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Ads are exploit gateways
Ads are exploit gateways. Most ads convey a product promotion or endorse someone or something. Frequently the browser based kind are used as data collectors used to invade ones privacy. The worst kind of ads called malvertising are not legitimate ads but a con to get...
Easter Monday 2017
Arriving at the office a little later than usual, I was surprised that the were so few cars. The reason is of course one of our neighbor companies close Easter Monday 2017. This post discusses our celebrating our holiday's differently sometimes. Date Day Holiday...
Managing critical systems
Managing critical systems Managing critical sytsems is a huge concern for big business and governments. Despite the media frenzy over the NSA data release about potential Microsoft exploits, this data is widely known among hackers and IT professionals. Many owners and...
Coffee shops replace shopping malls
Coffee shops replace shopping malls as a social destination. Some of my thinking in this regard derives from popular TV cultural. The representations that people saw in Frazier's Cafe Nervosa and Central Perk where Friends went for a forum can be denied. photo of Oak...
US House voted to repeal broadband privacy
A thin majority in the US House voted to repeal broadband privacy. They decided yesterday to give our personal information away. President Donald Trump now stands between you and your browsing privacy. The vote broke along party lines, with most Republicans voting...
Net nuetrality is necessary
Net neutrality is necessary for our privacy. This article encourages taking action now to let your Congressperson know that you care and are aware. If you are in the sixth district of North Carolina Mark Walker's Greensboro office info is at the bottom of the page....
Loving kindness meditation
Loving kindness meditation May I be safe and protected from inner and outer harm. May I be happy and contented. May I be healthy and whole to whatever degree possible. May I experience the ease of well being - loving kindness meditation The posting of the loving...
AWS Amazon’s web servers down and it’s causing trouble across the internet
AWS Amazon’s web servers down at the time this article was posted. AWS is part of a huge infrastructure that people rely on. It powers significant parts of our augmented-reality. My streaming music is down. Other people are affected in different ways. They'll have it...
Microsoft privacy awareness
Microsoft privacy awareness is and has been on the forefront of concern as long as I have been in tech. That is 25 years. What to do about this real concern. Awareness in the first step. A coworker prompted me about it last month. Many of the people we see every have...
Getting standing desk back
Getting my standing desk back in place after 7 months in a seat is a good. What a relief. When I started the standing desk, I was using cases to elevate the monitors and it really worked. Tekmar got really busy at the end of the April, fighting cybercrime and covering...