Curiosity in Practice
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
1. Just because you don’t speak Russian and your driver doesn’t speak English doesn’t mean you both cant belt out “Walking in Memphis” when it comes on the radio in the middle of a traffic jam. I think we bonded. 2. Cheeseburgers in Moscow come with an egg on top (Why was I eating a … Read more
There has been some talk in my office about a fraudulent SMS charge scam on peoples AT&T bills over the last couple of months. There were 3 people in my office who got hit with this scam. I finally got around to examining our bill closer and found out that my wife’s phone had been … Read more
People always ask me “What is twitter good for?” Here is a good example. Bank of America has a foreclosure on my block that they weren’t taking care of by mowing the grass and doing basic maintenance. After spending a couple of hours mowing my grass in the 90 degree weather I was tired of … Read more