
Friday, 24 June 2011
Clever and totally pointless - my first publication

Saturday, 12 February 2011
Vinegar - refined Vigenère - can you break my cipher?

When I was young, I designed a cryptographic algorithm. I thought I was so clever, but just because *I* couldn't break it, that doesn't make it secure.
In this article, I present my naive cryptographic algorithm. It's very flawed, so please don't use it for anything important. Can you find the flaw?
This article will start with some background on substitution ciphers and the Vigenère cipher, which my method was based upon. Then, we'll look at my big idea itself, Vinegar. To keep it interesting, there's a little code breaking challenge as well. Enjoy!
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
The cult of 140

I don't really understand the offside rule either, so I wrote this on my facebook page in response to the news.
The key to understanding the offside rule is that it doesn't really matter what the rule is.Meh. Hardly my best work, but I thought it just about good enough to post it on my twitter feed too.
Make up any old rubbish, like "Goal keepers must be pipe smokers" and call that the offside rule. It is just as meaningful.
That's where I met... the cult.
Monday, 10 January 2011
'First Past the Post' isn't.

It’s called “First past the post”, but it isn’t. The name is about as ridiculous as calling North Korea; “The Democratic People's Republic of Korea”. The country is on the Korean peninsula, so at least that name is a little bit honest.
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