Pixels and Widgets

A blog by Tai Toh

Month: November 2016

  • The highs and lows of the last two weeks

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    From the “I love show tunes” department Two weeks ago I saw a the Chicago run of Hamilton: An American Musical.1 It deserves all the accolades and awards that it has garnered.  Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, Alex Lacmoire, Andy Blankenbuehler and the rest of the team have created a true “cultural experience”.  It is up their with Alvin…

  • Great read: McMansion Hell

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    I’m not much of a student of architecture when it comes to design, but I’ve recently been engrossed by “McMansion Hell“.1  It’s a snarky architecture blog about ugly houses. The McMansions 101 section is extremely educational. Did you know that there are 15 different jargon terms for the construction of a window? Fascinating.  Found via…

  • Android security progress

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    In a somewhat “click-bait”-y title1 on Motherboard, Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai quotes the Director of Security for Android: “For almost all threat models,” Adrian Ludwig, the director of security at Android, referring to the level of security needed by most people, “they are nearly identical in terms of their platform-level capabilities.” In a short interview after a…