Derek Richardson - My Digital Domain Adventures

The Seven Hoursemen of the Web Apocalypse

Derek — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:15:10 +0000

Seven security experts have been entrusted with the key to reboot the internet in case of a global catastrophe.

The security experts have been given a key that can help them rebuild the DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) system of trust for the internet if a catastrophe takes it down. The experts would have to physically carry the root key to a secret data center in the U.S. in order to reboot the internet. They essentially carry the ability to recreate the internet’s Yellow Pages database of web addresses.

The experts include Paul Kane, head of CommunityDNS; Norm Ritchie of Canada, Jiankang Yao from China; Moussa Guebre of Burkina Faso; Bevil Wooding from Trinidad and Tobago; Ondrej Sury of the Czech Republic; and Dan Kaminsky, chief scientist at Recursion Ventures in the US. They have been dubbed the “Seven Horsemen of the Web Apocalypse” or the “Fellowship of the Ring.”

Is Google Watching You?

Derek — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:00:54 +0000

Another rad browser plugin called Google Alarm hit the Internets this week, which alerts you every time your personal info is sent to Google’s servers. How? Via notifications, a running tally of dangerous sites and, naturally, a super annoying, vuvuzela-like alarm.

Google Alarm from Jamie Dubs on Vimeo.

How big is Social Media in the UK?

Derek — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:47:33 +0000

The social media and networking phenomenon is growing extremely fast in the UK. 85 percent of the population is online; they spend over 6 hours on social media sites every month, nearly 60 percent of them read blogs and 64% have their own profile on a social network.

The State Of The Internet

Derek — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:57:42 +0000

Another fantastic new video from Jesse Thomas

JESS3 / The State of The Internet from JESS3 on Vimeo.

This Week In Tweets

Derek — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:00:00 +0000

Lovely to see the sun again after 3 days? 2010-07-20
Happy Hump Day! Sun is shining enjoy it while it lasts 2010-07-21
Sharing: Jenson Button and Vitaliy Petrov burn up the streets of Moscow [Videos] http://bit.ly/cp6Mfl #f1 #formula1 Via @BetinternetLive 2010-07-21
UK spacecraft to unlock secrets of the Sun http://bit.ly/9LSsJR 2010-07-21
Michelangelo Hid Brain Image in Sistine Chapel Painting http://bit.ly/9ab2Pd WOW Via @RubyGold 2010-07-21
Existential problem: Unmeasurement of a quantum particle reverts it to its original unlocalized state. http://bit.ly/domMdf Via @factlets 2010-07-21
New Post:: World's First Social Magazine on iPad! http://derek-richardson.com/2010/07/worlds-first-social-magazine-on-ipad/ 2010-07-21
It's Official – 500 Million Users on #Facebook – See the Video http://bit.ly/bbhkxz 2010-07-21
3FM News: Hollywood Actor Faces Prison For Tax Offences With Accounts On the Island http://ow.ly/2eU13 #iom #news Via @3FMradio 2010-07-22
New Post:: Facebook 500 Million Users http://derek-richardson.com/2010/07/facebook-500-million-users/ 2010-07-22
Less Than 1 Year Until The Internet Runs Out of Addresses http://bit.ly/bEMJ8f #IPv6 Via @rww 2010-07-22
Sikorsky plans electric helicopter http://bit.ly/cpxrEJ 2010-07-22
Video: Sebastian Vettel drives around his hometown – in his Red Bull #F1 racecar [Video] http://bit.ly/ar3r8t #formula1 Via @BetinternetLive 2010-07-22
World's strongest beer brewed in Scotland 55% cost £500 per bottle http://bit.ly/aZ1g1G 2010-07-22
How nice to see you Friday! You've taken your time! Lovely morning on the Rock today! 2010-07-23
#Amazon Customers Now Order $1 Billion of Products Per Year via #Mobile http://bit.ly/dDmJKj Huge Stat! 2010-07-23
RT @Adrian_Monk5: #FF @SScorgie @DJFreshSA @DJDamageSA @euphonik @vanessaholliday @djladylea @AngieKhumalo Thanks!! 2010-07-23
Today I found out humans have a lot more than five senses. http://bit.ly/8ZXaGC 2010-07-23
RT @AkiAnastasiou: One in three men 'frightened' by their partner's driving http://bit.ly/bZkIey I would be one of them! 2010-07-23
Bogus Website – http://bit.ly/d7sVur / Conister Banking & Trust Company Limited: The Commission has … http://bit.ly/d9mHfc Via @govim 2010-07-23
Thanks for the #FF @hennokruger: #FF @TheJoLurie @spillly @comradesipho @kronjon @phillipgibb @onelargeprawn @WhackheadS 2010-07-23
Are we looking for aliens in the wrong places? http://bit.ly/a6HM8t 2010-07-23
RT @ManxStef: The BBC iPhone/iPad app's direct appstore link: http://bit.ly/cBmOVO Thanks! 2010-07-23
RT @GuyKawasaki: Supermassive stars found in nearby galaxy [video] http://tinyurl.com/2f7c347 Great Video! 2010-07-23
New Post:: Friday Fun Video http://derek-richardson.com/2010/07/friday-fun-video/ 2010-07-23
RT @BetinternetLive: It's #FollowFriday time! Check out @SimpleBet @ideas4TV @bettrends @link2betdotcom @nickop @caferace Thanks! 2010-07-23
Meteorite Impact Crater Found with Google Earth http://ow.ly/2fJZ4 Via @Discovery_Space: 2010-07-23

Friday Fun Video

Derek — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:45:57 +0000

Check this out!

