My first (and maybe last) game for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad is available in App Store: http://bit.ly/c13q7F Nova Ball is a space/sci-fi accelerometer game. In the game you control the ball by holding your device parallel to the floor and tilting. The game has three modes: arcade, mayhem and missions. In arcade mode you need to […]

I have been working as part of a team with Dr. Ali Jahangiri to make an ethical hacking Linux distribution… The Live Hacking CD is a new Linux distribution packed with tools and utilities for ethical computer hacking, penetration testing and countermeasure verification. Based on Ubuntu this ‘Live CD” runs directly from the a CD […]

I wrote quite a long comment on Facebook and I thought I would re-use and tweak the text as my initial thoughts on the iPad. Apple are clearly marketing this between the iPhone and the MacBook but with the idea that the large screen coupled with its lightweight makes it better at certain (and only […]

As a proof of concept I have written a very simple iPhone/iPod Touch Application called Thunder Clap. I wanted to check that I could write applications for the iPhone and test the submissions and approval process. Now that I have done that I have several other applications in the pipeline. Thunder Clap: A simple to […]

A bit boring, but I have joined gdgt.com, my profile page is: http://user.gdgt.com/garysims/

My hosting provider had ALL there severs hacked a few weeks ago and as a result some of my sites have been down… The hosting company restored all the servers but either inserted code that the hackers used got copied over or the security weakness remained in the servers and they got hacked again. They […]

My hosting provider had ALL there severs hacked a few weeks ago and as a result some of my sites have been down… The hosting company restored all the servers but either inserted code that the hackers used got copied over or the security weakness remained in the servers and they got hacked again. They […]

Tech Support: “I need you to right-click on the Open Desktop.”  Customer: “Ok.”  Tech Support: “Did you get a pop-up menu?”Customer: “No.”  Tech Support: “Ok. Right click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?”  Customer: “No.”  Tech Support: “Ok, sir. Can you tell me what you have done up until this point?”  Customer: “Sure, you […]

Chirptastic is a Twitter client for the Mac… It is currently in development and I hope to have the first beta available in a week or so…  So stay tuned!  Gary

Chirptastic is a Twitter client for the Mac… It is currently in development and I hope to have the first beta available in a week or so…  So stay tuned!  Gary