WEBTORRENT.IO

feross.org

Announcing SpoofMAC - Spoof your MAC address in Mac OS X » Feross.org

http://feross.org/spoofmac

Announcing SpoofMAC - Spoof your MAC address in Mac OS X. September 1, 2011. The quickest way to spoof your MAC address is to download SpoofMAC. Something I’ve needed to do from time to time is spoof my computer’s MAC address. This is useful for debugging network issues or temporarily getting onto the Stanford Wi-Fi network when my physical MAC address changes, such as when Apple replaced my logic board. For the uninitiated, a Media Access Control address. Also, OS X doesn’t let you permanently cha...

feross.org

Learning a lesson the hard way » Feross.org

http://feross.org/anything-for-page-views

Learning a lesson the hard way. September 13, 2011. The media has been good to me. For the most part. But these stories are just stupid:. All these news stories take a funny anecdote that I shared with New York Magazine. Here is the full quote:. It’s moments like these that growing tech companies struggle to hang on to. When Zuckerberg gets in the trenches with the grunts, it sends a message: Programming is the core of their world. Employees even make bets, joke, or play pranks on the CEO, hence the &ldq...

feross.org

1% of CMS-Powered Sites Expose Their Database Passwords » Feross.org

http://feross.org/cmsploit

1% of CMS-Powered Sites Expose Their Database Passwords. November 17, 2011. Nearly 1% of websites. Built with a content management system (like WordPress or Joomla) are unknowingly exposing their database password to anyone who knows where to look. TL;DR – Summary of the Problem. Using a text editor to modify content management system (CMS) configuration files (like. Could expose your database password to the world. To anyone who knows where to look. If we eliminate non-CMS sites, and just look at CMS-po...

feross.org

YouTube Instant Shortlisted for Best API Use in .Net Magazine Awards » Feross.org

http://feross.org/shortlisted-best-api-use

YouTube Instant Shortlisted for Best API Use in .Net Magazine Awards. October 4, 2011. Made it onto the shortlist. For Best API Use in the .Net Awards. It’s right there with Instagram. I want to thank all the people who voted for me – I feel so honored and humbled by all the attention. I’ll do my best to keep making cool stuff that delights people. Also, I want to thank the good people at .Net Magazine. Instagram won the award. Congrats to the Instagram team and all the other participants!

feross.org

Open sourcing several projects » Feross.org

http://feross.org/open-sourcing-several-projects

Open sourcing several projects. August 5, 2012. Today, I’m releasing the source code for a couple of my past projects. A music playlist sharing service. [ github. A way to send songs, videos, and urls from your phone to your desktop computer by flicking your wrist. [ github. I released the code for these projects a while ago but never posted about it:. A security scanner to find temporary config files that contain passwords on public websites. [ github. A new version of the famous gorilla video.

feross.org

Human Assumptions and Prejudices » Feross.org

http://feross.org/xenocide

Human Assumptions and Prejudices. October 8, 2011. An excerpt from Orson Scott Card. Where two aliens of different species are conversing. You spoke a moment ago as if you believed that human beings had actually acheived intelligence. Self-delusion. Even at their best, they never, as individuals, rise above the level of manual laborers. Who among them has the time to become intelligent? And why have you been so utterly dependent on them for every technical and scientific advance you make? If you enjoyed ...

feross.org

Introducing the HTML5 Hard Disk Filler™ API » Feross.org

http://feross.org/fill-disk

Introducing the HTML5 Hard Disk Filler™ API. February 27, 2013. Creating stuff is hard. Breaking stuff is easy. Thus, I take frequent breaks from creating stuff in order to break stuff. Behold my latest hackery: FillDisk.com. Fill up your hard disk with just a single click! How to troll using HTML5. The HTML5 Web Storage standard. Was developed to allow sites to store larger amounts of data (like 5-10 MB) than was previously allowed by cookies (like 4KB). 25 MB per origin in Google Chrome. Thus, cleverly...

feross.org

Thoughts on free will » Feross.org

http://feross.org/thoughts-on-free-will

Thoughts on free will. August 6, 2012. You cannot control the next thought that will pop into your head. Seriously, this is crazy. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging. FMRI), it is possible to see your decisions before you realize that you’ve made them. Researchers asked people to press a button using their left or right index fingers while monitoring their real time brain activity using fMRI. The results. I spent a lot of time thinking about this (always a dangerous pastime. Of course, we don&rs...

feross.org

Age of Empires II and Longevity » Feross.org

http://feross.org/aoe2

Age of Empires II and Longevity. September 14, 2011. Age of Empires II. Is a real-time strategy game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft in 1999. After it came out, it was the standard by which all other. Games were measured for many years. Some say it still is. What’s so crazy about this game is that people still play it at LAN parties, over 12 years after it came out. Of course, they’re now playing it on Windows 7, instead of Windows 2000. How times have changed…. Share this articl...

feross.org

Linode VPS Hosting Review » Feross.org

http://feross.org/linode-vps-hosting-review

Linode VPS Hosting Review. November 14, 2011. People keep asking me to share how I handled the viral traffic rush. Ndash; 1 million visitors in 10 days – and which VPS hosting provider I recommend. The answer to both questions is Linode. So here is my review of Linode hosting. Linode = Awesome Hosting. I’ve been using Linode. If you’re coming from the shared hosting world, then let me tell you: a virtual private server (VPS) is a whole new world. Linode uses the Xen hypervisor. You get to pick which Linu...