This last weekend I made a guest appearance on “The Phones Show”, a podcast all about the world of mobile.
So, if you’re interested in finding out what smartphone I use, the risks posed by Android and iOS devices, whether you should run an anti-virus on your mobile, and even a little about a computer game called “Blox” that I wrote 25 years ago, make sure to give the following podcast a listen.
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https://psc.jwebb.se/psc319.mp3Phones Show Chat episode 319, with special guest Graham Cluley.
Thanks to Steve Litchfield and Ted Salmon for inviting me on the show.
If you enjoy the podcast, you can subscribe to “The Phones Show” via iTunes or RSS feed.
Graham Cluley is a veteran of the anti-virus industry having worked for a number of security companies since the early 1990s when he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows. Now an independent security analyst, he regularly makes media appearances and is an international public speaker on the topic of computer security, hackers, and online privacy.
Follow him on Twitter at @gcluley, or drop him an email.
You know very well that I was most interested in Blox… and I quite enjoy the discussion of it, the (hopefully?) joke and the end – after raising the subject of royalties you quickly move on. Fair use probably applies though? If you aren't making money then even if it is 'illegal' it should actually be 'legal' …
Edit: And on the subject of boss screens – even to this day that idea is used. The MUD client tintin++ has one (or maybe it was a script that could act as one – can’t recall as I don’t have a use for that functionality). I like how far you went with it in Blox, though.
Great talk Graham.
I never knew these guys existed, I'll keep an eye out for their programme from now on.
You know very well that I was most interested in Blox… and I quite enjoy the discussion of it, the (hopefully?) joke and the end – after raising the subject of royalties you quickly move on. Fair use probably applies though? If you aren't making money then even if it is 'illegal' it should actually be 'legal' …
Edit: And on the subject of boss screens – even to this day that idea is used. The MUD client tintin++ has one (or maybe it was a script that could act as one – can’t recall as I don’t have a use for that functionality). I like how far you went with it in Blox, though.