Archive for July, 2006

Keane – Somewhere Only We Know – Lyrics

By Surferbill - Last updated: Saturday, July 29, 2006

Keane – Somewhere Only We Know – Lyrics I walked across an empty land,I knew the pathway like the back of my hand,I felt the earth beneath my feet,Sat by the river and it made me complete,Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?I’m getting old and I need something to rely on,So tell me when [...]

Gizmo Project makes all VoIP to landline calls free. Forever. – Engadget

By Surferbill - Last updated: Thursday, July 20, 2006

Gizmo Project makes all VoIP to landline calls free. Forever. You must have Gizmo Project to make the calls, and the person you are calling must have it too. They must fill in their landline number in their profile for you to call that number for free. You also both have to be ‘active’ users, [...]

Optimus keyboard

By Surferbill - Last updated: Sunday, July 16, 2006

All I want for Christmas is an Art. Lebedev Optimus keyboard. This thing looks cool.

Quick update on life

By Surferbill - Last updated: Thursday, July 13, 2006

Back in January I predicted that this would be one heck of a year for me personally (and indirectly, my girlfriend Dew), and now we’re in July I think it’s time for me to give you a quick update. So this year I have: handed in my notice at work, decided to move back to [...]

Galileo GPS Satnav codes cracked

By Surferbill - Last updated: Thursday, July 13, 2006

The secret codes used by Europe’s Galileo navigation satellite have been broken by researchers at Cornell University. “Security by obscurity: it doesn’t work, and it’s a royal pain to recover when it fails,” says Bruce Schneier.

Police arrest cement soccer ball pranksters

By Surferbill - Last updated: Thursday, July 6, 2006

Police arrest two pranksters who filled soccer balls with cement and left them around Berlin.read more | digg story

Weindorf was a transport disaster

By Surferbill - Last updated: Wednesday, July 5, 2006

What a night. I don’t often post about personal experiences and don’t consider this site a venting outlet but I have to get this one off my chest. Now I’m normally very positive about the transport system here in Germany but tonight has been one of the worst experiences I’ve had in the 10 years [...]

How fast can you type?

By Surferbill - Last updated: Monday, July 3, 2006

See how fast you can type. I can do 55 words per minute (with 5 mistakes) using a qwerty keyboard (I’ve stopped using Dvorak since I left work as it’s too much hassle swapping back and forth for different users at home).

Extortion virus code gets cracked

By Surferbill - Last updated: Sunday, July 2, 2006

The Archiveus extortion virus has been cracked. “The 30-digit password locking the files is ‘mf2lro8sw03ufvnsq034jfowr18f3cszc20vmw’. Using the password should restore all the hijacked files.” “Now the password has been uncovered, there should be no reason for anyone hit by this ransomware attack to have to make any payments to the criminals behind it,” said Graham [...]