The Geek/Nerd/Dork/Dweeb Venn Diagram (via Joel Esler’s blog):

BTW, here is a quick way to convert JPEGs which should be PNGs or GIFs (because they aren’t photos!): simply use a photo editing software (like the GIMP or IrfanView / Paint.NET) and reduce the color depth ...

About DRM (this is floating around the interwebs, I’m not entirely sure about its origin):

The second one is from a webcomic (added to my reader :-)) which I discovered via Bruce Schneier’s blog:

And finally, for all the programmers out there (found it via The Reinvigorated Programmer’s ...

Here is something I’ve been thinking about lately: most (all?) security vendors publish their “top-threats” periodically. Those lists are made up by centralizing numbers reported by their clients. While it is safe to assume that the majority of the enumerated threats are blocked straight-away – before they can execute a ...

C++ compilers are notorious for giving error messages which point you in the wrong direction. However even simpler languages can have issues. Can you spot the real problem with the java code below?

There is a comma missing between the parameters! Nice, ey? (To be fair, on the sidebar Eclipse ...