As a security consultant I do quite a bit of travel for my job. It’s something I enjoy immensely, but standing in airport security lines can quickly taint the experience. For this reason I’ve looked into the various ways to speed up going through airport security, and I’ve captured and given some input on a few of the…
Observations of Japan
I had the opportunity to go to Tokyo, Japan for a week this month for work and while there I kept a running list of observations. I was able to commute to work on the subway, which I found quite fun. First, my observations: the Japanese are extremely orderly; everything is very neat and clean Japanese men are…
Observations From DEFCON
DEFCON is a Social Networking Event DEFCON makes all of the audio and video content available (for a price) afterwards, meaning you can watch all of the presentations as if you were there anyway. What you can’t do is mill about and catching up with your with your friends and colleagues from all over the country (or make…
My First Sushi Experience (Not Really)
First of all, just to clarify, sushi isn’t raw fish. In fact, all it has to include is rice; from there it can have a number of different toppings (including vegetables, cooked or uncooked meat, etc.) Sashimi is the delicacy consisting of various raw seafoods. As it turns out, this means that my first sushi experience wasn’t actually…