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I am currently a software engineer at Google, where as a member of the Android platform team I build frameworks and user interfaces.

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Archive for September, 2001

Ketchup.

September 26th, 2001

Ketchup.

Phil Zimmerman, author of PGP, sets the record straight.

September 24th, 2001

Phil Zimmerman, author of PGP, sets the
record straight
.

Ah, a convenient English reference to The Art Of War.

September 21st, 2001

Ah, a convenient English reference to The Art Of War.

Argh!

September 19th, 2001

Argh! Don’t you
people
know that “if encryption is outlawed, only outlaws will be able
to use encryption?” Seriously, no terrorist is going to be bound by a
“ban on ‘uncrackable’ encryption”, and no lawful (and therefore
weakly-encrypted or backdoored) American will be safe from the possibility
of information theft.

Look, just don’t come crying to me when your credit cards all get stolen.

As usual, Fred Rogers has the answer.

September 14th, 2001

As usual, Fred
Rogers has the answer
.

Frankly, I’m frustrated by the fact that the President can’t speak
extemporaneously. At all. Take a look at any of Giuliani’s press
conferences in the last several days; even his “prepared remarks” are
dlivered with candor, honesty, and energy. The missives coming from
the White House are robotic by comparison.

In regard to the banner headline, Bastards!, there was an excellent point made on MetaFilter:

September 13th, 2001

In regard to the banner headline, Bastards!,
there was an excellent point made on
MetaFilter
:


American friends of mine have criticised UK press beause they reckon it becomes difficult to separate fact from opinion. I’m torn between agreeing and arguing that what they take for fact in their own papers is simply opinion in different clothes […]

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September 11th, 2001

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