If you’re over 30 you’re probably a bit averse to using emoji to communicate.…
Archives for April 2017
The Jobs Most Vulnerable to Automation
Any parent or teenager not thinking very hard about this list is putting themselves…
Monitoring SSH Bruteforce Attempts Using Splunk
I do lots of monitoring on my site (I’d rather watch logs than Netflix)…
AWS IAM Security Terminology Primer
What is IAM IAM Users IAM Roles Access Keys IAM Policies Security Groups AWS naming…
My Thoughts on ELYSIUM Basis
I’ve been into supplements since my early 20’s. I’ve just always…
Is Trump Pursuing Innovation at Any Cost?
I’ve been having a crazy thought the last couple of months that I couldn’t…
AWS EC2, Default NAT, and Security Groups
One of major differences I’ve noticed after making the switch from Linode…
Re-capturing the Ideal Life
Every once in a while I like to think about what an ideal life would look like,…
How to Connect to a Local Port on a Remote SSH Server
If you ever have a web server (or other type of server) running on a remote Linux…
Comments on the OWASP Top 10 2017 Draft
I’m going to make some comments about the proposed 2017 update of the flagship…
On Forcibly Removing People From Your Private Business
There’s been another incident with United this week. This time they created…
A Few Thoughts on Creativity and Age
I just read this NYT article about a brilliant physicist who happens to be 94-years-old.…
Adjacent Possibles
I had a great conversation with friend and colleague Josh Corman this weekend…
Bookstores vs. Check Cashing Places
I think the two most opposite geographic markers, in terms of income and class…
The Power of Reading
I’ve only just now—within the last five years—realized how powerful…
AR Glasses + Language Translation / Subtitles
There are credible rumors that Apple is working on AR glasses. Of course that’s…
Moving to a Sponsorship Model
Apr 7, 2017 Oct 9, 2020 — I’ve sinced moved AWAY from this model. I’ve…
Some Thoughts on Dataism
The final chapters of Homo Deus talks about the concept of Dataism. A cursory…
VPN Recommendations
VPNs are becoming a major topic of conversation due to the recent removal of ISP…
Pythagoras’s Theory on How Parents Make Children
I’m currently reading The Gene: An Intimate History, a stellar book on the…
AI and Synthetic Mind Creation
Before we can fully transfer and represent human minds into digital form, and…
OPSEC vs. Unsubscribe Phishing Attacks
Woke up in attack mode today. Consider the common tone of many social media posts…
