Infotropism Kirrily Robert’s blog

Posted
19 October 2007 @ 8am

Categories
Tech, Travel

Technical books for Vanuatu

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Vanuatu’s a bloody long way from anywhere.

It’s hard to realise how far until you come to visit, and people start asking you to bring things. “Can you buy me a pair of Tevas?” asked Dan. [...]


Posted
2 August 2007 @ 12am

Categories
Tech

The Password Solution

For many years now I’ve been using STRIP, the Secure Tool for Recalling Important Passwords, on my Palm Pilot to store passwords for websites and other important information like bank account numbers.

The time has come for a change, mostly because I want to minimise the number of devices I carry around. This is [...]


Posted
20 June 2007 @ 6pm

Categories
Tech

OS switching and the XY problem

An XY problem is one where you have a problem X which you want to solve with tool or technique Y, but Y isn’t necessarily the right thing for the job. You ask, “How do I solve X with Y?” and everyone looks at you blankly.

How do I hammer in this nail with [...]