Eye Safety & Preventing Eye Strain At The Computer Screen

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Given that my job is working with computers, you can imagine that I already spend at least 8-9 hours a day in front of the computer full-time. Imagine I do a job that I love, and therefore spend yet more hours in front of the computer, outside of the working day, not just evenings, [...]

How-to Handle Large XML Files in PHP

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Sooner or later, when you are processing, importing and ingesting data from large suppliers such as Amazon, iTunes Music Store and Virgin Megastore, to name but 3, you are likely to hit a scenario where you are need to handle, process, import and output XML files that are serveral hundred megabytes or even gigabytes in [...]

MacLockPick: Will Your Mac & OSX Be Safe Ever Again?

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

MacLockPick is a USB flash key based application designed to take advantage of a Mac keychains default open status and other clear text data on a host computer to perform a quick and data collection for further analysis offsite. The primary aim of the device is to operate in as fast a time as [...]

Review - The Logitech Cordless Trackman Optical Mouse

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Whilst working in bed recently, enjoying the benefits of wi-fi and early morning productivity, i discovered a nasty downside to my overzealous work attitude.
Given the way I sit in bed and work, my wrist would frequently start hurting when I used the laptop trackpad. This pain would then, rather annoyingly, follow on throughout the day [...]