Kahomono - Still Lucky After All These Years

Random musings on whatever catches my attention that day

David F

When Reality Can No Longer be Parodied

When the reality of the trainwreck that is our rabid, foaming-at-the-mouth Republican party becomes too much to bear, the parodists become the newswriters. Take a minute and watch this ad for Mississippi tourism (which might as well apply to any of the old CSA): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqASSN5S2CI…

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David F

The Finns "Get" Us

The Finnish News team cuts right through the euphemisms and tells of our political shame before the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA4F-JRZ5j4 And part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCeASyZvm14 And we go down to the wire with Business Wig v. Greasy Rat yay.

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David F

People Wonder Why I Won't Travel to Red States

North Carolina and Mississippi have both legalized hatred, under the guise of "religious freedom." Tennessee is getting ready to do the same, as is Missouri. Indiana has it covered since last year. ProTip: if your religion requires you to diminish the rights of non-members of…

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David F

Social Media to its Logical Conclusion

The always-brilliant Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal tells the future biography of social media: Hovertext: Suckbook will not use your personal information for any reason, because if we even read it, we'd cringe so hard that we'd have nerve damage.

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David F

Teaching

I am starting a new adventure tonight: teaching information security to a community group. I consider it my mission to make enterprise information risk management principles something that "just plain folks" can put into practice. Threat assessment, vulnerability management and asset valuation are all possible…

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