fighting the lack of good ideas
I had the privilege of speaking at this year’s Ohio Linux Fest on the topic of syslog Slidedeck PDF – https://antipaucity.com/olf2023-syslog.pdf If you would like me to give this, or any other, talk for your organization, please contact me via LinkedIn or Twitter You can watch the talk from OLF’s live stream of the event…
Want to reinvigorate old texts and library patronage? Turn libraries into print-on-demand book “publishers” for works in the public domain and/or which aren’t under copyright in the current country and/or some kind of library version of CCLI churches use for music! This idea came to me after reading this blog post from the Internet Archive…
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A lot of talk has been made in the past couple years (and even currently by one of the fellas running for the 2020 Democratic Party nomination to be their candidate for President) of governments (which really means taxpayers) funding a universal basic income. Alaska’s been doing something like this for close to 40 years….
For a long time, I’ve been concerned about knowledge capture. And archiving. I’ve finally done something about my own public persona. It’s not 100% complete, but I’ve created my own “online merikebi” of public content. It’s over at https://merikebi.warrenmyers.com. It’s collecting posts from all of my blogs, Reddit, and Twitter. As and when appropriate (and…
Passwords should never expire: https://www.sans.org/security-awareness-training/blog/time-password-expiration-die Passwords should not be changed often: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/08/frequent_passwo.html Password “complexity” is – mostly – a joke: https://www.xkcd.com/936 You have been breached: https://blog.augustschell.com/passwords-passphrases-complexity-length-crackability-memorability-data-breaches Passphrases are better than passwords – and https://password.ga will generate them for you (it will also generate random passwords that pass complexity requirements) Use a password manager of some…
Schneier has a recent article on security concerns for IoT (internet of things) devices -Â IoT Cybersecurity: What’s Plan B? We can try to shop our ideals and demand more security, but companies don’t compete on IoT safety — and we security experts aren’t a large enough market force to make a difference. We need a…
Thanks, Archive.org! God Rest Ye Copland Programmers (to the tune of “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”) God rest ye Copland programmers, It’s finally Christmas Day. You’ve all worked 20-hour shifts Beginning back in May. No wonder after such neglect Your spouses moved away. The last real meal you had Was late last year– That’s what…