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Archive for July, 2006

This is interesting, a port scanner written completely in Javascript. It creates a series of image objects and points the URL to an image file which would be found on a default installation of some web servers. Once found, the script could be modified to do something malicious to that webserver using any well known [...]

Ducks on the River Thames

Walking down the thames path tonight, I saw rubber ducks floating down the river around Putney bridge. No idea why, or why, but here’s a few ropey pictures from my phone.

[Update 31/July 10:50] These appear to be the strays from a charity duck race – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/5218396.stm

Cultural differences

Seen in a French newspaper last weekend, this great picture.

Vote here for your fave IT support anecdote. Some great quotes, including my favourite:
Someone telling me their “broadbean” connection may be down.”