It seems almost ironic that just the other day I was ranting about Tesco’s seemingly mediocre approach to password security, and today we hear that Tesco online store ‘is infiltrated by insider card fraudster’. Customers shopping at Britain’s biggest Internet store — Tesco Direct — are feared to have had their card details stolen by… read full entry »
Update 31st July 2012: Welcome, new visitors from The Register, Information Age, etc. If you like this post, you may also like my related posts on security. I am a PHP web dev with an interest in scripting, security (XSS, SQL injection etc) and WordPress. If you’d like to work with me, get in touch…. read full entry »
After the hours Karl and I spent cracking our ribs laughing at the various hilarious scenes in Raving Rabbids for the Wii — the game that got Karl playing with a console for the first time in years — I decided to invest in Raving Rabbids 2. I have to say that it was a… read full entry »
I originally heard of the The Simpsons Game through Mitu’s entry on the subject and, being the fan that I am, immediately stuck the Nintendo DS version on pre-order via GAME. I was actually surprised at my own level of anticipation, as the previous entries in the market featuring the lovable family that I’ve played… read full entry »
After ignoring what could possibly be sound advice I decided to order the Dell Vostro 1000. It arrived today, and here I am typing away. Or rather, I’m “yping” away because I seem to have a bit of a dodgy T key. I’m not sure if it’s because it’s new and needs breaking in a… read full entry »
I finally received confirmation yesterday that my application for the course on web apps I talked about has been received and accepted, so I am trying to tie up as many loose ends and get as much stuff done as possible. This is not as easy as you’d think, because every time I try and… read full entry »
One of my t-shirts was on the IT Crowd tonight. Now I look like some lameass copier. :'(
Anyone with an X16SZR 8v engine + AF13 automatic gearbox should bear this in mind.
Some of you may remember that I was given a new computer at work at the end of last month (an AMD Althon 64 X2 Dual-Core 5000 beast). I can assure you all it’s working fantastically. In fact, it’s working too fantastically. Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been getting home and finding my… read full entry »
Because you can never know too much, and it’s about time I wrote a follow-up to my PHP Script Checklist article. 1. Never include sensitive data in a .inc When I started my current job, one of the first things I did was move all of the database connection details (yes, that includes passwords) from… read full entry »