Interesting: Facebook cross-references the leaked Adobe passwords and email addresses to see which of their own users are using the same password on both sites.
[dead link, was on Sophos’ blog]
Category: Facebook
How long do hard drives actually live for?
An interesting study on just how long hard drives last.
How long do hard drives actually live for? | ExtremeTech
For more than 30 years, the realm of computing has been intrinsically linked to the humble hard drive. Given our exceedingly heavy reliance on hard drives, and their key role in the expansion of personal…
Some perspective on questions that always seem to come up with any new technology.
Some perspective on questions that always seem to come up with any new technology.
Thought you might find the name of this blog interesting
Thought you might find the name of this blog interesting: hesperusisbosphorus.wordpress.com
Waterworld: The Right Way to Think About the Battles in Mobile
An interesting metaphor, and it certainly fits with the way I’ve looked at Google, Amazon, and Apple’s strategies.
Waterworld: The Right Way to Think About the Battles in Mobile
Here’s the frame that I use: Apple sells systems. Google sells services. Amazon sells content. Microsoft, in general, sells software, although that’s changing now.
Kiddo is watching a dinosaur episode of Dora the Explorer. They find a pack of compys on the beach.
Kiddo is watching a dinosaur episode of Dora the Explorer. They find a pack of compys on the beach. I read that book, and it didn’t go well for the kid who found them.
Ugh. So apparently, getting court-approved access to records wasn’t enough for the NSA. They’ve…
Ugh. So apparently, getting court-approved access to records wasn’t enough for the NSA. They’ve tapped the links between datacenters within Google’s and Yahoo’s internal networks. Google, for their part, has already started moving toward encrypting traffic on their internal net.
J: Get off the planet!
J: Get off the planet!
(Regarding a solar system rug I was sitting on.)
Always worth remembering when you see an article claiming an huge % increase in
Always worth remembering when you see an article claiming an huge % increase in some risk.
Graduating to a toddler bed is a great responsibility…
https://reallifecomics.com/comic.php?comic=october-28-2013
Graduating to a toddler bed is a great responsibility…
Top 14 headlines you just won’t believe are real! (Because they aren’t.) The clickbait
Top 14 headlines you just won't believe are real! (Because they aren't.) The clickbait style, however, rings so, so true.
Well, it’s perfect that I ended up writing up this section in the Halloween…
Well, it’s perfect that I ended up writing up this section in the Halloween season. Someone’s sneaking around Cosette’s garden at night, freaking her out. But wait: That shadow was just a chimney! Well, maybe…if chimneys can run away when they’re spotted…
So, J apparently remembers something from when I tried to explain visual migraines to him…
So, J apparently remembers something from when I tried to explain visual migraines to him a while back. Just… not very clearly. “You grabbed your medicine to make your brain go back in you.”
You grabbed your medicine to make your brain go back in you
So, J apparently remembers something from when I tried to explain visual migraines to him a while back. Just… not very clearly. “You grabbed your medicine to make your brain go back in you.”
Heh heh…
I have a note on my to-do list for “Exchange dumpling tool” and even though…
I have a note on my to-do list for “Exchange dumpling tool” and even though it's only been a day since we bought the defective kitchen implement, my brain keeps insisting on reading it as some sort of note about a debugging tool for Microsoft Exchange crash dumps.
Major argument going on outside… Between a bunch of crows and some other bird that
Major argument going on outside… Between a bunch of crows and some other bird that I can't quite place by sound and haven't spotted.
Kiddo insisted on climbing into a bucket at bedtime…
Kiddo insisted on climbing into a bucket at bedtime. I told him he wasn't Odo, so he didn't need to sleep in a bucket.
Working from home. Just tried to explain source code management to a not-quite-three year old.
Working from home. Just tried to explain source code management to a not-quite-three year old. Forget “explain it to me like I'm five.”
I understand using peel-off labels on medication to add more information, but shouldn’t dosage be
I understand using peel-off labels on medication to add more information, but shouldn't dosage be visible without peeling?