Monthly Archives: November 2008

iPod Shuffle Meme

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  1. Put your iPod on Shuffle
  2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer
  3. You must write that song name down no matter how silly it sounds!

IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY?
Maybe I’m Wrong — Blues Traveller

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Veronica — Elvis Costello

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
The Politics of Dancing — Re-Flex

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
Bikini Girls with Machine Guns — The Cramps

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
The Way We Make a Broken Heart — John Hiatt

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Shy Boy (Don’t It Make You Feel Good) — Bananarama

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Sway — The Perishers

WHAT IS 2+2?
The Only Living Boy in New York — Simon & Garfunkel

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Old Friends — Simon & Garfunkel

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Do Your Thing — Basement Jaxx

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Woman! