Communication
Blackberry Secusmart SIM Card
The Secusmart SIM card runs in Blackberry phones to provide encryption. Blackberry appears to have bought the company.
Research Links
Computing
Facial Recognition and Retouching Software
I was impressed by the Youcam Makeup software. It allows you to fudge with photos. I think it was primarily intended for women to retouch selfies. I am sure you like to imagine women retouching their selfies but it is even more fun to alter the photos of your straight male friends who might feel a little less than flamboyant.
Dave His altered ego Elton Jhones
I was really hoping I could tranify the doggy too but that was a no go. Perhaps there are manual settings. This was done on an Android phone.
Research Links
- Youcam Makeup Makeover appears to be a free app on Android and pay software on desktop. Not sure of their business model on the free app. Could be doing things you don't like inside your phone.
- OpenBR Open biometric recognition
- Face detection software
Computing
Vigenere Cipher And Breaking it
This code was originally thought to be unbreakable. You use a key such as PASSWORD. Each Letter in your message is encoded by placing
PASSWORDPASSWORDPASSWORD
THISISATESTOFTHECODE
Each letter is encoded by selecting the corresponding column from the key letter above your message letter. The obvious failing is that after a bit you run out of key and start repeating. This makes the code subject to frequency analysis. Of course if your key word is a phrase of some length you might be able to avoid that.
It is interesting that only about 150 years ago this would be considered unbreakable.
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Research Links
- Vigenère cipher
- Why is Vigenere so strong?
- Vigenere cracking tool – interesting page that lets you see the role letter frequency plays. If you read this far you should go play with this.
Architecture
OpenDesk – Open Source Furniture – Downloadable Designs
![Lean-Meta[1]](http://www.amarketplaceofideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Lean-Meta1.png)
This furniture is set up for CNC machines that use 4 x 8 ft plywood.
Coding
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WordPress PlugIn Example with Full I18N Internationalization with the standard files POT PO MO
I am sure now days there are many fully internationalized plug ins for Wordpress but this is the first one I have noticed. I am noting it here along with the plugin archive because I will be writing an internationalized software package soon.
WARNING: Do not download and use with your wordpress installation because I will not be keeping it up to date. It is only here for study of the internationalization process.
| Archive: wp-fb-share-like-button.1.9.zip |
Computing
Internet Forum Software – Simple Machine Forum
Research Links
- Wikipedia: Simple Machines Forum
- Wikipedia: Comparison of Internet Forum Software
- List of Sites using Simple Machine Forum – in order to see an active installation
Art
B3TA Website – British puerile digital arts community
Cecil the Seagull Deterrent
Research Links
Notes:
- They allow you to sign up for email on their site
Computing
MediaWiki Wiki Manual Software Update Process
Research Links
Note that if you are using CKEditor WYSIWYG editor you may need to do a purge after any update to the plugin for the graphics to display correctly on its buttons.