Feb
15

Failures and Intelligence

It’s no secret that I do a fair bit of developing for the open source platform WordPress.  It’s fun to do, gives a productive outlet during my down time, and has led to the creation of a revenue source when I’m low on clients.  Unfortunately, there’s not much I can do about the plug-ins I develop after I release them to the public. [Read more...]

Feb
12

Cryptography

I just finished reading the latest Dan Brown novel, The Lost Symbol.  It was a fairly well-written book and the plot moved along at a far more steady pace than his previous two stories.  On top of that, it included heavy references to two topics regarding which I’ve always been intrigued: encryption and the Masons. [Read more...]

Nov
11

Devigners

A colleague of mine used the term “devigner” in a conversation the other day and confused everyone.  We though he’d said “diviner” and had no idea how to respond.  He quickly took a few moments and defined the term for us. [Read more...]