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Reviews of Movies I’ve Watched Recently

Posted on 2011/10/30 by Mark Doliner

Ordered from most enjoyable to least. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Emily and I are slowly watching the rest of the Harry Potter movies. Irrespective of your feelings on the Harry Potter franchise, this is a solid movie. … Continue reading →

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Bike Trip – Complete!

Posted on 2011/09/16 by Mark Doliner

I rode a total of 384.88 miles in 33 hours 8 minutes over 6 days. That’s an average speed of 11.62 mph. There are some low quality pictures on Flickr, with a little day-by-day commentary. I camped the last two … Continue reading →

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Another Bike Trip

Posted on 2011/09/06 by Mark Doliner

In 2009 I biked from Mountain View to Los Angeles. Starting this coming weekend I’ll be biking from Eureka, CA to home. I’m expecting 5 or 6 days of riding, around 60 miles per day. My goal with this post … Continue reading →

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Canada Trip!

Posted on 2011/07/18 by Mark Doliner

A few weeks ago I went on a 10 day trip to Calgary and Banff, Alberta, Canada with Emily and three other couples. It was great! Banff National Park is amazing. Things that stand out in my mind: Hike from … Continue reading →

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No Summer of Code for Pidgin This Year

Posted on 2011/03/12 by Mark Doliner

Pidgin/Finch/libpurple/Instant Messaging Freedom, Inc. didn’t apply to be an organization in Google’s Summer of Code (GSoC) this year. Why not? The short answer is that I didn’t feel we had enough developers willing to mentor students for it to be … Continue reading →

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Memory of a Fluorescent Light

Posted on 2011/03/08 by Mark Doliner

When I was growing up the bedroom closet in my grandparents’ house had a fluorescent light. Not the modern compact fluorescent type, either—this was a long tube. The light was slow to turn on. You’d flip the switch and it … Continue reading →

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HTTPS User Guide

Posted on 2010/12/13 by Mark Doliner

In light of my previous post where I talk about how it’s relatively easy to commit a man-in-the-middle attack, I feel like I should explain how people can protect themselves. If you’re typing information that you consider private (typing your … Continue reading →

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Man-in-the-Middle Attacking

Posted on 2010/12/05 by Mark Doliner

Fair warning: This is somewhat technical. Introduction I recently wondered how hard it is to perform a man-in-the-middle attack. The login forms for Facebook, Twitter, Pandora and countless others submit login credentials using HTTPS, however, the forms themselves are served … Continue reading →

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Miscellanea

Posted on 2010/11/02 by Mark Doliner

The Paul Fredrick website is well done. Their filters for narrowing down shirt selection work well. Also, after checking out they prompted me if I wanted to share my purchase on Facebook, with a little picture of what I bought. … Continue reading →

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Using Amazon Mechanical Turk for Translating Computer Software

Posted on 2010/09/13 by Mark Doliner

Summary It’s possible to translate software using Amazon Mechanical Turk, but it’s not ideal. What is Amazon Mechanical Turk? It’s a web site run by Amazon (yes, the shopping company). Anyone can create an account and post some questions or … Continue reading →

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