If you read this blog, you might assume it doesn't update because I have nothing to talk about. The truth is, I have a lot I want to say, but I usually don't feel like writing when I'm at my computer.
One thing I post a lot of is commentary …
Fluid CSS design and Feedbin's mobile interface
On August 26th, I posted several feature requests for Feedbin. On August 27th, Feedbin became open source. Since the timing was just too perfect to ignore, I decided to fix some things myself. The first big improvement has been fixing Feedbin's mobile interface, which previously looked like this:
And now …
Distributed Secure Email Protocol
I've been reading about BitMessage, an anonymous, encrypted peer-to-peer email protocol. Unfortunately, there are some major problems:
- BitMessage addresses are 36-character hashes, which isn't very user friendly.
- Since the address is the hash of your public key, there's no way to change your keys without creating a new address.
- All …
Debugging GStreamer crashes
I've been working on GStreamer a lot recently, and I'm slowly becoming comfortable with debugging problems with gdb. I assume this could be useful for other people, so this is part of one of a series on debugging GStreamer.
Using gdb to debug crashes
I recently had a problem with …
Python Encryption Example
This program was written to demonstrate how to correctly encrypt and decrypt files, using PBKDF2-SHA1, AES, and HMAC-MD5.