Curiosity in Practice
Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action. – W.J. Cameron I stumbled across this quote late last week and it has kind of stuck with me while I get ready for some much needed time off and some quality family time. I don’t spend enough time heading that call to action beyond some … Read more
Please Vote For My Ugly Sweater!
From time to time I get called by small organizations, law firms and companies in my local area to do some consulting on security issues. Yesterday afternoon <redacted organization> called me and told me they were getting this pop up on one of their computers: That pop-up is known as CryptoLocker and once your machine … Read more
One of my close British friends said I had one of the most naturally ebullient personalities of anyone he ever met. After I looked up the word “ebullient” to make sure he wasn’t insulting me I came to understand that it defines my character better than any other single English word. Cheerful and full of … Read more
I was lucky enough to spend last week in London attending one of the best organized and friendly conferences I have ever had the pleasure of speaking at. 44CON has the DerbyCon “All in The Family” model of a small intimate conference down with a crew that DefCon would die to have. I arrived in … Read more