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2002/4/28
2002/4/28
The Null Device, being a stream of links and commentary on culture, technology, current events and whatever the author finds interesting.
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This site makes no pretense of being objective and no guarantees of accuracy.
As this blog is produced in a facility that processes sarcasm, individual posts may contain traces of sarcasm.
Whenever one calls a utility company, at any time of the day, they will inevitably be "experiencing extremely high call volumes". (5/9)
Listening to what sounds like a new Of Montreal track, and waiting for the Virgin Mobile people to pick up the cable box (5/9)
I seem to have sprained my ankle. Just in time for moving, too. (5/9)
Gradually packing the remainder of my life in Stoke Newington into boxes (5/9)
Why does Songbird insist on doing its own window management? Sure, it looks k3wler, but it also is immovable while it scans your MP3s. FAIL. (5/9)
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2007/9/4
Security expert Peter Gutmann claims that a botnet run by organised criminals is now the most powerful supercomputer in the world . The Storm botnet is estimated to have between 1 and 10 million computers, all2006/9/4
Ninetynine have just posted their upcoming European tour dates. They're playing Finland (13-15 October), Russia (17-19), Iceland (22nd), then a five-day tour of Spain (24th to 28th), and ending the tour with a London date2003/9/5
Unlike some people, I didn't get to go to Iceland, but I did get to see a small piece of Iceland tonight at the Corner; namely, Múm . They were supported by Minimum Chips (my second