In this post we’re going to send a SYN packet (the first packet in a TCP connection) from a tiny Python program, and get a reply from
example.com.
Source: How to send raw network packets in Python with tun/tap, an article by Julia Evans.
SQLite is unique among embedded databases in that it not only has a transactional, b-tree storage layer but it also includes a robust SQL execution engine. Today, we're diving into how SQLite parses, optimizes, & executes your SQL queries.
Source: How the SQLite Virtual Machine Works, an article by Ben Johnson.
In a profession like this, you're bound to make enemies . . .
It all starts when Dr Temperance Brennan finds a box on her porch. Inside is a fresh human eyeball with GPS coordinates etched into it. They lead her to a macabre discovery in a Benedictine Monastery, and soon after she discovers a mummified corpse in a state park.
There seems to be no pattern to these killings, except that each mimics a killing connected to something a younger Tempe experienced, or barely escaped. Someone is targeting her, and she needs to figure out why before they strike again.
And then her daughter Katy disappears.
Someone is playing a dangerous game with Tempe. And they won’t stop until they have taken everything from her . . .
In the evening I started in Cold, Cold Bones by Kathy Reichs.