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
Data, Forensics, and the Use of Cyberweapons | The Loopcast
Where I get interviewed by the Loopcast! Data, Forensics, and the Use of Cyberweapons | The Loopcast. Professor Sam Liles (@selil) and I (@rejectionking) talk about defining data, digital forensics, cyber weapons, potential responses to being hacked, and briefly…
2013 Rides page down until the end of the Iron Butt Rally
As per requests from the organizers of the 2013 Iron Butt Rally I have taken down my 2013 Rides page until the rally is complete. The Iron Butt Rally organizers will be announcing a web page with all the participants…
Thoughts on Iron Butt Rally routing
The Iron Butt Rally has been described as a scavenger hunt with the only prize a three digit IBA number.The Iron Butt Rally is really better described as go where ever the rally masters decide. The original Iron Butt Rally…
1999 to 2011 Iron Butt Rally Past Statistics
I’ve seen a few posts about Iron Butt Rally statistics. The simple data such as position, score, miles, make, model, and rider name are up from 1997 to 2011. It was interesting to me to see people who talk about…
You’d think something is up…
For the rally I need all the help I can get
A Snowden job, when snow jobs meet the NSA
Most people are well aware that a 29 year old NSA contractor has released various levels of classified documents to the press. This has caused a furor in the government as they both try to hold Snowden accountable and not…
To the wet coast and back
I’m a professor at Purdue which means I have a 9 month work year. In other words I’m unemployed for 3 months out of the year. I don’t draw a salary for that period of time which really bites into…
The before there is data data, otherwise known as protodata
The description of data and information is a perspective based process. Anybody who has read a book on information theory could tell you that you have information that comes from data that is made up of bits. And bits are…
Meatless Meatballs or My Quest for Meatless Perfection
Spaghetti and meatballs. It is a standard and everyone loves it. Delicious, flavorful, slightly spicy meatballs coated in a yummy marinara sauce. How do you get this as a vegetarian? You can purchase prepared frozen meatless meatballs. They are fine…
Internet of things. Land of the exploitable
I’ve been watching the view of corporate America suddenly discover the chittering of the Internet of things. Since much of the impetus of IPV6 was to enable this wholesale change toward a global grid of information enabled devices we shouldn’t…
Spied in the Touratech parking lot
It has a dinghy!