Sunsets, Stars, West, Wind
I’m writing this “how to” article for those members of my family (who shall remain anonymous) that resist the urge to create an account for every website they happen to frequent. There is a way to follow my blog without creating a WordPress account.
Here’s how in four easy steps.
How Working Remotely Changed My Life (and Can Change Yours, Too)
http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2013/11/01/working-remotely-changed-life/
If only … snowball’s chance in … well you know where.
The single most dangerous activity I do every workday is commute. I’d live longer if I could eliminate that 2 hr 20 min black hole in my daily routine.
The Battle for Power on the Internet
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/the-battle-for-power-on-the-internet/280824/
Very long article but interesting analogy to medieval feudalism.
http://garyrubinstein.teachforus.org/2013/10/19/death-of-math/
Bit long winded but well worth the read.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/simonsingh/the-12-geekiest-maths-jokes-hidden-in-futurama?s=mobile
I laughed out loud for the road sign one. The rest are good/funny as well.
NSA reportedly collecting millions of email address books and IM contact lists worldwide
Reminds me of the days of my youth and the party-line telephone our family shared with about four of our neighbors. Only this time it’s not the farmer’s wife next door that’s eavesdropping … it’s good old not-so-trustworthy Uncle Sam.
This physics grad student made a mind-blowing Bohemian Rhapsody cover
http://io9.com/so-this-physics-grad-student-made-a-mindblowing-bohemia-1333515132
That was the best math/physics fix ever! Rock on string theory!
Video isn’t breaking the internet: The industry giants are
http://gigaom.com/2013/09/16/video-isnt-breaking-the-internet-the-industry-giants-are/
I agree with thr call for transparency on Internet data costs.
The ‘golden’ message Voyager 1 carries for alien civilizations http://t.co/GGV0ieais0
Monday morning greetings from Earth.
US and UK spy agencies defeat privacy and security on the internet
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security
Couldn’t sleep so I thought I’d increase my insomnia by worrying about Big Brother authoring encryption standards and inserting weak links and back doors to nearly every purportedly secure communication stream.