If you’re a Cryptonomicon fan, you might recall uber-hacker Randy Waterouse’s business partner, Avi, who had a spreadsheet which tracked a particularly interesting value. The subject heading of Avi’s first message is: “Guideline 1.” We look for places where the math is right. Meaning what? Meaning that pop. is about to explode—we can predict that […]
Whether you want to quickly add a waypoint to your GPS, or view a map of a known location, it can often be convenient to use real latitude and longitude values with Google Maps instead of dealing with street addresses. Rerieving a map for a lat/lon value is simple enough with Google Maps. You can […]
Artur Bergman wrote about an exploit vector called “DNS rebinding” over on O’Reilly Radar that’s a must-read. Using DNS rebinding, an external website can use your browser’s Javascript or Flash environment to act as a bridge between the external server and any IP on your internal network. This works even for unaddressable IPs such as […]
Multitouch display technology has been gaining a lot of visibility recently, both with Microsoft’s Surface interactive tabletop displays and the iPhone’s slick gesture-based interface. Ignoring some of the particulars, the guts behind this technology is relatively simple, and you can make you own multitouch interactive display for little over the cost of a projector (the […]
Here’s the first iPhone update – just plunk your iPhone in the dock, start iTunes and have it check for an update in the iPhone panel… So far it says “bug fixes”. No new apps, nothing. My guess is that it’s the fix for the Safari security issue that was/is being revealed at BlackHat-Defcon. Update: […]
The second edition of Excel Hacks is out now, and it’s our biggest hacks books yet, with over 130 hacks covering many versions of Excel: Excel 2004 for the Mac, as well as Excel XP, 2003, and 2007. David and Raina Hawley’s new edition provides a resourceful, roll-up-your-sleeves guide that gives you nonobvious solutions to […]
Of all the applications you can upload to the iPhone thanks to the Jailbreak and iPhoneInterface hacks, a SOCKS proxy daemon is perhaps the most useful. It’s also the best way to make full use of an unlimited data plan. Recent developments have allowed iPhone hackers to compile background applications for the iPhone – among […]
