Today I Learned

Uh, no. Not that kind of rule. More like the Tears For Fears song ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4zA0xnBEJU ), but not quite that...

More, actually, but not with Sgt. Pepper... When I got my first coding job, in the 1990’s, I was working through a certificate in...

With thanks to Huey Lewis ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6uEMOeDZsA ) and Weird Al ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KvgQIBcdRk )...

It’s nice to look back and be satisfied with a decision you made. Decision-making is part of our lives, from literal life-and-death...

Starting a project can be hard, especially when you have limited time and other work on your plate. It’s also hard to force yourself to...

I find it interesting that, even (especially?) when our work focuses on careful planning or a disciplined approach to problem-solving,...

In the classic “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy ), a...

Switch? No, not that kind. We’ll get to it. As we enter 2021, many people are talking about how horrible the past year was, and how...

Most “technology people”, whatever they do, seem to be the de facto technology support for everyone they know. In my own case, back in...

In his classic series, Martial Arts and Ways of Japan (Weatherhill, 3 volumes, 1973–1974), Donn Draeger ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

#TIL that the falling green code seen in the Matrix ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(franchise )) movies is sometimes referred...

One of the rites of passage for anyone learning a programming language is the creation of their first program. For many, the first...

Data is, like, literally radioactive. I was going to comment on the distortion and misuse of the word “literally” and comment that its...

I have a confession to make... While I have worked in the Information Technology (IT) field for over twenty years, I am not a web...

“It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.” Often attributed to Mark...

Multi-factor Authentication, or “MFA”, ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication ) can be quite confusing, but I think...

Like most people, I have some pretty strong opinions, but my goal with this blog was to keep it primarily professional, so I keep many of...

Cryptography makes the world go ‘round. With apologies to Broadway ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Makes_the_World_Go_%27Round_%28...

“Zero-day” ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-day_%28computing%29 ) or “0-day” (also pronounced “oh-day”), is another term that we hear...

When considering the term “dark web”, I had trouble deciding whether to post under InfoSec Basics or InfoSec Bullshido. On the one hand,...