Kahomono - Still Lucky After All These Years

Random musings on whatever catches my attention that day

David F

Snow

It's getting ready to snow a foot, maybe more in Washington, Baltimore and other east coast cities. They're talking about it like the comet is coming to wipe out the planet. Srsly? Well, look: this is what Maryland thinks are snow plows One blade, one…

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David F

BSides Rochester

In a post last fall, I talked about the term "hacker" and how the proper meaning of it has been subverted by sloppy media coverage and a lack of understanding of what a typical hacker is looking for out of life. Now is the time…

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David F

NY Daily News

I am kinda loving the NY Daily News lately. Their cover page today: And don't forget this one after the San Bernardino shooting massacre: NY Daily News 2015-12-03

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David F

About Slack

I just joined my third #slack team. They are popping up all over. I am now in one for the Rochester area Ingress Resistance, one for Recovering from Religion, and one for planning the BSides Rochester hacker con. If you don't already know, Slack is…

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David F

That Should Do It (updated)

Samsung had already quietly and unofficially admitted that Pen-Gate was their fault. Now they have fixed it. According to Phandroid, new Galaxy Note 5s will only allow the user to insert the pen one way allow the pen to be ejected safely if inserted backward…

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