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Peter Dowley

Peter Dowley

Australian IT security guy, working at a bank in Riyadh, KSA
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RT @ahmed: Foreign Policy quotes something I said to CNN three years ago about Valentine's Day in Saudi Arabia http://www.foreignpolicy.com/article...
Richard Falk is thought-provoking as usual ... on nuclear weapons and military drones: http://richardfalk.wordpress.com/2012...
Good post on economics of Internet #Piracy via @schneierblog last week: http://www.forbes.com/sites...
RT @Fake_Kissinger: Me: "Nicolas, cheer up! If you lose the election you'll still have Carla." Sarkozy: "Henri, if I lose the election I lose the wife as well."
RT @saeedasiddiki: Why does an Egyptian ATM machine convey such drama! Very stereotypical! http://twitter.com/saeedas...
I hope that #Assad finally works out that he can't end this by increasing the violence - #Syria doesn't deserve this
Just read last week's excellent post from Richard #Falk; this time on nuclear weapons in the Middle East: http://richardfalk.wordpress.com/2012... #Iran #Israel
RT @gerald_d: @ben_flanagan As long as the tweets aren't protected, can't see a problem with it. <- Yes, I agree
Much more detail about #Syria crackdown from former auditor at gov't treasury, from @thetimes (via @australian): http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news...
Australia Day fireworks in Perth, WA - who's fireworks were the best? http://www.abc.net.au/news...
Just finished at tonight's #ISACA #UAE meeting; about time I made it
RT @SultanAlQassemi: Beer 'must be sold' at World Cup, says Fifa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news... via @Allycrighton cc Qatar
Best article so far on the #Saudi #Israeli hacking feud is today's intelligent editorial from The National (UAE): http://www.thenational.ae/thenati...
Hit my geek quota for the day; extended our home network with some funky (and tiny) D-Link Powerline network/wifi kit
RT @Encarta95: It's my time! Finally, my shot at the spotlight! It's only taken me seventeen years! Wikipedia? Who needs it! Encarta '95 is here to stay.
The ultimate pen test story http://www.youtube.com/watch... courtesy of @schneierblog a few weeks back
The ultimate pen test story http://t.co/HbnNBm4m courtesy of @schneierblog a few weeks back
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Tonight our family watched the movie Hugo; wonderful rendition of the amazing book "The Invention of Hugo Cabret"
Poignant obituary about Gligorov, the former leader of Macedonia: http://www.project-syndicate.org/comment...
Depressing analysis on #Syria from Phil Sands in The National: http://www.thenational.ae/news...
RT @tomgara: Re Alwaleed's <5% stake in Twitter - he owns a bigger stake in News Corp, and I don't see Fox taking a pro-Saudi line.
Dinner with the family at Al Qasba in Sharjah, UAE. Lovely night out
Nice tallying of US Election spending by Tom Englehardt: www.cbsnews.com/8301-215_162-57341290/money-talks-but-real-money-thunders/
RT @lisang: On the 'invented' Palestinian people and other absurd comments, by @omarrahman for @972mag http://t.co/sDbLkNsx
STC 3G USB provided by my company for my work in Saudi - excellent. The most dodgy 3G drivers I've ever used; reverted to #Mobily
"@gerald_d: http://t.co/MoZueY7J #Moon #Eclipse #Dubai" < I was having a look too; good to see that Gerald is documenting it
RT @mikko: "...a technically inept college grad asked for http://t.co/GOCfpqz6 to be completely censored with no due process..." http://t.co/yUDCQWE6
RT @adamshostack: "In Major Gaffe, Obama Forgets To Dumb It Down" http://t.co/bINRJom1
RT @Beaker: “@dimitrimckay: The Right (and Wrong) Way to Die When You Fall Into Lava http://t.co/nUzt8hBM #news” < Important to know, kids
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