The Squiggle

The Process of Uncertainty

Less but More
Items of interest more frequently posted.

  • Oh this is super fun. For me. A virtual Colossus. Complete with step-by-steps of decrypting a Lorenz message. I have a floorplan of the Newmanry, which I should post, which was responsible for the cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cypher and had ten Colossus machines! (see also the Testery)


  • Hah. I really like UX designer Ryan Young’s animated Squiggle. It’s his own, to be sure, but I appreciate the nod nonetheless. And really like that final curve.


  • Really enjoyed this talk by philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark at the British Royal Institute: How the brain shapes reality (#active inference).


  • Beat Time!!! When I wrote this it was @790.51. Can we please retry and adopt Swatch’s internet time. You can read about it on Sam Gwilym’s site here. (via a conversation with MW.)


  • If we do not encrypt our data with a quantum-secure algorithm right now, an attacker who is able to store current communication will be able to decrypt it in as soon as a decade.‘ Well, this is a whole new scenario I’d not really considered… Fascinating and worrying at the same time. Google’s Threat model for post-quantum cryptography.


  • My Product Design Process’ by Thu Le. I really like the ‘connect, correct & connect the dots’ of this process.