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{ Monthly Archives } January 2008

Crypto Crap in Python

I’m looking into doing a little cryptographic stuff in python. Nothing fancy, just some standard stuff. Not for the first time I’m bumping into this brick wall of “batteries included”, the notion that the python library comes with a lot of stuff that should be good enough for whatever you need to do. Only problem [...]

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Photos SFO & Vegas

I’ve added about 60 photos to my photosite.

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Viva las Vegas

This place is crazy. Indoor canals + gondolas. Nuff said.

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Traveling in style

Picking up the car from Hertz this morning.
Hertz Guy? what car do you want? I’ve got X, Y, and a two seat mustang
Me: Mustang sounds cool ….
Whoa!!!

Screw Al Gore, this car is cool. I don’t even want to know the mileage.

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Golden Gate Bridge

Yesterday was another shitty day weather wise. I amused myself by visiting the De Young museum and the Legion of Honor museum (both of which are very much worth a visit) using just one ticket from my city pass. After that the weather seemed to clear up and I headed for the Golden Gate bridge.

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Storm of the decade

The weather is more than a little disappointing. The San Francisco Chronicle was labeling yesterday’s storm as the storm of the decade. In case you are wondering, jet lags are funny and I’ve been reading the hotel paper since 5.30 am when it was delivered. The only news in the world seems to be Britney [...]

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San Francisco

I flew to San Francisco yesterday to do some sight seeing, visit my colleagues in NRC Palo Alto, and attend CCNC in Las Vegas next week. The flight was pretty long. I took the 6:15 flight to Amsterdam from Helsinki (i.e. I got up 3:30 am) and was supposed to leave to SF at 11:10. [...]

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