I’ve talked in the past about the concept of a short vision horizon. When you’re walking, running, riding a motorcycle, or planning enterprise security the shorter the distance you’re looking the more trouble you might get into. When you are…
One device to rule them all
Motorola quietly killed off the Atrix laptop, entertainment, phone concept that they were building. There are a few reasons they may have had difficulty, but I strongly suggest they were off the mark only a little. The content and communication…
Research Note: Strategic, operational, and tactical cyber intelligence
Some notes on operational level of war as it can be applied to cyber intelligence processes. As a factor in the process of conflict the inteligence gathering process is harder for some to understand in the context of cyber, and…
Motorcycle Monday
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The affair, Snowden, effects, outcomes, plans
It won’t take very long looking at the news from the last few days to realize there is something up in the media. Greenwald at the Guardian has been trickling out a series of stories on the NSA via the…
9th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (CFP)
ICCWS 2014 is an opportunity for academics, practitioners and consultants from around the world who are involved in the study, management, development and implementation of systems and concepts to combat information warfare or to improve information systems security to come…
2013 Iron Butt Rally: Where to from here, what worked and didn’t
How do you explain a ride like the Iron Butt Rally to people? Ride, activity, challenge or opportunity the Iron Butt is a phenomenon few people have hardly heard of and most don’t care about. In the early 1990s I…
2013 Iron Butt Rally: Leg 3 Rancho Cordova to Pittsburgh
The morning of July 8th found bonus packets for the third and last leg of the Iron Butt Rally being handed out to a surprisingly quiet group. There was some fire and brimstone from the President of Iron Butt Association…
2013 Iron Butt Rally: Leg 2 Pittsburgh to Rancho Cordova
Mike Kneebone once told me that his idea of setting up a rally was to look at where he wanted riders to go and setting the bonus points accordingly. On the morning of July 5th we got a bonus packet…
2013 Iron Butt Rally: Leg 1 Pittsburgh to Pittsburgh
It’s a fine thing to ride a motorcycle. I used to think being a motorcycle journalist would be the most kick ass job in the world. Then I tried being one for about long enough to nearly starve. I couldn’t…
2013 Iron Butt Rally Finish
Since people have been digging through the media gallery all day long so I made it easier. I got chastised in some web forums for taking pictures and not resting at the start. I think they got it backwards. I…
And they’re off…
This morning marked the beginning of the 2013 Iron Butt Rally. I am not riding this year, so I am posting pictures of the event. These appear largely without comment. I hope these pictures capture the atmosphere. It was a…
2013 Iron Butt Rally: Tech Inspection Day 2
From my intrepid documentary crew. There efforts and support never to be under stated. Lots and lots of bikes. About 96 to start with 90 solo and 6 two-ups. We’ll see what the real numbers are at 4PM today.…
2013 Iron Butt Rally, Tech Inspection
A day of lines and forms. Lots of awesome people here. Lots of experience walking around doing stuff. Trains, Planes and Automobiles. Check your SPOT, save your fuel log. Automation is a good thing. Long line of…
My boots failed me
My brand new FirstGear waterproof boots now have holes in them. Wore them out or premature failure they are toast