Facebook 500 Million Users

Derek — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:55:20 +0000

Social network giant Facebook has announced that it has registered its 500 millionth member – one in 13 of the entire global population.

The site, which launched in 2004, has gained around 100 million new users in the last six months alone. Facebook said the number was “an important milestone” and added that it was “humbled and inspired” by the stories of its users.

Via BBC

The 26-year-old discusses his empire in an exclusive interview with Diane Sawyer via ABC

World’s First Social Magazine on iPad!

Derek — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:41:16 +0000

Flipboard, the world’s first personalised social magazine, has been launched on the iPad, offering its users a magazine packaged collection of the news, features, videos and images circulating within their social networks.

Via InsideFlip on YouTube

Video: Clay Shirky @Google Talks

Derek — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:24:17 +0000

Great Video:

The author of the breakout hit Here Comes Everybody reveals how new technology is changing us from consumers to collaborators, unleashing a torrent of creative production that will transform our world. For decades, technology encouraged people to squander their time and intellect as passive consumers. Today, tech has finally caught up with human potential.

In Cognitive Surplus, internet guru Clay Shirky forecasts the thrilling changes we will all enjoy as new digital technology puts our untapped resources of talent and goodwill to use at last.

Via At Google Talks

This Week In Tweets

Derek — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:00:00 +0000

New Post:: Create Your Own Android App http://derek-richardson.com/2010/07/create-your-own-android-app/ 2010-07-12
Morning, i feel human today! Thank Goodness! Hope you have a fab Tuesday! 2010-07-13
NASA and Microsoft Let You Explore Mars Like Never Before http://bit.ly/9KK6TF #mars #microsoft #nasa Via @mashable (Great Images!) 2010-07-13
My Heli is flying again! Yeehaa Thanks to @ModelTechIOM Sean you rock! Can't wait to fly tonight!!! 2010-07-13
RT @OwenC: "Third Thursday – Come join us for some pizza! | Ugh!!'s Greymatter Honeypot" ( http://bit.ly/d8cXeO ) #iom 2010-07-13
The World Cup Was Huge on the Twitter [CHART] http://bit.ly/cdxEQj #data #social-media #sports #wc2010 2010-07-14
BBC News Gets More Social http://bit.ly/cCmOTr #SocialMedia 2010-07-14
How to be happy! http://bit.ly/9vfV53 #TED 2010-07-14
Looking forward to #DragonsDen tonight! http://bit.ly/5SKoe 2010-07-14
No one is subscribing to The Times paywall – it is “an empty world” http://bit.ly/almb9B 2010-07-14
Z is out giving a friend a facial, kids asleep and I'm loving my #MacBookPro 2010-07-14
This is Funny! Paul the Octopus Gets His Own (Unofficial) iPhone App http://bit.ly/aXu7AD 2010-07-15
RT @factlets: 1,979 people suffered a BRI (Bagel related injury) last year, trying to cut a bagel. http://factlets.info/bagel 2010-07-15
Full Trailer For “The Social Network” Arrives http://youtu.be/fUuPPC9YaVo #Facebook 2010-07-15
New Post:: The Social Network – Full Trailer http://derek-richardson.com/2010/07/the-social-network-full-trailer/ 2010-07-16
RT @2of: #FF @Amadeus_IOM @moogc @OwenC @ProgramX @angelacampbell @LeoC @2of @cw500 @MarkHillary @Sherrilynne @SharonSutton99 2010-07-16
#FF @bangersandnash @philly_girl @pixiebennett @Marianna_B @MelBala @tabithahoy @MoniqueLB @musicalmover Via @Adrian_Monk5 Thanks! 2010-07-16
Hello Friday and hello to you!!! 2010-07-16
This is cool! Self-Charging Batteries Powered by Vibration http://ow.ly/2cm3k 2010-07-16
25,000 New Asteroids Uncovered By NASA's Sky Mapping (PHOTOS) http://ow.ly/2cqQT 2010-07-16
I can small the weekend! Great week @MessageMakers looking forward to tomorrow 10am on @3FMRadio Have a great weekend everybody! 2010-07-16
The weekend has landed my friends, have a good one but most of all have a safe one!!! DTB 2010-07-16