Spring 2024 Updates 🔗
After a slow and painful 2024 Cap10K, I ran the HEB Sunshine Run 10K on May 5th in 1:05:53, just 22 seconds faster, but without pain or surprises. Aft [...]
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ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT and HTML5 Sandbox 🔗
Recently, many Microsoft employees taking training courses have reported problems accessing documents linked to in those courses in Chrome and Edge. I [...]
Mouse Gestures in Edge 🔗
Over twenty years ago, the Opera browser got me hooked on mouse gestures, a way for you to perform common browser actions quickly. After I joined the [...]
Going Electric – Solar 1 Year Later 🔗
In March of 2023, I had an 8kw solar array installed and I was finally permitted to turn it on starting April 21, 2023. My pessimistic/optimistic assu [...]
Browser Security Bugs that Aren’t: JavaScript in PDF 🔗
A fairly common security bug report is of the form: “I can put JavaScript inside a PDF file and it runs!” For example, open this PDF file with Chrome, [...]
A Slow 10K 🔗
I “ran” the Capitol 10K for a third time on Sunday. It did not go well, but not for any of the reasons I worried about. The rain stopped hours before [...]
Attacker Techniques: Gesture Jacking 🔗
A few years back, I wrote a short explainer about User Gestures, a web platform concept whereby certain sensitive operations (e.g. opening a popup win [...]
pushState and URL Blocking 🔗
The Web Platform offers a handy API called pushState that allows a website’s JavaScript to change the URL displayed in the address bar to another URL [...]
Browser Extensions: Powerful and Potentially Dangerous 🔗
Regular readers of my blogs know that I love browser extensions. Extensions can make using your browser more convenient, fun, and secure. Unfortunatel [...]
Second Seaside Half 🔗
I ran my second Galveston Half Marathon on Sunday, February 25th. The course was identical to last year’s race, starting at Stewart beach heading nort [...]