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Advice on Not Procrastinating 13 Aug 2013 | 06:38 pm
This sounds flip, but it really is an honest reflection on a zillion articles I have read about how to beat procrastination. They all seem to boil down to "just do it." It's as if beating alcoholism w...
Tips on Migrating Mac Data 1 Aug 2013 | 07:53 pm
I moved all my data from one mac laptop to another. I've done this many times with Time Machine, and it always works. But I often forget a few steps. This is my attempt at jotting down the things I fo...
Real sports and DVR 7 Jul 2013 | 09:53 pm
We watched the Andy Murray Wimbledon final via DVR. Not that there were any commercials on the BBC, but with kids you never know. You get interrupted a lot. One of the consequences of social media, th...
Security Questions. Are You Kidding!? 4 Jun 2013 | 03:00 pm
I recently signed up for a credit card. When I enrolled in their online account access, they required me to choose a security question. Not only did they give me some choice questions, they gave me ex...
Writing Good Exam Questions 24 May 2013 | 02:38 pm
I help write lots of “assessment questions”—some are for quizzes after courses, others are just review questions during courses. Some are for industry certifications like the CISSP and CSSLP. Some hel...
Skype Eavesdropping Warning: A Security “Warning” So Backward it Hurts 16 May 2013 | 05:01 pm
The folks at The H Security blog have made much ado about nothing in warning that "Skype with care – Microsoft is reading everything you write". It is inflammatory, factually stretched, and frankly it...
Computer Weekly Guest Blog: How to avoid being a cash cow for cybercriminals 8 May 2013 | 02:02 pm
I blogged a bit about ever more reasons why software should be secured at the beginning of the lifecycle, not at the end. Adrian Bridgwater posted it as a guest article on ComputerWeekly. How to avoi...
Another Idea for App.net: Family Friendly Social Messaging 8 Feb 2013 | 11:23 pm
I wanted to show my twitter feed to my son today, but I couldn't just hand him my phone and let him read it himself. I am a grown up and I follow grown ups. I have a lot of grown ups who use bad langu...
Woes Of An American Immigrant In The UK 12 Jan 2013 | 05:45 pm
There was an article in the Economist ("In praise of a second (or third) passport; Multiple identities are natural. Citizenship laws should catch up") in January 2012 that talked about the benefits of...
6 Reasons Why I Hate Lego 31 Dec 2012 | 04:11 pm
As the father of a few boys, Legos are a part of our lives. But Legos today are not what you remember if you're, say, over the age of 25. They're anti-creative vehicles for various merchandise franchi...
