Monday, December 27, 2021

the Dubious Distinction of Being First?

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So, what exactly was the first "cyberattack"?  Of course as with any complicated question the answer is "it depends"... ...
Wednesday, November 17, 2021

The trouble with Citrix

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It  looks for all the world like Citrix... One of the more important technology and services companies of the last 25 years...  is in the mi...
Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Kafka got nothin' on Taxachussetts

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In 1999, I had a Massachusetts drivers license, and officially a Massachusetts residential and mailing address, and I bought and registered ...
Sunday, October 17, 2021

It might help you, or someone you know

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I know at least one other person on my friends list has suffered from trigeminal neuralgia, and at least one other from glossopharyngeal neu...
Thursday, August 26, 2021

Been putting this off as long as I could...

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Well... I've been putting it off as long as I could, both because I'm really needed at work, but also because it means a 40% pay cut...
Wednesday, August 25, 2021

You have to pay attention

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Remember, even the best doctors make mistakes, as do pharmacies. On Friday I had my second followup with my Oncologist, before my second imm...
Tuesday, July 06, 2021

Papers and Letters and Keywords, Oh My!

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"Hey your resume is really impressive, my client would love to have your experience on board, but you really need to have this one spec...
Sunday, July 04, 2021

Independence Day

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Today is not veterans day, or memorial day, or remembrance day...  It is not a day of mourning, or of thanks, but a day of recognition, cele...
Sunday, May 23, 2021

Invaluable Phone Rescue Tool

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Did you know that you can discharge a smartphone so deeply, that it won't take a charge again, from any charger? Or actually, almost any...
Tuesday, May 11, 2021

The most important technological development in... wow

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The most significant science and engineering advance in... Certainly my lifetime, and I would say... Probably the last 90ish years, if not t...
Wednesday, May 05, 2021

Potentially better news

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I had my first meeting and first sample collection for the first series of genetic testing, with my new oncologist.  She's one of the le...
Monday, May 03, 2021

Time to go BACK to War

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 I had a consult with my oncological surgeon... and it was pretty bad news.  What it comes down to, is about an 85% chance that I'll be ...
Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Value for Money

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On social media, every day, we are bombarded with requests to pay for subscriptions to various content providers... dozens, maybe hundreds e...
Friday, March 19, 2021

Narrative Exploitation and Manipulation

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A seriously mentally ill man, spent every dime he had or could steal, habitually frequenting several houses of prostitution. He snapped, and...
Monday, February 15, 2021

Streamlight gets back in the game

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Streamlight finally decided to properly compete against the Surefire Stiletto / Stiletto Pro (which I have, and love by the by): https://ww...

That word? I do not think it means, what you think it means...

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 "Oh those RINOs and NEO-CONS won't do anything... we have to purge the party of these spineless unprincipled traitors" It...
Wednesday, January 13, 2021

When is a "Hack" not a hack? How about fraud and negligence?

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So... Was the "parler hack" a crime? Was it even a HACK? Well...There was almost certainly a crime comitted.... several in fact......