Last week a colleague at work pointed me at an online game called Finger Frenzy. It seems from sites like Digg that I am about the last person on the planet to have heard about this game. The basic idea is to see how fast you can type the alphabet. There are some hi-scores of 1.001 seconds. They sound very much like a macro has been run. As for me,… Read More »Need a distraction
As we all know (well, all internet savvy people know) you should never submit personal details of any kind over clear HTTP connections. You should always look for the padlock that signifies HTTPS ( e.g. ). For the people that go the extra mile, you should also verify the validity of the SSL certificate associated with the page you are on. This information has been standard advice for years so… Read More »Online SSL Security
For the few people on the planet that didn’t hear the news yesterday, Mozilla announced the release of Firefox 2. This long awaited browser is finally out and looking good. For a full list of the new features, follow this link (here). I downloaded the software yesterday and whilst I was surprised at first that I was able to get it at all (I assumed all the download sites would… Read More »Firefox 2 finally released
Next month Oracle are holding an Enterprise Architects Club in London. One of my main reasons for attending will be to listen to John Madelin of BT talking about Identity Federation. Anyone else who is planning to attend, please drop me a line and we can meet up. Technorati Tags: architect, security, identity, conference
Ping Identity recently published a post detailing some thoughts from a breakout session of the Federated User Group meeting on federation and how strong authentication can be handled (here). It was also commented on by my ex-colleague and friend, Paul Squires. I find the entire subject extremely interesting at the moment since my current project is addressing this exact problem. We are implementing a federated architecture in which the user… Read More »Federation and Strong Authentication
I have just finished reading Philip Pulman’s Dark Materials Trilogy. It was recommended by my sister and brother in-law who both thoroughly enjoyed it. I always blow a bit hot and cold with fantasy fiction and have started but given up on a number of these types of books in the past. Terry Pratchett springs to mind as one of those authors whose books I have never managed to get… Read More »From a slow start to a gripping end
For anyone out there who reads my blog, you will have noticed that I have been very quiet of late. This is mainly due to my new job that I started last week. It has been a bit manic getting settled in. However, I hope to catch up with everything over the next week or so and then, hopefully, I will be back to my usual vocal self. powered by… Read More »No Internet!!
My oldest daughter has just started her 2nd year at primary school. During the past year I have been trying to help her learn to read. Like many other parents I have sat there, usually over breakfast, trying to help her master those tricky words. As is the common approach, when we reach a word she doesn’t know, we try and break it down into syllables, sound each syllable and… Read More »Isn’t the English language strange
There has been a lot of talk recently from a number of people including Julian Bond and Phil Windley about Opinity. I decided to try and give it a go. After all, I already have a ClaimID profile so why not have another profile aggregator 🙂 I haven’t yet had chance to look at the product fully yet, however, the first thing that struck me was the registration process. Opinity… Read More »Opinity, interesting registration process
For anybody who reads my blog through a newsreader such as GreatNews (the one I use) you probably won’t have noticed that I have been playing about with the theme on my blog. Over the next few weeks I hope to add a number of plugins as well as getting the theme to a point I am happy with. I would welcome any thoughts or comments that you have about… Read More »Blog Customization