Monthly Archives: December 2009

Random Number Generation without a physical device 0

Random numbers are an important part of the digital world. Computer security relies on prime numbers and random numbers to secure communication channels. And we rely on physical devices to provide us with a random number. Humans are hopeless in coming up with a random number. Ironically, it is because we try to avoid any [...]

Impact of industrialization on fashion 0

A while back I read the book Sustainable Fashion: Why Now? – a book on technologies, methodologies and practices to developing a sustainable clothing. I can’t use word industry because the book advocates abandoning the contemporary industry’s producer-consumer approach to solve problems. It was interesting to learn about the clothing and fashion before the advent of [...]