Curiosity in Practice
Facebook has a new security feature called “Profile Review” so whenever you are tagged in a photo or a post, you’ll have to approve it before it appears in your news feed or your wall (Unapproved tagged posts and photos will appear in your profile wall in a new section called “Pending posts.”). Of course … Read more
I spent $15 on amazon and picked up two of my favorite Charlie Brown cartoons to start indoctrinating teaching my son what some of the best cartoons ever are. Having a 2 year old is a great way to get to watch your favorite cartoons from when you were growing up.
The Relativity of Wrong… in the security industry. Randy Raw, my professional mentor (not that I pay him, but I look to him for guidance in my profession… although he probably deserves to be paid for putting up with me) sent me a link to an article by Isaac Asimov on the relativity of wrong. … Read more
What do you do when the Status quo becomes the Status:NO? Recently I have noticed a disturbing trend in my professional and personal life. It has become way easier for me to say “Sorry, I can’t help with that. I do (this) at (that time) already” or “no, it works ok now let’s not change … Read more
Here is my slide deck from last nights Ignite COMO event. Ignite talks are five minute lightning talks with auto advancing slides every 15 seconds. It is honestly one of the hardest talks I have ever given.
For a long time it was nearly impossible to tell who owned a cell phone because it didn’t provide a name on the caller ID. Recently tnid.us has came to the attention of the security community and is giving out that information for free. I am not exactly sure how they do it but out … Read more
QR codes are pretty awesome right? They are the new cool thing to stick on websites, menus, billboards, real estate signs, shirts, etc. I mean you hold your phone up to them and they can give you a secret message, they can send txt messages from your phone, or give you a URL to visit. … Read more
One Saturday a month I get up and drive nearly 100 miles round trip to go and purchase some of the best meat in Missouri. About 5 miles south of Freeburg Missouri is The Butcher Shop LLC Even with gas at $3.60 a gallon it is worth the gas money and the time investment. What … Read more
I really wanted an HDTV for my office for the last couple of months and after talking to my buddies I rigged together this setup for my office. Supplies:AccuSync LCD71V LCD Monitor (I bought in 2004)KWORLD 1440 external TV tuner (my buddy had sitting around).RCA DTA800 (Free from the government during the HD conversion) Some … Read more