Quote Drift | Daniel Miessler
Quote Drift is the phenomenon where you have a quote you enjoy from a movie or T.V. show and you go around repeating it constantly…
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The Conservative Christian View of the Jews: The Standard for Cognitive Dissonance
Conservative Christians in the U.S. have a serious bit of cognitive dissonance on their hands when it comes to the Jews. On one side they…
How Planes Fly: What They Taught You In School Was Wrong
So we all know how planes fly, right? The top of the wing is rounded and the bottom of the wing is more straight. Air…
Penetration Testing is Easy — Too Easy
Penetration testing falls into three basic categories based on the posture of the organization you’re up against. Reality obviously has shades, but here are the…
What’s in a Memory?
I’ve been thinking about memories for as long as I can remember. What I’m most interested in is the mixing phenomenon: the functionality that makes…
Better Quicksearches with QuickSilver | Daniel Miessler
Like many out there I’m rather obsessed with doing things the best way possible. Up until yesterday I was using browser-based quick searches to perform…
Blogging: What’s the Difference Between Pingbacks and Trackbacks?
In the blogging world we often hear the words “pingback” and “trackback”. We vaguely understand them both to mean linking to someone else’s content, but…
Loving Safari | Daniel Miessler
Well I’m absolutely loving Safari. I only stayed with Camino for like a day; Safari had spoiled me. I solved my blog-posting issue in Safari…
There’s a Worm in my Apple
Apple, please pay close attention. Things are going well for you. You have momentum.Vista is flopping, the Halo effect is at full brilliance, and the…
Made For AdSense (MFA) | Daniel Miessler
MFA stands for Made For AdSense. It refers to a blog whose content is farmed out to non-professional writers (or scripts). The goal of these…
Sam Harris Says We Shouldn’t Call Ourselves Atheists
Sam Harris has come out with an interesting essay on religion. This time, rather than simply going after religion in his characteristic way he has…
The Real Reason Apple is So Popular Right Now
I was in CompUSA the the other day and noticed quite a few people in the Apple section. I realized that this was becoming increasingly…