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Anatomy of the Twitter worm

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Silvan Mühlemann

The worm which made trouble on twitter today is a textbook example of XSS which happens when user input is not properly escaped before being displayed. Here’s how it worked:

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ORM tool or handwritten SQL?

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Silvan Mühlemann

At work we recently had a discussion about whether to use an ORM tool or code the SQL manually. These are discussions like “Apple vs. Nokia” or “Spaces vs. Tabs“. Very emotional. You should know that tilllate is using a … Continue reading →

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10 silly Questions about the iPhone 4

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Silvan Mühlemann

After owning an Motorola StarTac, a Nokia 6110, a Nokia 7110, an Ericsson R380, an Ericsson T68, a Nokia Communicator 1, an HTC Tytn, a HTC S710, a Nokia E71 I finally got an iPhone 4. That’s definitely a new … Continue reading →

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This blog looks brand-new. It is not.

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Silvan Mühlemann

Look at the posts date below. They are old. These are copies of posts I have written for techblog.tilllate.com. So what’s the point of writing this blog? I am going to leave tilllate by the end of November and I … Continue reading →

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My favourite keyboard moves in Firefox

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Silvan Mühlemann

I am a lazy guy. I hate moving my hand away from the keyboard to the mouse and back. So I try to use as much keyboard shortcuts as possible. Here’s 2 ways I improve my productivity by avoiding device … Continue reading →

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Bye bye Mac!

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Silvan Mühlemann

«I am a Mac» – «And I am a PC». Zugegeben, Apple ist in Sachen Marketing Spitze. So gut, dass jeder Mac-Benutzer den Eindruck hat, etwas ganz besonderes zu sein. Auch ich gehörte dazu. Gehörte. Denn heute bin ich aus … Continue reading →

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Rassige SQL-Queries mit UNION

Posted on December 7, 2006 by Silvan Mühlemann

Was? Schon wieder überlastet? Jetzt haben wir doch gerade vier neue Server gekauft. Wollen wir nun weiter Hardware kaufen? Nein: Das erste, was wir in solchen Fällen machen, ist die Analyse des Slow Query Log der MySQL. Hoppla: Da haben … Continue reading →

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PNG: Halbtransparenz dank Alphakanal

Posted on November 30, 2006 by Silvan Mühlemann

Das tilllate-Logo kriegt anlässlich des Welt Aids Tag eine rote Schleife. Die Aufgabe wäre leicht gewesen – gäbe es keine IE 6 mehr im Cyberspace. Der Grafiker liefert mir das Logo. Ich öffne es im Fireworks und setze den Hintergrund … Continue reading →

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