MSIE 7 document.createElement(“HTML”).outerHTML NULL ptr

A simple NULL ptr deref in MSIE 7 (MSIE 8 is not affected)

document.createElement(“HTML”).outerHTML

More details here: http://code.google.com/p/skylined/issues/detail?id=16

Wiki back up

In other news: I am looking for a better hosting provider, or at least one that does what I pay them to do, or at the very least what they promis.

Google Chrome 4

Google Chrome 4 has been released

Wiki temporarily down

Unfortunately, our wiki is broken. Due to having a social life, it may be a while before we can restore functionality.

w32-exec-calc-shellcode released

I’ve released the source for a 97 byte shellcode that executes calc.exe.

New Year’s resolutions

I think everybody has a set of half-finished tools and proof-of-concepts collecting dust on their machines…

String concatenation vs. Array joins

I’ve read several websites which claim that string concatenation is outperformed by array joining in PHP. I know from firsthand that this certainly is a fact in ASP. And it’s considered a ‘best practice’ in Javascript and probably several other languages. But PHP has always been a bit different on some parts, so I decided to test this and came to some interesting conclusions.

Vista Broke

My vista managed to screw up big time yesterday, as it tried to install SP1, for the 7th time I think..

I can’t boot and am looking for an external DVD drive to reinstall everything. So devving is moved back a bit..

[update 14/07]

I managed to reinstall everything….

Imagine Cup Day 1

It’s already day 2 which means that yesterday was day 1. And I must say, it was an impressive day.
The opening was in Paris’ City Hall which is beautifully decorated in Louis XIV style…

Imagine Cup 2008

Today I walked around with a big smile on my face. Yesterday the team ‘Four Elements’ won the Dutch Imagine Cup 2008. This means they may represent the Netherlands in the worldwide finals next July. But why am I posting this? Well, I have coached the team from day 1…