A semi real-time dump of the interesting things I make, do, and come across on a daily basis, recorded with the help of my most trusted gadgetry.
The Blackouts Have Begun!
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'And The Crowd Goes Wild'
(After the 76ers won the first game of the season 1/6/2011)
Posted from Philadelphia, PA
Lunar Ending
Taken during my transition to Rochester, always such a beautiful trip,
whenever I take it!
Posted from Bethlehem, PA
Lights On The Greek
Posted from Rochester, NY
Apple Retail Store Training Video
(download)
Hahahaha...
A - Approach the customer with a "warm welcome"P - Position, Permission, Probe - Tell the customer what you want to do, ask permission, and then ask them questions to determine their needs.
P - Present the appropriate product solution that fits their needs.
L - Listen to their concerns.
E - End with a fond farewell and an invitation to return.
Thoughts On The Blame Game of Information Security
"Computer security the world over is currently predicated on a "castle and moat" model whereby great effort is expended on trying to keep intruders out. Problem is, this kind of approach works best when individual computers are relatively isolated from one another and their interactions are infrequent and trivial. Today, computers form a vast ecosystem and are increasingly interdependent.
Biological organisms had to solve this problem a long time ago. It's impractical to seal oneself off from the larger environment, yet that environment contains lots of things that can do us harm. The body, therefore, doesn't attempt a "keep them out" approach but rather has adapted to be able to continue functioning even when parasites and predators have penetrated the deepest recesses. Computer systems, therefore, will need to evolve to the point where they can function adequately and safely even when compromised. Graceful degradation rather than sudden catastrophic failure; critical data hidden "in plain sight" rather than maintained monolithically in one place so that, once penetrated, everything is vulnerable all at once.
These aren't simple computing problems to solve, but they are intrinsically solvable. The alternative is to pursue a strategy that is already quite futile. Defense in depth has been dead for some time but apparently most cyber security personnel haven't noticed.
Our present systems architectures were all developed under the constraints that processor, memory and storage resources were scarce and needed to be optimized. Those constraints no longer hold. We can, therefore, begin to redesign our systems so as to trade off a little performance to achieve vastly enhanced security. And, practically speaking, the performance loss won't even be noticed because most of the time our computers are relatively idle in terms of processor utilization and even the old bugbear, I/O.
So, let's stop fussing over firewalls and banning flash drives from government agencies and start re-thinking the problem in a more complete and coherent manner."
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Lovingly lifted from the Economist article called "The Blame Game" , and is a comment posted by CA-OxianA Different Take On Success
Many think success means getting everything I want (but it's actually the opposite). Success is not being done; not being complete. Success is still dreaming and feeling positive in the unfolding
Lovingly lifted from abraham-hicks.com
Rare Find: Amazon Error Message
I've been actively using amazon.com at least 5 or 6 years, and I've never seen this message before. You gotta love the book titles in this message, lol:
Someone Please, Help Me Understand The Design Of This Website: ANALOG-GIRL.NET
I don't know what else to say except - why? Why would someone do this? Sigh...
Lovingly lifted from Analog-girl.net
More fun, less struggle
Reduce your workload by 30% and increase your fun load by 30% and you will increase your revenues by 100%. And you will increase your productivity by 10,000%. (If there could be such a percentage.) More fun, less struggle — more results on all fronts.
