Problems with Check Point, NAT, and SIP
Scenario You have an Asterisk server behind a Check Point firewall trying to contact a VOIP provider located on the Internet Problem SIP requires that…
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U.N. Report Predicts Social Unrest Due to Inequality
Evidently I’m not the only one who’s seeing what’s happening. I’ve been writing for years about how we’re approaching a volatile social situation due to…
Reaching Your Content Potential | Daniel Miessler
I recently came up with a concept called Content Potential, which I define as the maximum level of popularity your site/brand can reach based on…
If The Problem Were Simply Sub-Standard American Schools, Asian and Indian Kids Would Be Doing Poorly As Well
Liberals love to blame poor Black and Hispanic performance in American public schools on the lack of school quality, e.g. lack of updated textbooks, no…
Quicksilver + Quicksearches = Ultimate Power
I’m often asked why I think so much of Quicksilver, and why it’s always part of my pitch when I’m trying to get someone to…
Spotify: How We Will Consume Music in the Future
I’ll mess this up, but here are the various ways we’ve been able to enjoy music throughout history: Live Vinyl Radio 8-Track Cassette CD MP3…
A Highly Concise Summary of “Atlas Shrugged”
Here’s a clean little summary of Ayn Rand’s book, Atlas Shrugged, from this Wall Street Journal article: Sound familiar yet? The point of the piece…
Are Creativity and Materialism Opposites?
I’ve been thinking a lot about what matters in life recently–specifically about focusing in on the things that matter, and trimming much of the rest.…
Believers Worry Less Than Non-Believers
This is an interesting piece over at the Audacious Epigone. It shows that the deeply religious worry the least, which makes perfect sense to me.…
The Cloud: Reducing Security To Way Above Where It Is Today
I was just reading a good post over at securosis by my friend Rich Mogull, and I have a few comments. He, and many others,…
The Power of Twitter Search
Twitter Search continues to impress me. It’s quickly becoming one of the best things about the service. I woke up this morning and noticed that…
Bush’s Legacy Condensed to One Sentence
I’ve come to a simple conclusion regarding George W. Bush’s legacy. Here’s how it’ll happen: Within a few years we will leave Iraq in the…