Time and Location | Daniel Miessler
I’ve always been obsessed with time and location. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been fascinated with how far away things are,…
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Birthdays | Daniel Miessler
Most people, whether they admit to it or not, enjoy learning about their birthdays and/or who shares them. Well, I stumbled onto a Wikipedia page…
Linux Distro Wars | Daniel Miessler
Someone pointed out this Gentoo flame article the other day and I just got around to finally reading it. Well, it was lame. Not because…
Don’t Be A Pussy | Daniel Miessler
I just got back from the grocery store, and I feel like utter crap. My girlfriend and I were in line behind a young couple;…
What Does Your Toilet Paper Roll Say About You?
So I’ve had a theory for many years now. It’s not particularly poignant or anything, but I figured it’s my blog so I might as…
Markus Ranum: An Idealist To A Fault
Markus Ranum is a highly-respected (for good reason) information security professional who has done a ton of cool stuff during his multiple decades in the…
Good DRM | Daniel Miessler
I will, in the course of my information security career, become well versed on the topic of Digital Rights Management. The reasons for this are…
I Love Indian People | Daniel Miessler
October 2005 For no particular reason at all I just feel like mentioning how much I like, and have always liked, Indian people. To start…
Passive Learning | Daniel Miessler
Many people who read this blog are familiar with what I call passive learning — the phenomenon that causes one to be far better at…
Reading News The GTD Way
The way most of us take in daily news is horribly inefficient. The problem isn’t how fast we read, or even what sites we go…
Security: Identification, Authentication, and Authorization
Many grapple with the concept of authentication in information security. What tends to happen is that they confuse authentication with identification or authorization. They are…
A Possible Path to ASI
I’ve had what I think is a good definition for AGI for a while now, but ASI has been more elusive—at least for me. The…