Beer + God = Great story for RELEVANT.
This made me think of a Guinness and Ireland, which made me happy.
Fabulous. Alan Sailer splits a bullet (and many, many other items.) Only click through to his work if you have some time to kill.
(via The Problem With America’s Economic System | Prose Before Hos)
Why we’re all idiots for not being Members of The Party. (That’s what I’m going to call Republicans now … Members of The Party.)
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“You get up early in the morning and you work all day. That’s the only secret.”
— Philip Glass, an American composer. One of the highest profile composers writing “classical” music today, he is often said to be one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. His music is also often (controversially) described as minimalist, along with the work of the other “major minimalists” La Monte Young, Terry Riley and Steve Reich.
This caught my eye because I’ve had his music on heavy rotation lately, but check this out: the source of the image is a blog named Giraffes Drawn By People Who Should Not Be Drawing Giraffes, which bills itself as “the only website dedicated exclusively to giraffes drawn by people who should not be drawing giraffes.” There is indeed a giraffe drawn by Philip Glass, who most certainly should not be drawing giraffes.
My faith in the internet is restored.
And Drawings… Is run by a fellow Minnesotan! I’m honored to be geographically near the creator of such a wonderful project!
(Source: prettyawfulgiraffes.files.wordpress.com)
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- Tim De Chent, If the world’s population lived in one city… via Per Square Mile
So, if we can move past the haphazard historical, cultural, and biological reasons that people live where they currently are, we could pick a few hundred places in the world where there are good reasons to live, and move all the people to those places. Places with reliable water, equitable climates, available farmland. And then we can rewild the rest of the world.
Fascinating
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Oh my, but I am glad that I work with some sharp folks. Mike Janke over at Last In - First Out wrote a post on Cargo Cult System Administration, or the practice of taking action without understanding why in hope that things will get better.
Following a security recipe without understanding the risks you are addressing. If you don’t understand how hackers infiltrate your systems and ex-filtrate your data, then your DLP, Firewalls, IDS, SEIM, etc. are cargo cult. You’ve built the superficial exterior of a system without understanding the underlying substance.
I believe that cargo cult security has long been the de facto standard in IT operations. Whether installing an intrusion detection system after an intrusion or installing anti-malware software after a malware infestation, throwing appliances in your network or installing
If you do understand how your systems get infiltrated, then you’ll probably consider simple controls like database and file system permissions and auditing as important as expensive, complex packaged products.
