The shot of the glazing projects was from earlier tonight at the start of class – and isn’t even everything, because I missed one more large bowl on the first pass. Due to low bandwidth at the studio, my phone gave up on uploading the image and waited until I was home before it posted. […]

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I know, cliche, right? My laptop’s been doing some screwy things since I installed the last round of updates (the April Update or Spring Update or whatever the hell they ended up calling it.) So much so that my new iMac arrives next week. But enough of about that. You know how you can open […]

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Part of cutting back on Facebook use is the realization there’s an awful lot of stuff that’s ended up over there that should have been over here. I built a Lego Saturn V. I created a bunch of stuff on the 3D printer. I wrote things. I argued about stuff. I took photos. There’s been a […]

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An opinion piece for Information Management on the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica story. Cambridge Analytica was one of the companies signed up to use [collected personal information], and they claim to have used it for the purpose of targeting (and influencing) people based on their political views. For several days, we’ve watched an ongoing debate […]

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Another day, another big security vulnerability announcement. Let’s see if this one qualifies as big news by 2017 standards… Website? Check. Cheesy logo? Check. Catchy name? Check. Okay, time to patch all the things… Seriously, if your organization runs a secure website, you should check with your systems administrators about disabling RSA-based security modes or […]

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I just attended the SecureWorld Conference in Seattle, where one of the major topics was the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR. I’ve been tracking this regulation for some time and working on it for a while, so when I realized the majority of my fellow attendees had no idea what it was, I was […]

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A piece I co-wrote with friend and colleague Jennifer Chermoshnyuk for F5 Labs: When it comes to crossing the US border, we used to worry about the simple things—too many souvenirs to avoid paying import duties, lines short enough to get to a bathroom in a reasonable timeframe, maybe concerns about which fruits and vegetables […]

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