The St. Louis tornadoes of 2010
I don’t normally post stuff like this, as weather posts are usually mundane. Today was a little different. We had tornadoes touch down in the St. Louis area today. At about noon, we took cover in our...
View ArticleFarewell to a St. Louis Christmas tradition
I saw something sad in the papers this week: Macy’s is closing its downtown St. Louis store, the former flagship Famous-Barr (or Famous and Barr, if you’re old enough) store. And that means this past...
View ArticleThe solution to paper passwords
I know your passwords are either written down or insecure. I know it just as surely as I know New Year’s Day is January 1. I know because passwords have to be incredibly complex to be secure, and I...
View ArticleDon’t use Internet Explorer this Christmas
In case you haven’t heard elsewhere, there’s a nifty unpatched vulnerability for Internet Explorer floating around. And it’s actively being exploited. Metasploit, an exploit toolkit used by penetration...
View ArticleAmazon’s new Kindles look like rising stars
I’m a couple of days late and for that I apologize (I’ve been on the road), but this week Amazon released its anticipated Kindle tablet and snuck out a couple of new e-readers. The tablet–7 inches, a...
View ArticleHow to study for CISSP
I got the letter this week. The one from (ISC)². If the first word is “congratulations,” it means you passed. But if the first two words are “thank you,” you didn’t. If you want the letter that says...
View ArticleHappy 30th birthday, C-64
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Commodore 64’s release, PC World–a magazine published by the same company that once published RUN, a magazine dedicated to the C-64 and other Commodore 8-bit...
View ArticleThings to do for your relatives’ computers this Christmas
I wish I’d posted this last week, since many of us see one set of relatives at Thanksgiving and a different set at Christmas (and perhaps New Year’s). Here are things you can do as preventative...
View ArticleFarquhar’s security New Year’s resolutions
As I mentioned in passing last week, I had a job interview at the end of the week. There was one question, near the end of the interview, that’s a fairly common question, but I wanted to record my...
View ArticleThe case of the fake 1935 Babe Ruth
Quick: Why is it easier to find a 1935 Goudey Babe Ruth on Ebay than the 1935 Goudey card featuring four of his former Yankee teammates, the less-than-immortal Red Rolfe, Johnny Allen, Jimmie DeShong,...
View ArticleThe solution to paper passwords
I know your passwords are either written down or insecure. I know it just as surely as I know New Year’s Day is January 1. I know because passwords have to be incredibly complex to be secure, and I...
View ArticleDon’t use Internet Explorer this Christmas
In case you haven’t heard elsewhere, there’s a nifty unpatched vulnerability for Internet Explorer floating around. And it’s actively being exploited. Metasploit, an exploit toolkit used by penetration...
View ArticleThe St. Louis tornadoes of 2010
I don’t normally post stuff like this, as weather posts are usually mundane. Today was a little different. We had tornadoes touch down in the St. Louis area today. At about noon, we took cover in our...
View ArticleAmazon’s new Kindles look like rising stars
I’m a couple of days late and for that I apologize (I’ve been on the road), but this week Amazon released its anticipated Kindle tablet and snuck out a couple of new e-readers. The tablet–7 inches, a...
View ArticleHow to study for CISSP
I got the letter this week. The one from (ISC)². If the first word is “congratulations,” it means you passed. But if the first two words are “thank you,” you didn’t. If you want the letter that says...
View ArticleHappy 30th birthday, C-64
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Commodore 64’s release, PC World–a magazine published by the same company that once published RUN, a magazine dedicated to the C-64 and other Commodore 8-bit...
View ArticleFarewell to a St. Louis Christmas tradition
I saw something sad in the papers this week: Macy’s is closing its downtown St. Louis store, the former flagship Famous-Barr (or Famous and Barr, if you’re old enough) store. And that means this past...
View ArticleThings to do for your relatives’ computers this Christmas
I wish I’d posted this last week, since many of us see one set of relatives at Thanksgiving and a different set at Christmas (and perhaps New Year’s). Here are things you can do as preventative...
View ArticleFarquhar’s security New Year’s resolutions
As I mentioned in passing last week, I had a job interview at the end of the week. There was one question, near the end of the interview, that’s a fairly common question, but I wanted to record my...
View ArticleThe case of the fake 1935 Babe Ruth
Quick: Why is it easier to find a 1935 Goudey Babe Ruth on Ebay than the 1935 Goudey card featuring four of his former Yankee teammates, the less-than-immortal Red Rolfe, Johnny Allen, Jimmie DeShong,...
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