Technoskald

Shore leave

Kyle Maxwell — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:25:24 +0000

Star Wars Cantina 2010

Kyle Maxwell — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 04:23:22 +0000

Baby, Set Down the Controller – Understanding Olivia Munn’s Cult (via Nonstop Karate)

Kyle Maxwell — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:50:55 +0000

Nonstop Karate really, actually, truly gets it. (Warning for some friends, includes a tiny bit of strong language here and there.)

Girls play videogames. I get this. There have been plenty of Maxim features on buxom young actresses and singers that casually mention their interests in videogames. But good lord, geeks have been doomed ever since every girl aspiring for fame realized they can leap Hollywood mount … Read More

via Nonstop Karate

Vuvuzela Concert in B Flat

Kyle Maxwell — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:48:47 +0000

Get A Look At Kinect’s Star Wars Game

Kyle Maxwell — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:16:30 +0000

My Four-Year-Old Son Plays Grand Theft Auto

Kyle Maxwell — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:50:02 +0000

My Four-Year-Old Son Plays Grand Theft Auto.

The article surprised me pleasantly.

Creepy Watson

Kyle Maxwell — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:26:15 +0000

“I was playing the demo for the new(ish) game, Sherlock Holmes Nemesis, when I noticed that you never see or hear Dr. Watson move. He’s creepy.”

The Tourist Lane

Kyle Maxwell — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:14:47 +0000

New York is awesome.

Civil liberties | Programme for Government

Kyle Maxwell — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:17:04 +0000

“We will be strong in defence of freedom. The Government believes that the British state has become too authoritarian, and that over the past decade it has abused and eroded fundamental human freedoms and historic civil liberties. We need to restore the rights of individuals in the face of encroaching state power, in keeping with Britain’s tradition of freedom and fairness.”

via Civil liberties | Programme for Government.

Is this for real?

Android App Aims to Allow Wiretap-Proof Cell Phone Calls « The Firewall – Forbes.com

Kyle Maxwell — Thu, 27 May 2010 15:01:48 +0000

On Tuesday, an independent hacker and security researcher who goes by the handle Moxie Marlinspike and his Pittsburgh-based startup Whisper Systems launched free public betas for two new privacy-focused programs on Googles Android mobile platform: RedPhone, a voice over Internet protocol VoIP program that encrypts phone calls, and TextSecure, an app for sending and receiving encrypted text messages and scrambling the messages stored in their inbox.

via Android App Aims to Allow Wiretap-Proof Cell Phone Calls « The Firewall – Forbes.com.