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Port Knock with HTTP

Port knocking is the act of connecting to a port or sequence of ports that in turn opens up another port. There are many methods to do this, read more about them on the Port Knocking page on the Arch Linux wiki.

Jan 21, 2015 3 min read

How to extract a initrd with a microcode header

If you try to extract a initrd and only file some uncompressed cpio: $ file /boot/initrd.img-3.14-1-amd64 /boot/initrd.img-3.14-1-amd64: ASCII cpio archive (SVR4 with no CRC) $ cat /boot/initrd.img-3.14-1-amd64 | cpio -t kernel kernel/x86 kernel/x86/microcode kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.

Jul 14, 2014 1 min read

The Three Ts

The Three ‘T’s represent how one should approach the usage of usb memory sticks; being Temporary Transfer of Transient data"

Mar 27, 2014 1 min read

Open PGP

I have migrated to a new Open PGP key please read my transition statement. Old Key: pub 1024D/68A70C48 2003-02-11 [expires: 2014-03-19] Key fingerprint = DCCD 7DCB A74A 3E3B 60D5 DF4C FC1D 1ECA 68A7 0C48 uid [ultimate] Thomas Stewart <thomas@stewarts.

Mar 19, 2014 1 min read

LaTeX

Every so often I find myself recommending LaTeX to people that are either starting a PhD or are struggling with writing their thesis up in Microsoft Word. Over the years I found myself rewriting and improving the same email explaining what LaTeX is and why you should use it.

Nov 18, 2013 3 min read

Type of Film

There are only four types of film! For a while I (and possibly others) have been able to categorise all films into four different types. I can’t imagine coming up with such an idea.

Aug 21, 2013 2 min read

I have no name!

Aug 6, 2013 1 min read

Whisky

Jun 6, 2013 0 min read

Wikipedia cookies are now good for 180 days instead of 30! Edit April 2013: sadly the are now back to the annoying 30 days:( Edit April 2020: Horay, we are back again to 365!

May 7, 2013 1 min read

Essential Films Bechdel Test

I recently found out about the Bechdel Test, I was interested in how many of my Essential Films passed the test. So I used the Bechdel Test Movie List to cross referance.

Jan 31, 2013 2 min read