I grew up in the late 80s, and through my high school years I made friends with one of the most popular guys in high school. His name was Danny Stevenson.
Archives for October 2013
Using Reddit for Blog Comments
A little bit ago I wrote a post about how I was disabling comments on my blog, and how I’d be using Twitter and email for comments instead. One of my fellow pentester buddies, Rob Fuller (@mubix), commented that he liked the idea, but that he’d rather just use Reddit.
If You’re Not Profiling, You’re Not Doing Security
Security profiling is profoundly misunderstood. Like Security by Obscurity, many people think that as soon as you hear “profiling” (or “obscurity”), it must mean the bad kind. This is a mistake.
TLP: The Blog You Should Be Reading
I’ve told you before about The Last Psychiatrist, but you didn’t listen. I’m telling you again: this is some of the best social commentary out there. Add it to your feeds. Read it. Here’s a sample. Propaganda doesn’t succeed because it is manipulative, it works because people WANT it, NEED it, it gives their life a direction and…
Is Twitter Replacing Blog Comments?
I just turned off comments on my blog. There are many reasons, but I think they’re best summarized by Matt Gemmell. Here are his big ones:
The Dating Power Flip at Age 30
Talking to many women like her, it’s intriguing how many look back on past relationships where they let good men get away because they weren’t ready. American journalist Kate Bolick wrote recently in The Atlantic about breaking off her three-year relationship with a man she described as ”intelligent, good-looking, loyal and kind”. She acknowledged ”there was no good…
Why Putting SSH On Another Port is a Good Idea
Over on Hacker News there’s a story running about why it’s not a good idea to run SSH on an alternative port. He’s wrong. Let’s take his points one by one:
Work and Meaning
I go to war that my son may be a politician, that his son may be a merchant, that his son may be an artist. ~ Ben Pieratt As I wrote before in Parent to Child Propagation of False Meaning, I am skeptical of most justifications for parenthood.
Politicians Should be Monks
It’s generally accepted that money corrupts politics. Even good people go into the game and emerge as maligned versions of themselves. And now that the Citizens United ruling allows large corporations to more openly influence lawmakers, the situation can only deteriorate. Perhaps the solution is to have politicians become something like a monk.
How Does Getting Hacked Actually Affect Company Value?
I think we may be about to see a major shift in Information Security—one which will come in the form of corporate business leaders—quite suddenly and dramatically—caring less about the prospect of being hacked. Let me talk you through the idea.
Most People Don’t Know What Irony Is
“A couple weeks ago he posted this thing saying he really loved the Dexter series finale, but it was weird—he kept calling the episode ‘great’ while detailing all of its flaws,” said reader Ryan Zalch, explaining his initial puzzlement with Edo’s sarcasm. “Then suddenly it hit me: This guy didn’t actually like the show at all. Somehow, he…
Butterick’s Typography Book is a Thing of Beauty
I’m going through Butterick’s Typography Book again, and I’m noticing a feeling that’s similar to admiring a perfect workspace, or even doing amateur astronomy. It’s about an effort towards perfection, with keen focus on the experience of all involved. I think it’s an Apple thing as well, now that I think about it. The typography in the book,…
Hostname Naming Conventions
The idea is to come up with some kind of category, so that people have something to remember all the names by. Some categories: Geographical (countries, cities, parks, rivers, lakes, streets), I’ve always been a greek/latin names guy myself, but the most important thing to me has been keeping a theme to the names, as the site talks…
A One Minute Summary of Obamacare
Most people are either for or against Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act) without knowing much about what it is. Let’s solve that in 1 minute.
I Just Saw a 90 Minute Navy Commercial Starring Tom Hanks
I thought Tom Hanks was doing pretty well with the movie career, but evidently he decided to get into commercials. Seriously, though, as someone who used to be an adolescent boy, I know the draw of what’s being done with these movies that highlight the military. It’s the biggest conspiracy that I know of that isn’t actually a…
Getting a Full Bodied Cup of Coffee From a Pour Over
I’ve been pretty into coffee for the last few years, and I’ve been experimenting with multiple ways of preparing a good cup. For the last couple of years I’ve been focused on the French Press, which is a fine method. Here you’re soaking the coffee in the hot water for approximately four (4) minutes, which gives the coffee…