Mr. Lewis Shepherd of Microsoft came to Purdue to give a talk for CERIAS awhile back and he talked about how equating the Manhattan Project to the world of cyber security is completely wrong. I liked his talk quite a…
Penne with Bolognese Mushroom Sauce
My family loves pasta! All kinds of pasta and lots of different pasta sauces. Some of our favorites have always included meat. As we have moved to meatless meals, I have been experimenting with ways to adapt our favorites into…
The Iron Butt Rally Pizza Party: Vacation by 2 wheels
Vacation. It’s one of those words that caused me as a kid to tremble a bit. To understand you’d have to have a clue about how I grew up. From around junior high school through high school graduation I lived…
Cell phone warning: Deleted personal information often left behind
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Cyber warfare: Huffingtonpost
Cyber warfare by Lt. Gen. Clarence E. McKnight Jr. at Huffpost World I spent a lifetime in the military and, while I love the officers and troops without reservation, I hate the greed and poor judgment that motivates certain segments of…
Drones both foreign and domestic
Currently the twitterverse, and mass media, is alight with the flames of drone war. What sparked this altercation between twitterarati and the rest of the world? It is as simple as the possible use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to…
Cyber weapons, weapons of mass discussion
When we talk about cyber weapons a point that often gets missed is that because cyber is a domain there are many forms weapons can take. There is an inherent tendency to focus on the muskets of cyber. The virus,…
Slippery when wet, especially at 20f
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Cycle Logic, Cycle Safety (USAF c. 1967)
The following is an Air Force film on motorcycle safety. The film is from 1967 and starts out with a doctor doing some kind of surgery on a motorcyclist. The doctor after the surgery engages the motorcycle traffic officer “Rocky…
China v. Japan war inevitable
Everybody is looking for the next big war. Earlier today Galrahn tweeted a link to a story about China v. Japan in a territorial dispute. This has been a pet theory of mine that the next big war will be…
The final addition to the stable
Last Saturday I made a little trip to the St. Lois area where I met up with a guy named Bob Honz. A sales guy and GS rider he and I negotiated (he gave me a price and I wrote…
2013 Prognostications
I skipped doing this for a few years but I’ll be back at it again. Most of these prognostications are based on the principles of computing as a utility, erosion of the professional information technology field, and risk acceptance as…
A late year ride: West Lafayette to DC
It was an interesting ride. You know the ones. It was a ride that was long enough to get your blood flowing, but nothing you’d brag over. There were enough doses of weather and poor drivers to add some spice…
Brownies
If you are looking for a from scratch recipe for brownies, this one is pretty good. In college I majored in Anthropology and minored (nearly a double major) in nutrition. One of my nutrition classes was an introductory course with…
Academaplasia
Academaplasia is the niggling and growing realization that you are intellectually inferior to a particular academician. This growing feeling will gnaw at you. In Europe and Asia this growing tumor of logic is alleviated by attacking the academics previous work.…