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they asked the right question

Posted on 11 January 20185 August 2021 By antipaucity No Comments on they asked the right question

Let me compare the experience I wrote about yesterday to another I had the same year with the first customer I was ever sent to – HSBC. Just a couple weeks after starting with ProServe in 2008, I was sent to Chicago to do a final PoC for HSBC. Someone else had done a PoC…

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firsts, fun, technical, travel, work

but, i got them on sale!

Posted on 10 January 201827 July 2023 By antipaucity 1 Comment on but, i got them on sale!

Back in August 2008, I had a one-week “quick start” professional services engagement in Nutley New Jersey. It was supposed to be a super simple week: install HP Server Automation at BT Global. Another ProServe engineer was onsite to setup HP Network Automation. Life was gonna be easy-peasy – the only deliverable was to setup…

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commentary, insights, technical, work

what if

Posted on 19 December 2017 By antipaucity 2 Comments on what if

you blogged as often as you tweeted, facebooked, linkedinned, instagrammed, plogged, pinterested, google plussed, mastodonned, etc? For many of us, that would be 4, 10, 20, 100, or even more blog posts per day. Wonder how differently we would view/utilize social media if we took that approach? Just a thought.

hmmm

on entropy, password/passphrase complexity, and if you’ve been part of a data breach (spoiler alert: you have)

Posted on 30 November 2017 By antipaucity No Comments on on entropy, password/passphrase complexity, and if you’ve been part of a data breach (spoiler alert: you have)

I wrote an article on passwords, passphrases, entropy, and data breaches for my employer’s blog: https://augustschell.com/passwords-passphrases-complexity-length-crackability-memorability-data-breaches

education, personal, technical, work

you can make anything online – even grave markers

Posted on 20 November 201714 December 2017 By antipaucity No Comments on you can make anything online – even grave markers

Knock yourself out. http://www.tombstonebuilder.com http://www.customreceipt.com http://www.customweddingsign.com http://www.prescriptionmaker.com http://www.eyechartmaker.com http://www.customroadsign.com http://www.getamedal.com

fun, hmmm, humor

what is “plan b” for iot security?

Posted on 16 November 2017 By antipaucity 4 Comments on what is “plan b” for iot security?

Schneier has a recent article on security concerns for IoT (internet of things) devices - 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…

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commentary, ideas, technical

david pogue’s 1996 mac holiday sing-along

Posted on 8 November 20178 November 2017 By antipaucity No Comments on david pogue’s 1996 mac holiday sing-along

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…

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humor, reprint, satire

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