Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas!
We are taking a break from our publishing schedule to celebrate Christmas with our family and friends.
I like to keep the nasty business of politics off of this website, but every now and again it rears its ugly head in ways we cannot ignore. Net neutrality is one of those issues.
Politically, I am a fiscal conservative and a social liberal, and voted Libertarian in the last election. I did not vote for Trump, and I couldn’t vote for Hilary, either. As predicted, Trump is dismantling a lot of the Obama administration’s legacy, and network neutrality is ...
Continue Reading →Cyber Monday is tomorrow. Can’t think of what to buy your favorite geek? Here are a few ideas from BuzzFeed by way of Pinterest. Both links have useful gift content. Also check out Grommet. Or pop over to How To Use Linux to see some cool mini-Linux PC. Or check out this list from Global Knowledge
See the post at The Ringer for 11-25 and four honorable mentions.
This is one of my favorite unofficial holidays (the other being Sys Admin Day). Here is a link to the official website. Looks like there is a tee-shirt available. Actually, there is quite a bit of cool pirate swag, so check it out.
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.We will start with the good stuff for a change. Talk Like A Pirate Day is my second favorite unofficial Holiday. Check out the official website. Check out the cool pirate swag and order yourself a pirate hoodie or tee shirt.
Arrrgh!
Occasionally I will write a book review for this blog, and then set up an Amazon link in a half-hearted attempt at “monetizing” my blog. Let’s just say I haven’t quit my day job just yet.
Here are some great books for coders, and they should be funny for coders and anyone who ever has used a computer program (the rest of us.)
American students are not learning how to write computer code, at least not at the rate that is typical in other countries such as India and China. This is extremely bad news for the U.S. economy over the long term; we are not teaching enough computer coders to fill existing jobs, much less future jobs. And more to the point, this is where ...
