The economics of the black hat world

Apparently you can buy details of a zero-day flaw in Excel on eBay. Only $60 at the moment (a snip).

Cheap, when you consider just how many banks do their financial modelling in Excel Spreadsheets made up of massive Monte Carlo calculations.

(Then again, a zombie network of 1000 compromised PCs is currently fetching around $300.)

The Mundane Floating In The Ethereal Above The Sublime

The Mundane Floating In The Ethereal Above The Sublime
Originally uploaded by sbisson.

Something reminded me of Escher's "Three Worlds" when I saw this combination of cigarette end, sunken leaves, and the reflected sky and tree.

It's for moments like this that I always carry a camera.

Putney, London

December 2005.

The Return Of Samorost

Remember Samorost, that addictive little Flash puzzle game?

Well, now there's a sequel. This time, alas, you have to buy it to complete the whole thing. But still, you get one chapter to play with...

And now, the waiting begins...

Play has despatched my copy of Serenity...

w00t.

Seeing as I managed to miss it in the cinema due to deadlines and travel...