TinyDisk is a program from saving and retrieving files from TinyURL and TinyURL-like services such as Nanourl. It overlays a write-once-read-many anonymous, persistent and globally shared filesystem. Once something is uploaded, only the database admin can delete it. Everyone can read it. No one can know who created it. Think of it as a magical CD-R that gets burned and placed on a network.

This is a file system I demoed at Phreaknic that runs on top of the link shortening service TinyURL. Its the perfect case study of how to write meaningful extensions on top of existing web applications, which was the topic of my presentation.

I've already uploaded some fun stuff into TinyURL, like The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and even TinyDisk itself. Thats right, the program to read and write to TinyURL is stored inside TinyURL! It was also very cool to see other people starting to use it.

TinyDisk is a good hack.

TinyDisk - An anonymous shared file system on top of TinyURL.

] 40 years of Korg innovation have led to the creation of
] the OASYS Open Architecture Synthesis Studio. Designed to
] provide a unified musical production environment, OASYS
] unites synthesis, audio hard disk recording, MIDI
] sequencing, second generation KARMA functionality, a
] control surface, a CD burner and more under an intuitive
] interface, highlighted by a large 10.4" color TouchView
] display.
]
]
] OASYS is not only an entirely new instrument, but a
] completely new platform to support Korg innovation for
] years to come. Powered by a fast computer processor, and
] running newly-developed proprietary software atop Linux
] underpinnings, OASYS offers all the benefits of a
] variable software system, backed by a dedicated operating
] system and the hardware integrity that can only come from
] a fully-integrated instrument design.

Sweet. Gonna be priced out the roof, though.

OASYS Open Architecture Synthesis Studio

Flight Software verification, validation and development

Nat'l Academies Press, An Assessment of Space Shuttle Flight Software Development Processes (1993), Table of Contents

To help improve the Air Force’s ability to foresee the implications for safety, aircraft availability, and cost of its plans to retain aircraft fleets for service lives that may be as long as 80 years, and to identify actions that will mitigate or avoid some of the more severe consequences, this study measures how the USAF aircraft fleets’ ages relate to maintenance and modification workloads and material consumption.

Aging Aircraft: USAF Workload and Material-Consumption Life-Cycle Patterns

] The aim of the Molecular Media Project is to use cells
] and atoms to perform useful computational tasks at
] the micron (10-6m) and/or nanoscales (10-9m) of
] organisation. The Molecular Media Project is
] principally concerned with exploiting polymer and
] colloidal nano-agglomeration or biotechnology for
] new media applications. Digital data in the form of (i)
] still image, (ii) text, (iii) motion pictures and (iv)
] sound have all been modified at the micro/nanoscale.
] This research overlaps chemistry, physics,
] microbiology, computer science, mathematics, performance
] art and design.

Cause glitches with yeast. What a concept.

Molecular Media Project

] Jack is a low-latency audio server, written primarily for the
] GNU/Linux operating system. It can connect a number of
] different applications to an audio device, as well as
] allowing them to share audio between themselves. Its
] clients can run in their own processes (ie. as normal
] applications), or can they can run within the JACK server
] (ie. as a "plugin").
]
] JACK is different from other audio server efforts in that
] it has been designed from the ground up to be suitable
] for professional audio work. This means that it focuses
] on two key areas: synchronous execution of all clients,
] and low latency operation.

Jack Darwin/MacOSX port

] This is a transcript of the "Cyrillic Projector"
] sculpture. The sculpture was created in the early 1990s
] by James Sanborn (best known for the enigmatic "Kryptos"
] at Langley), and was installed at the University of North
] Carolina, Charlotte, in 1997.

Here's my current crypto project -- compiling an accurate transcript of the Cyrillic Projector. It's my hope that by cracking this code, we may get inspiration for cracking the uncracked section IV of Kryptos. To my knowledge, this transcript that I've created is the only publicly-available transcript on the web.

Sanborn's Cyrillic Projector Code

Decius wrote:
] This scheme allows Alice to ask Bob if Bob is a warez site,
] but if it turns out that Bob is the RIAA he cannot prove that
] Alice asked for warez, and if it turns out that Alice is the
] RIAA she cannot prove that Bob is a warez site.

Wow, this is great. Again... Why did this take so long? Additionally, I'm wondering who will help the Widow's Son. Internet paranoia just got a whole lot more interesting...

RE: Secret Handshakes from Pairing-Based Key Agreements

] The Secret Of Psalm 46 was first presented on 23 March 2002
] at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose,
] California. It was accompanied by a digital video of a
] total solar eclipse, synchronized to a harpsichord
] recording of JS Bach's Art Of Fugue.

Brian Moriarty is a brilliantly-gifted speaker (and a heck of a game designer). This talk that he gave at GDC 2002 was a work of art. Inspiring, moving, and thought-provoking, and I will never forget it. I'm glad that a transcript is on the web, though I don't think that reading this can even come close to the "performance art" that was the talk itself.

I'm also meme-ing this because he spoke of some codes and messages hidden in music. If you're interested in cryptography, or conspiracies, or the history of the game industry, this is worth a read.

Brian Moriarty | Lectures | The Secret Of Psalm 46 (2002)

Great potential for sound installation pieces or freeform autonomous concerts...

The Sound of Things to Come