A tongue-in-cheek look at the latest computer viruses, Spectre and Meltdown, and the technological issues behind them.
Spectre and Meltdown – Digital Villains and Killer Computers
January 13th, 2018 Comments Off on Spectre and Meltdown – Digital Villains and Killer Computers
Tags: Bill Gates · computer virus · Mark Zuckerberg · Meltdown · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Spectre · speculative computing · The Matrix
Facebook: From Virtual Space to Outer Space
April 29th, 2016 Comments Off on Facebook: From Virtual Space to Outer Space
A brief look at the exploding star of Facebook and its 10 year plan.
Tags: Facebook · Facebook Surround · Likes · Mark Zuckerberg · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Oculus Rift · virtual reality
W4: The War of the Algorithms
March 1st, 2014 Comments Off on W4: The War of the Algorithms
A tongue-in-cheek look at what a simple bug in a social media application could unleash.
Tags: algorithm · bug · Facebook · Mark Zuckerberg · metaphor · Michael Dyet · social media · Twitter