I received this as a hand out yesterday and thought it worth sharing. How to Suck at Information Security is an article written tongue-in-cheek that highlights some of the worst ways IT Security dives in head-first while doing more harm than good. Although it's a year and a half old, it's still worthwhile reading. The cheat sheet is written by Lenny Zeltser and appears on his … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2010
Ask 404TS: From My Experiences, Tips on Starting a Website
I was asked by a friend the other day about the details on running a website. From the effort required in maintaining a site to hosting and domain costs and what you should look for in a web server. The best way I could figure to answer all of the questions was to go off the only thing I had on the subject, my experiences running the WordPress-driven 404 Tech Support and a … [Read more...]
Cooking for Engineers – Recipes for the Analytically-Minded
With Valve spending so much time updating engineers lately in Team Fortress 2, it got me thinking about them too. Like, what do they eat? Well, besides sandviches. The smiling lad to the left might just learn to cook more than a sandwich at a website called Cooking For Engineers. All joking and lame lead-ins aside, Cooking For Engineers provides some real insight into the … [Read more...]
Book Review: Wind Energy Basics
Wind Energy Basics, Second Edition: A Guide to Home- and Community-Scale Wind-Energy Systems by Paul Gipe is a very down-to-Earth book and a practical voice in the over-estimating, over-selling, pipe dream world that is the wind energy industry. Many people think or are told that they'll be able to spend a little chunk of money on a wind turbine, strap it to their rooftop, and … [Read more...]
CodySafe Sigma Give Away Winners
There were 4 commenters on our previous article about CodySafe Sigma, an excellent manager for portable apps, so they've all been sent full licenses for the software. If you were one of those winners, it should be in your e-mail already. Congratulations! I still have 6 licenses to give away, so the next 6 people to comment on that article or this one and request a license will … [Read more...]