible ways you could achieve this task - my usual method is something like: $ nmap -sP 192.168.0.* But today I had PowerShell open form pinging and tracerouting things, and I had time on my hands to do a little ex Read More

There are lots of things that we regard as secret, and there are lots of times when you have a secret you want to share with someone else, the question is how do you share the secret with the person you want to without sharing it with anyone else by accident. There are two basic approaches, you eith Read More

I am very lucky. I have actually had two careers. In the first, I taught software engineering at various UK universities. In the second, I moved to the private sector, working as a software consultant in the northeast of England. In this short article, I explain why it is so difficult to prepare com Read More

We are all familiar with the process of applying for jobs and, most likely, feel that we know what looks good on a job application. But what about those little things you may think are no big deal, that give the hiring manager an instantly negative impression? I’ve been recruiting for Symbiosys sin Read More

A man is sitting in an interview, and everything is going fantastically: Interviewer: "So Bob, tell me about your biggest weakness?" Interviewee (Bob): "I am too honest." Interviewer: "I don't think that is a weakness." Interviewee (Bob): "I don't give a damn what you think!" I get to interview a f Read More