Another Way to be Immortal
I wrote a few years ago about the only way I knew of to become immortal. Basically, it was the simple concept of understanding the…
Category: Mix
Applying Fundamentals to Health and Information Security
Image by pshan427 In both health and information security it’s easy to become conceptually constrained by external advice, recommendations, and standards. The numbers of entities…
Civilized Cities Should Ban Smoking
I feel like I cannot be the only one who is disgusted every time I walk through someones exhaled cigarette smoke while walking on a…
Getting Real IP Addresses Using CloudFlare, Nginx, and Varnish
March 6, 2012 CloudFlare is a great service that proxies your site’s traffic in order to offer performance gains and filtering options. It can compress…
Thoughts on Sam Harris’ Book on Free Will
Sam Harris’s book on free will came out today and I read it during dinner (it’s a short read). Here’s what I had to say…
The Problem With Daniel Dennett’s Free Will
Before going into my qualms with Daniel Dennett’s capability/evitibility-based free will, I want to point out that most supporters of Daniel Dennett’s brand of free…
The Concept of Open Allocation
When open allocation is in play, projects compete for engineers, and the result is better projects. When closed allocation is in force, engineers compete for…
On Customer Service | Daniel Miessler
I think a lot about customer service. Or, what I really mean is that I get angry a lot about customer service. I’m not speaking…
This Essay Might Improve Your Life
This is an essay about being productive to the world around you. Confused, you say, “How does any of that fucking matter when my (wife/husband/best…
Building the Ideal 100-word Password List
There’s some phenomenal password research here from clarkson.edu that talks about common passwords found during Internet attacks. I’ve taken those entries and put them into…
Genetically There Are Only Three Types of People
Or, at least according to 23andMe. When they show racial breakdowns they only show three categories: African, European, and Asian. Having grown up in the…
Human Memory Schema: is_real ; is_dream ; is_fantasy
A while back I posted about having experiences through books. I was thinking again about this today and was imagining a rock-climbing experience. I myself…