Death of gaim-vv part 2
And would you believe it, not 12 hours since I've left the gaim project, and they've come back to me looking for patches. No one was interested before, but now that I've left, it's all hands on.Sure...
View Articlegaim-vv death part trois
Yes, I'm annoyed. But at least I'm trying to comprehend what the fuck is going on. However, it's pretty hard when the project lead refuses to discuss things because he sees it as some kind of...
View ArticleWords from the ministry of doublespeak
Luke Schierer has decided to defend his actions of threatening me with violence, by breaking privacy laws and morals by publishing a private conversation I had with him, under the impression it will...
View ArticleApologies to Luke
OK, so I've taken the time to re-read the IM exchange I had with Luke on the fateful night I called him a liar. It is clear to me now, that he did not lie to me, and that I mis-understood his...
View ArticleOn a brighter note... FC release gaim 1.5.0-9
Nice to see gaim's been updated for FC3 and FC4. Thankfully, it'll be the last of FC users moaning at me about rate limiting errors.
View ArticleGaim-vv redux (I hate me)
Thanks to some wonderful feedback from the community and some conciliatory tones from a couple of gaim developers, I've reached the conclusion I'm merely hurting the community more by refusing to...
View ArticleCopy protected CD's
The recent 'furore' over Sony's XCP is further demonstration of the media conglomerates stupid management at work. If I had shares, I'd be demanding people take a jump from Sony HQ.Yesterday I spent...
View ArticleOn meatballs, Parmesan cheese and graters
I'm still playing with doxygen for gaim, although my final aim is to gtkdoc-ize the gaim docs. Either system is rather dependant on having up to date content and the flags I'm playing with in doxy not...
View ArticleNotdead
Reports of my demise are greatly incorrect.I got sidetracked into a certain game, then got bored with the game itself - but interested in the programming languages it uses for it's user interface.As...
View ArticleArticle 15
We're still setting up, but Planet-Warcraft.com and Planet Warcraft Blog Hosting are up and running. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Norgs for giving us the space to bring the blogs of...
View ArticleDifferent channel, different app, same users
So, here I am now working on new projects, new horizons. I didn't really think the same users would appear here as what I saw in gaim's IRC channel but it appears they did.Pointless support exchanges...
View ArticlePidgin
Woot! Gaim's thrown off the AOL shackles, and is now known as Pidgin. Yippee.Guess I better post a follow up to my ages old post. Now that libao has gone, and gstreamer is being used instaed *and* the...
View ArticleStuff I'm doing
I saw a few requests for Chip's maintenance of Planet-IM, so figured I should post something about what I'm doing at the moment. In no particular ordera) Double degree at the local 'clown college' (.au...
View ArticleHoly long time no see
It's been ages since I posted anything here.Look like I'll have some 'news' that's worthy of a blog post in the coming week or two. I've ended up in a bit of a moral dilemma, as I stumbled across a...
View ArticleExaile
Stupid exaile... no easy way to get the artist and track name out of it on one line...High Fidelity's by Elvis Costello.
View ArticleDevelopments
Some users of the product I was talking about yesterday have come tantalisingly close to the issue I know of. But have yet to reach the same conclusion I have.
View ArticleSecurity Hole with Blizzard's implementation of Vasco Digipass
(Copy of mail I just sent to Bugtraq)Notice of intent to fully discloseI ReferenceTitle: Blizzard Authenticator implementation does not secure one's World of Warcraft account from...
View ArticleBlizzard Authenticator Issue Part 2
It’d appear that the issue that was identified over a month ago with Blizzard’s implementation of the Vasco Digipass Go 6 authenticator system has been rectified in the last 12 or so hours. I’m...
View ArticleBlizz Authenticator part 3
I’ve had a bit more of a play with Blizzard’s attempted fix. It’s still broken in a certain way. I’ve not heard anything back from Blizzard, so I’ll just notify them and invite them to contact me...
View ArticleMOAR STUFF QQ
Some folks have been asking how I've been getting on with my research and discoveries with regards to a certain major gaming company's security features.Due to a family illness, I'd ended up rather...
View ArticleMore Google hating
This URL show me the map of Australia with the location of the Google offices on it.http://www.google.com.au/support/jobs/bin/static.py?page=about.html&about=locationsThe map completely misses my...
View ArticleThe Customer Is Not Always Right.
Back in my youf, I delivered pizzas for a living (amongst other shorter term customer facing roles). Circa 1990-'95, I developed 'Bleeter's Laws of Customer Service'. To the best of my knowledge, I've...
View Article
