If you haven’t read the slide share from Eric Schmidt, it is well worth a read.
Author: fish1964
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iPhone Encryption
This is one of the better articles I’ve read on the topic.
This isn’t really only about the iPhone, since you’ve been able to do this on Android for years…
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Introducing Carrot
It’s that easy to get fresh quality nutrients delivered wirelessly to your body.
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Is Encrypting Phones OK?
A very good post by Tim Bray that totally violates Betteridge’s law of headlines.
Point 2 is especially good:
Those of us who live in civilized democracies might be sort of OK with a setup where an official can get a warrant to open up a phone. Except for a huge proportion of Homo sapiens don’t; they’re in places where the government is some combination of corrupt, autocratic, and paranoid.
Is it sane to ask Apple, Google, and friends to make judgment calls on which governments get access to the “Golden Key”? I’m sure the governments they turn down will be just fine with that, and would never consider locking up local Apple employees to apply pressure.
Go ahead, encrypt your phone…
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SysAdmin Heaven?
Geek humor via Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.
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Post Antic
The 40th Atlantic Antic was fantastic. Perfect weather and a perfect day. And yes, I am very full.
Food I ate today (some portions shared):
- Roast Corn
- Honey Bacon on a stick (sooo good)
- Alcapurrias (definitely plural)
- Empanada
- Slider
- Popcorn
- Chicken Wings
- Fried Shrimp
- Sausage
- Meatball Sandwich
It wasn’t all food, the Transit Museum brings out some old buses and does some crafts for the kids.
And of course, face painting
Another great Atlantic Antic.
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I Don’t Hate the Red Sox
I’m sure if both the Yankees and the Red Sox get good again, I’ll hate them again. That’s what Yankee fans do. But they put on the classiest farewell for Derek Jeter imaginable.
Former Red Sox players Jim Rice, Luis Tiant, Tim Wakefield, Rico Petrocelli,Jason Varitek and Fred Lynn were also involved in the ceremony, followed by appearances from Bruins legend Bobby Orr, former Patriots captain Troy Brown and former Celtics captain Paul Pierce.
Red Sox third-base coach Brian Butterfield, who helped mold Jeter’s defense in a crucial boot camp in the mid-1990s, presented Jeter with a pair of commemorative L.L. Bean Yankees boots.
The entire 2014 Red Sox team, led by David Ortiz, walked onto the field to exchange greetings with Jeter, with Joe Kelly stopping to take a cell phone “selfie.”
It kept going after that. Honestly, they’re making it hard to hate Boston…
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I will be full
Tomorrow is the 40th annual Atlantic Antic, the biggest street fair in NYC. It’s right outside our front door.
Two miles of food, fun, and music.
I will eat well…
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