http://simonwillison.net/2023-11-13T04:57:45+00:00Simon Willison2023-11-13T04:57:45+00:002023-11-13T04:57:45+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2023/Nov/13/dak-and-the-golden-age-of-gadget-catalogs/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="https://cabel.com/2023/11/06/dak-and-the-golden-age-of-gadget-catalogs/">DAK and the Golden Age of Gadget Catalogs</a></strong></p> A must-read from Cabel Sasser, describing his ten year project to collect and digitize copies of the DAK gadget catalog, from 1972 to 1994. <p><small></small>Via <a href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/11/11/cabel-sasser-dak">Daring Fireball</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/cabel-sasser">cabel-sasser</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/gadgets">gadgets</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/history">history</a></p>

2008-09-17T23:23:38+00:002008-09-17T23:23:38+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Sep/17/framebusting/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://softwareas.com/frame-busting-gadgets">Frame-Busting Gadgets</a></strong></p> I’ve always been slightly suspicious of the Google Gadgets / OpenSocial idea of sandboxing untrusted third party content in an iframe. Sure enough, it turns out iframe busting scripts work in Gadgets, meaning a seemingly harmless gadget could potentially launch a phishing attack. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/framebusting">framebusting</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/gadgets">gadgets</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/javascript">javascript</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/opensocial">opensocial</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/phishing">phishing</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/security">security</a></p>

2007-09-19T19:15:02+00:002007-09-19T19:15:02+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Sep/19/stephen/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://www.stephenfry.com/blog/?p=3"><p>All the big guns want an iPhone killer. Even I, mad for all things Apple as I am, want an iPhone killer. I want smart digital devices to be as good as mankind’s ingenuity can make them. I want us eternally to strive to improve and surprise. Bring on the iPhone killers. Bring them on.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://www.stephenfry.com/blog/?p=3">Stephen Fry</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/gadgets">gadgets</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/iphone">iphone</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/stephen-fry">stephen-fry</a></p>