Curiosity in Practice
This week I have put a lot of miles on the Jeep talking to people about the importance of security awareness. Monday I spoke at SecureWorldExpo in St.Louis and on Thursday I had the pleasure of speaking at the TechITOutExpo in Springfield.
It is important for security people to remember that no matter how much time you spend being a “heads down” security person you will never be truly secure until you can get buy in and support of your end users to help you secure your network.
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 of the sun’s transit over the equator for the equinoxes you are correct that Fall doesn’t start for 21 days.
If you think seasons are determined by the weather with Summer being the hottest quarter of the year and winter the coldest quarter of the year then Fall started today. I am in the meteorological season camp because it lines up more closely with the seasons I think months fall in.
Here is a chart with the average temperatures in Jefferson City to show my point.
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.
Add beef shoulder roast.
Add salt and fresh ground pepper and one cup of water.
Cook on low for 7 or 8 hours and then enjoy a great dinner.
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 your machine from accessing known malware and virus sites automatically without you even knowing it happening.
You can get started using OpenDNS Here.
Secunia PSI
Secunia PSI makes sure all your application stays up to date automatically. Having up to date software stops a lot of the hacking attacks and just makes your PC run better.
You can download Secunia Here.
Microsoft Security Essentials
PLEASE, NEVER BUY ANTI VIRUST SOFTWARE FOR YOU HOME. In 2009 Microsoft started giving away Microsoft Security Essentials. Its just as good (if not better) than the software that you are paying for.
You can download Microsoft Security Essentials here.
If you install and use these three programs your computer will love you and help you through the next school year.s