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Lee Segal on Watches
“It is possible to own too much. A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure.” – Lee Segal In the world of firearms there’s the phenomenon of gun owners … Continue reading
With all this watchblogging I actually bought a watch – a Black Monster
This one – the Seiko SKX779K AKA the Black Monster. Automatic movement. ISO dive rated to 200m with a screwdown crown at 4 o’clock. Stainless bracelet with a diver’s extension. 120 click unidirectional bezel. Badass, stupidly overbuilt stainless steel construction … Continue reading
What does the water resistance rating on watches mean?
Short answer: not at all what you’d think. From the Amazon watch forum FAQ: Water resistance. First, bear in mind that the meters/feet of water resistance on a watch have nothing to do with being able to swim with the … Continue reading
Amazon’s Free Audubon Guide to North American Birds for Android
Get it here. I’ve used the print version for decades. I’m curious to try the electronic version, if for nothing else to have the bird calls. Serious birders do most of their identification by call rather than sight, since you … Continue reading
Ask for the Time, Find out How a Watch Works
I’m researching a watch purchase and I ran across this episode of Timothy Hunkin’s British TV show, The Secret Life of Machines, that details the history of timekeeping culminating in the invention of the quartz movement and LCD. The Secret … Continue reading
InfoRapid Multi-file Search and Replace
Every so often I need a utility to do search and replace in multiple files and I go looking for something. Some didn’t work, some were needless complicated, some choked on the 5,000 files I threw at them. InfoRapid was … Continue reading
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Alphabetizing the Windows Start Menu
Here’s how: In Windows 7 and Vista, programs under All Programs are listed alphabetically by default. To change this setting, right-click the Start button, then click Properties, and then Customize… . Check or uncheck Sort All Programs menu by name. In … Continue reading
The ROI of Security Assessments
By my co-worker Stephen Haywood: The primary benefit of a security assessment is the overall reduction of risk, which is accomplished by identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities, implementing or improving controls to match threat agents and attack vectors, and reducing the … Continue reading
Global Payments hacked of 1.5 million credit/debit cards
Visa removes them from registry of service providers. The worst thing I’ve been able to determine from the details so far, is that it seems Global Payments was storing Track Data – information swiped from the magnetic stripe on the … Continue reading
Yesterday’s Villains, Today’s Heroes
Rex Hammock notes an irony in the e-book/bookstore opera: Second, let’s address the assumption that Amazon is the reason independent bookstores are hurting. Am I the only person around here who watched the movie, You’ve Got Mail? The movie came out … Continue reading
Update those Web server clocks for Daylight Savings Time
In WordPress it’s under Settings -> General. For UNIX on a bash shell and a date of March 12 and a time of 8:35 AM you’ll need to be root and run the command: date -s “3/12/2012 08:35:00”
Anyone operating a home weather station or a Weather Underground node?
It seems like a fun home science project for the family. Thinking about this $130 kit, but very open to suggestions since I don’t know what I’m doing. Ambient Weather WS-1090 Wireless Home Weather Station w/ Data Logging & Atomic … Continue reading
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Life Imitates “Spaceballs”
Syrian President’s password was 12345.
Women Are Like WiFi, Men Are Like Bluetooth
“Women are like WiFi. They see all the available devices, but connect only to the strongest one. Whereas men are more like Bluetooth: they connect to whatever is closest.” –Martin and Monty
Who Has Two Thumbs and Loves Their Fisher Space Pen?
My company has a contract with NASA. Eight years or so ago I visited NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland on company business. I thought it was pretty cool, so to mark the occasion I bought a Fisher Space … Continue reading
Portableapps.com – Apps that run from a USB drive
For Christmas my wife got me a SanDisk 32MB GB SanDisk thumbdrive. (Thanks, babe!). I carry it on my keychain. I’ve been stocking it up with installers for various apps I like to have handy to install on whatever computer … Continue reading
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1959 Chevy Hitting a 2009 Chevy
Video. Love the old cars for their looks, not for their safety.
There’s more to network security testing than software…
says my colleague Stephen Haywood, in his article on network penetration testing.
Kindle Reader December Sales
4 million Kindles sold this Christmas. The Fire was the top seller followed by the Touch.
Splash Safari Case for Amazon Kindle Fire
I bought the Splash Safari Case for the Kindle Fire. It’s a minimalist, inexpensive case with two interior pockets. Cost is about $14. The only thing I can think of that it lacks is some kind of exterior closure to … Continue reading
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