How rich are you?
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006If you’re reading this, pretty rich, I’ll wager. Certainly when compared to the rest of the world’s population. Take the test, and then think about it.
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Pandora and the Mountain Goats
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006On a recent trip, I had the opportunity to sample some of the stuff on Pandora. Pandora is a customizable internet jukebox/radio station; I’d heard about it on the Inside the Net podcast.
You build it based on your musical tastes; give it the seed of a song or a group, and it will roll [...]
DNS Attacks
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006Interesting reading about the internet’s Achilles heel.
DNS Amplification Attacks (packetstorm)DNS Amplification Attacks (ripe)DNS Cache Poisoners - Lazy, Stupid, or Evil?
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New data views
Sunday, September 18th, 2005These innovations are all interesting ways of looking at existing data in new ways. This is something that holds enormous potential.
* Where’s SPAM coming from? Uses Google Maps to display spam sources.* Enthusiast uses Google to reveal Roman ruins.* MIT researchers map city by cellphone.
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Folklife and new bands!
Friday, June 10th, 2005More new bands at Folklife! I saw a couple of excellent groups, both local, both blue-grassy.
The first was a tight hippy-bluegrass group from Portland called Cross-eyed Rosie. You can sample their wares at tapers.org.
The second was self labeled “world-grass” band Spoonshine from Anacortes. The have some clips on their site where you can [...]
The Motorcycle Diaries
Friday, March 25th, 2005Great movie. It has fantastic cinematography and a compelling story. The film moved me to actually read about Ernesto Guevarra, a man about whom I previously knew nothing. Highly recommended.
LingNet Area Studies
Sunday, February 27th, 2005Interested in world cultures and religions? Check out the LingNet Area Studies Page. It’s run by the Defense Language Institute (DLI) in Monterey, so keep that in mind regarding possible bias. So far, I’ve found my reading to be fairly balanced and very informative. Another resource for you to increase your knowledge.
FWIW, the DLI also [...]
Open Source rules!
Monday, February 21st, 2005I’ve been using various open source packages for a while, but I thought I’d start letting other folks really know about them. I’m handing out Firefox to friends and encourage you to do the same! All are community supported and free!
Some of my favorites:
Firefox is an open source web browser with built-in search bar from [...]
Greater Seattle Linux Users Group (GSLUG)
Monday, February 14th, 2005I attended my first meeting on Saturday. It was a hoot. There is a large and knowledgeable Linux community in Seattle. Tons of great info - all with a sense of humor. Check it out.
Greater Seattle Linux Users Group
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OpenBSD release song lyrics
Monday, February 14th, 2005OpenBSD puts out a theme song with each version release. DL and listen. These are high quality - very well done. Read/listen to the lyrics for an even bigger kick.
OpenBSD release song lyrics
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