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$50 offered to the first person who solves my encryption challenge 24 Jul 2013 | 02:30 am
I’m a bit disappointed that no one managed to solve my homebrew encryption challenge. I’m now offering a modest prize of $50 to the first person to solve it, and deliver the plaintext. Contest rules ...
The interactive homebrew encryption challenge 21 Jul 2013 | 09:22 pm
There is a wide consensus among security experts that when choosing an encryption algorithm, it’s much better to choose a well-known public algorithm rather than a homebrew one. I completely agree wit...
Think that the bible sucks? Try reading it in Hebrew 13 Jul 2013 | 04:19 pm
It’ll suck even more. Hi. To those of you who don’t know me, I’m Israeli. I was born in Israel and lived here for my entire life. There are many great things about living in Israel. Having to take b...
The mathematics of catching a ride 7 Jul 2013 | 07:13 pm
When I was a few years younger, I would ride buses a lot when I wanted to get from one city to another. I would also hitchhike a lot, sometimes in order to save money and sometimes because I was trave...
Indescribable numbers: The theorem that made me fall in love with math 6 Jul 2013 | 05:10 pm
Let me open this blog post by quoting a Zen koan from Mumonkan, along with the comments and poem that Zen master Mumon added to it: Koan: A monk asked Zen master Nansen, “Is there any teaching no ma...
Can someone break my weak home-brew encryption? 19 Mar 2013 | 08:50 pm
There is a wide consensus among security experts that when choosing an encryption algorithm, it’s much better to choose a well-known public algorithm rather than a home-brew one. I completely agree wi...
Concise explanation of why programming is fun 3 Mar 2013 | 06:39 pm
I’ve been asked many times by friends, acquaintances, family members and potential romantic interests the question: Why do you like programming so much? What’s so fun about programming? Naturally, th...
On changing the world 9 Feb 2013 | 06:53 pm
I’d like to share a story from my high-school days with you, and then a few thoughts that followed from it. Tuning the telescope When I was in high-school, we had a fantastic teacher of Physics name...
First phishing attempt that targets Israeli bank 7 Feb 2013 | 08:11 pm
Over the years I’ve gotten thousands of phishing attempts to my mailbox, but now for the first time I get one that’s masquerading as an Israeli bank, Bank Leumi: The copy looks surprisingly good. To ...
Phone companies: Please send me my voice messages via email 6 Nov 2012 | 08:55 pm
I really hate checking my voice mail. It’s fucking retarded. I get a text that someone left me a voice message, and then I have to call the special voice mail number, navigate the painfully slow menu,...
