The World, as I See It

SSMU Cafeteria

rosscbrown — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:42:00 +0000

Reposition the microwaves in the cafeteria so that more than one of the five microwaves is actually used.

Doors Closing ringtone from the Montreal Metro (Free Download)

rosscbrown — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:55:50 +0000

Dou-dou-dou! In October 2011 I moved to Montreal, Canada and within days I had fallen in love with STM*. That’s right, the Société de transport de Montréal! A few months later the STM introduced an audio signal to announce the closing of metro train doors – a feature standard on many subway systems but something new [...]

iPhone is tracking my movements?

rosscbrown — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:30:06 +0000

Posted in Security & Terrorism Thoughts

Looks like it! The above picture shows various data points extracted from an unencrypted, but hidden, file on the iPhone called ‘consolidated.db‘. I’m sure many will find this data scary however 1) mobile operators already collect this information and 2) Apple states that this information may be collected and shared with Apple’s partners: To provide [...]

Fake it ‘til you make it…

rosscbrown — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:54:18 +0000

Posted in Thoughts

I was talking to a friend recently about CV fraud. Telling lies and misrepresenting the significance of work experience, if you will. Her contention was that such embellishment, while unfortunate, is a necessity to gain employment. I, of course, took the high ground claiming any exaggeration (or fraud) was morally reprehensible. However I’ve been thinking [...]

McDonald’s Monopoly 2011 – Rare Stickers

rosscbrown — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:24:58 +0000

Posted in Thoughts

McDonald’s Tripple Play Monopoly officially started a few days ago and will run for the next seven weeks. Below is a table of ‘rare’ stickers for the 2011 game. The properties and stations below are the only ‘valuable’ stickers – the rest a very common and practically worthless. This year the Monopoly game seems to be [...]