Curiosity in Practice
Let this be the official record of The Great Twinkie War of 2012. Thursday, January 12th:An innocent conversation was had about Hostess filing for bankruptcy protection. One of the new developers in my office admits that they hate Twinkies. Friday, January 13th:I happen to have some Twinkies in my office. I leave a Twinkie on … Read more
Really, what is it that you hate about SOPA? Is it the blocking of trafficking in inherently dangerous goods or services or is it protecting U.S. businesses from foreign and economic espionage. Or is it that your best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who’s going with the … Read more
This weekend Zappos announced they were hacked and lost a DB that had your name, e-mail address, billing and shipping addresses, phone number, the last four digits of your credit card number and/or your cryptographically scrambled password. For some reason it was also important to let people know their server was in Kentucky? Ok? So … Read more
Today is the 2,061st anniversary of the crossing of the Rubicon by Caesar. It got me thinking about how it is recorded in history and what it can teach us about decision making skills. I know of two places it is prominently recorded: The Life of the 12 Caesars has it recorded like this: When … Read more
How old is the password to your online banking? Could you throw it a 1st birthday party and invite any of its friends over (Facebook, Email, Amazon, Etc.)? The sad truth is a good password should never live to see its first birthday. Please help me end birthday parties for passwords in 2012 by changing … Read more