Curiosity in Practice
jgamblin This morning I posted “Happy First Day of Fall” on Facebook and I got people telling me that fall doesn’t really start until September 22nd. If you believe that seasons are are determined by the exact times of transit of the sun over the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn for the solstices and the times … Read more
Here is an interview with OpenDNS that I did recently.
The weather is finally cool enough to cook some real dinners so tonight I decided to make a beef roast in the crock pot. Here is how I do it… Half and then quarter about 8 small red potatoes. Add one small bag of baby carrots. Add chopped red onion and celery. Mix the vegetables. … Read more
It is that time to get your PC back in shape for another grueling academic year. I have put together a simple and FREE PC Tune-up you can do to make your PC preform a lot better: Use OpenDNS I am a huge fan of OpenDNS for their malware protection alone. This free service stops … Read more
Being mad at a flat tire doesn’t put the spare on. I remember a summer about 15 years ago when I was with my Grandfather somewhere in southern Illinois and his truck made that familiar flop…flop…flop noise of a flat tire. He was either being lazy or trying to teach me a valuable lesson that … Read more
The Governor is going to sign HB 1549 today allowing Missourians to add their cell phone numbers to the Missouri No Call List. This will stop telemarketers from calling texting your phone. So take a few minutes and add your cell phone number to the No Call List today.
I spent the last week in Moscow speaking at PHDays that was organized by Positive Technologies. Let me just start this review off by saying I don’t think I have ever been to a conference with as good of lineup, organization, or venue as PHDays had. The venue was Digital October in Moscow and I … Read more
An hilarious group of guys from a CTF team decided to stop by my PHDays talk and have a little fun. I will have to say that this was one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time. After the talk I meet up with the guys and I now have a … Read more
1. If you ever heard a rapper talk about a car in a rap song I have seen it, and possible almost been hit by it, in the last three days. 2. There used to be a pool where this church stands. 3. In old Russian video games Americans are the bad guys. 4. Moscow … Read more
1. There is a McDonalds no more than 100 feet from the Kremlin. Why cant we be this efficient in America? 2. Rollerblading is still a thing here, a very big thing. 3. They are just as excited about Madagascar 3 as I am. 4. Throwing a coin over your shoulder at Kilmetere Zero is … Read more