I switched this blog’s hosting provider from dreamhost to digital ocean over the last couple days. Some features may still be glitchy for a bit longer as I finish the migration. The benefit is that I now am on a private VM, which allows features like SSL, so https://wills.co.tt/ is now active.
Browserify-Override
Browserify-Override is a quick attempt I made at making a module for node.js. It allows the user to patch the output of browserify – a program which converts node.js modules into a browser-loadable format.
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I backed the digispark kickstarter[1] earlier this year, which makes super cheap little Arduino-speaking…
I backed the digispark kickstarter earlier this year, which makes super cheap little Arduino-speaking USB sticks. My first project was to hook it up to a motion sensor I had lying around, and now my monitor turns on automatically when I sit down in front of my computer. I can also imagine having it take… Continue reading I backed the digispark kickstarter[1] earlier this year, which makes super cheap little Arduino-speaking…
Network Visualization
I presented CalmNetViz to a bunch of students this afternoon at DawgBytes.
DriveCode
DriveCode Self Relient Text Editing for Drive. I spent a couple days making a text editor for Google Drive. Quite minimal at the moment, but fun to see how the various Google APIs are meant to fit together. This was posted on Google+…
Chrome Proxy
Proxxy had its best installation day ever yesterday. I have no clue why. Usage is at about 2500 users, up from 1500 this summer.
Alot of Pumpkin
Alot of pumpkin. Inspiration from Hyperbole and a Half This was posted on Google+…
Quals Talk
Will Scott Qualifying Evaluation Project Presentation “Block-Resistant Network Services Using Unblock” Thursday, November 1, 2012 10:00 a.m. Allen Center, CSE 203 Advisors: Tom Anderson and Arvind Krishnamurthy ABSTRACT– The desire for uncensored access to the Internet has motivated the development of both open proxies like Tor and social graph-based overlays like FreeNet. However, neither design… Continue reading Quals Talk
Cory Doctorow stopped by the UW this afternoon
Cory Doctorow stopped by the UW to talk about tech policy issues this afternoon. Promoted us to develop new takes on opportunistic encryption to improve privacy, and on the need for privacy as a differentiator for applications. He feels, I think rightly, that there is a distinct lack of code being written solving privacy problems. His take… Continue reading Cory Doctorow stopped by the UW this afternoon