antipaucity

…will be to eliminate the TSA.

I was in Chicago this week for work, and on my way back the TSA gerbil found a knife in my briefcase. The same briefcase that made it through RDU without anyone noticing a knife.

When I am elected president in 2016 the first thing to go will be the stupidity that is TSA. That’s right, they took my $60 knife from me. The mail-it-home kiosk has been closed for months at MDW because people complained items didn’t make it back or something.

The stupid part about this whole episode, though, is that I don’t need a knife to cause havoc on a plane. I’m a big enough guy, and know enough about the basics of martial arts and self-defence to cause issues.

But I’m honest, and up-standing, and have no reason to do so.

But the TSA doesn’t consider whether or not you’re likely to cause an issue. Nope. It’s an outright ban.

Bastards.

My first assignment with HP’s Professional Services group takes me to Chicago. This should be fun.

I use Google’s free mail service. And each account gets the privilege of having over 6 gigabytes of storage, if needed.

However, I don’t use anywhere near that much.

I go through my old email about once a month and delete stuff I no longer need. For example, I’m on the TriLUG mailing list. But most of what’s on there has no bearing beyond a few months. So, every month I go through all my old email, and purge what’s more than a year old, unless I’ve specifically tagged it to hold onto longer.

Storage has gotten cheap, but it seems that no one has stopped to ask the question, “should I save it?”, they’ve merely answered the question, “can I save it?”

http://barcamp.pbwiki.com/BarCampRDU

So, apparently the way it works is there is no schedule, no plan, and no idea of where the “un-conference” will go.

Interesting idea.

I’ve never been to one of these, but have a couple months to come up with something interesting to present on/with. Any thoughts?