USB devices can secretly infect computers, researchers say
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28701124?ocid=socialflow_twitter
Friday morning wake up call.
Don’t trust anything … especially USB sticks from strangers.
Month: August 2014
Article: Google Just Added Maps For Mars And The Moon, And The Level Of Detail Is Stunning
Google Just Added Maps For Mars And The Moon, And The Level Of Detail Is Stunning
I wonder how long before Mercury will be added to the list? Or perhaps the moons of Jupiter and Saturn.
Posted from WordPress for Android via my Samsung smartphone. Please excuse any misspellings. Ciao, Jon
Hugo Awards Voting Adventure: Best Novellas 2014 and 1939
Last week I posted about my adventures in reading the books nominated for the Best Novel award (2014 and 1939). I had hoped to write my second and subsequent posts on the other categories on a daily or every other day pattern so that I could wrap up before the Hugo Award ceremonies on the 14th and 17th of this month. A distraction arrived over the weekend and then work returned on Monday and Tuesday. Here I am halfway to the next weekend and just now getting around to this post. Continue reading “Hugo Awards Voting Adventure: Best Novellas 2014 and 1939”
Celebrating 18 Years as an “IT Hero”
My 17th year as a member of Information Technology for the law firm that currently employs me went out with somewhat of a bang last night. I won’t share the details here to protect the innocent (take that with a grain of salt!), but I will share this apropos video and leave you wondering about my true feelings.
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I’ll crack open a new bottle of wine tonight to inaugurate my 18th year and pray that my smartphone doesn’t beep off my end table in the middle of the night and remains quiet until Monday morning.
Here’s to just 17 more years until I’m allowed to retire (according to Social Security). Let’s hope I don’t go insane before then.
Happy Friday!
My First Hugo Awards Voting Adventure – Best Novels 2014 and 1939
I took the plunge this year and decided to buy a supporting membership to WorldCon so I could vote in the Hugo Awards. What pushed me over the edge? The Best Novel (or Series) nomination for Ancillary Justice and the entire Wheel of Time series. I could not let this opportunity pass me by without making my meager voice heard.
I spent (or wasted, depending on your point of view) over two decades reading (and re-reading) and waiting to read the Wheel of Time series. At one point, upon Robert Jordan’s death, I gave up hope of ever being able to complete the series. I made my peace with that, prayed for his family, and went on with my reading life.
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