Apparently it would seem that the CISO (Computer Information Security Officer) and his elves were lax on security at the North Pole… in as much, incriminating data on individuals around the world has been leaked. The ramifications seem to be pretty drastic. For more watch the video reporting expose below.
Santa Gets Hacked…
December 24th, 2011Getting in the spirit of things…
December 22nd, 2011
This afternoon I met up with my buddy Joel and introduced him to one of my favorites, Eggspectations. Definitely fun times to catch up on life from the past few months and exchange a few laughs. When we excited though I had to smile when I saw the car converted reindeer parked near Joel. 
Mobile Telecommunications and Verizon Wireless Service Level Agreements
December 21st, 2011This morning in the Northern Virginia area, Verizon Wireless seems to have had a hiccup in their data networks that support their mobile devices. This is the third such hiccup to effect the 4G customer base this year – something that marketing is heavily pushing and early adopters are salivating over due to the speed and technology advances that are provided.
Information regarding outage: http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/12/21/verizon-suffering-another-outage-many-3g-and-4g-customers-left-without-data-services/
It really would be nice to know when the system will come to steady state for LTE and CDMA access to be restored. While I realize that Verizon is doing its best to provide service to millions of customers, I would also hope that Verizon would be willing to provide something like “status.vzw.com” that has either a blog with entries of what network outages may be occurring on a large scale or something like Google or Amazon Web Services dashboard that shows outages related to services with additional information below.
Is this too much to ask for a multi-billion dollar industry so that individuals that rely on mobile telecommunications are able to more adequately recommend or put faith into their provider?
Holiday Cheer…
December 19th, 2011If you’re in need of a little holiday cheer, and you miss Bill Watterson’s way of bringing it to us (like our figgy pudding), then look no further than the tribute to Calvin & Hobbes snowman show of horrors
Linkage – http://youtu.be/pq8iyhMFLYE?hd=1
Dark Roast has arrived…
December 7th, 2011
Oh it’s on… that’s right ladies and gents (I know that there are six of you reading this 
). French Roast from Starbucks for your Keurig machine (or mine ) is now available in your favorite supermarket, grocery store or Amazon. So what’s this mean? Well now you can brew your own drip coffee for half the coast that you would if you’re buying it in a local store. Sure you don’t get your Starbucks Gold card drink points, but you can put it in the cup of your choice and brew at your leisure.
So first impressions, it’s definitely decent and the barista even served it up in a snazzy mug instead of just a paper cup. How’s that for finesse?
Turk the Carvey
September 23rd, 2011If you’re like me, there are some things that just stick with you and make you laugh whenever you read them, so I figured that I’d share one of those things with you all… it’s a Thanksgiving Recipe treat for those of you that are single or newly weds and like to have a little extra fun with the way that you cook Without further adieu, I give you, “Turk the Carvey”…
Step 1: Go buy a turkey
Step 2: Take a drink of whiskey (scotch) OR JD
Step 3: Put turkey in the oven
Step 4: Take another 2 drinks of whiskey
Step 5: Set the degree at 375 ovens
Step 6: Take 3 more whiskeys of drink
Step 7: Turn oven the on
Step 8: Take 4 whisks of drinky
Step 9: Turk the bastey
Step 10: Whiskey another bottle of get
Step 11: Stick a turkey in the thermometer
Step 12: Glass yourself a pour of whiskey
Step 13: Bake the whiskey for 4 hours
Step 14: Take the oven out of the turkey
Step 14: Take the oven out of the turkey
Step 15: Floor the turkey up off of the pick
Step 16: Turk the carvey
Step 17: Get yourself another scottle of botch
Step 18: Tet the sable and pour yourself a glass of turkey
Step 19: Bless the saying, pass and eat out
Gummy Bears!!!
June 21st, 2011Yes friends, it’s a giant gummy bear… Note the bear is “four
servings” of gummy goodness…
servings” of gummy goodness…
Beautiful Sunset
June 18th, 2011
Cleaning things up…
April 19th, 2011Do you ever wonder about how our lives get so convoluted with different activities, projects that we volunteer to help out with, relationships, family, mud? Well, there’s only one way to get through it all – cleaning up
Some folks have the notion of Spring cleaning – or “clean up big”. What’s the point is my question? Especially if it just means that within a month that things will go back to the way that they were with piles starting to grow where the piles that were there a few minutes earlier were.
Nevertheless, like other aspects of life, there always seems to be a catch – something that prevents us from keeping life in perfect working order (and if everything is in perfect working order, man your life has gotta be boring… try some espresso roast coffee to liven things up ). So I encourage you – start cleaning up on a regular basis, not just once a month.
The mantra doesn’t stop with cleaning though, keeping your skills in tune through regular practice – definitely key. Exercise, another great area – you can’t just throw yourself back into the gym after not having been there for weeks or you’ll end up with tendanitis or something like that
Take care, live it up and get soapy!