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Fuzzy Point of Failure

Jan

2013

Apple, Oracle, the Danish banks and the Danish government, today demonstrates how vulnerable we digital citizens are. I went to my online bank today. It told me I need to update Java, so I did (even if it is just a week ago I last did that, but hey, it’s Java so…). After doing so, I was met with this when I went to the bank: The banks and the government use the same “One for All” identity system, NemID, so I tried logging in ...

My iPhone

Dec

2007

I just had to have one … On my recent trip to the US, I couldn’t resist dropping by an Apple Store to buy an iPhone. Of course, it had to be hacked and jailbreaked to work here in Denmark. But thanks to Ulrik and a TurboSIM-card, it now works with my Danish SIM-card, so whenever you call me, you call my iPhone. And what a cool gadget it is! Stunningly great design. It works seamlessly with my wifi (something my other mobil phones never ...

OpenID disabled

Jun

2007

I have upgraded the WordPress installation running gotze.eu to its most recent version. Little did I realise that this would mean I broke the OpenID service I had running here, allowing commenters to login using their OpenID. And now I can’t get it to work again Â I also think I messed up some of the feeds. Then I decided to try out the new Movable Type 4, which claims to have OpenID support by default. I decided to make it my Danish blog, which ...

SOA This. SOA That.

May

2007

When I a month ago prepared for a lecture about architecture, I found some interesting videos on YouTube. My students loved them. So, when I today gave a talk to a group of Danish CIOs, I thought of showing at least one of them, but on site decided not to because there wasn’t internet access. I first found the video Meet the Architects, an example of viral (or maybe not so viral) marketing from a place called scyscrapr.net, but by and large, a decent “light” ...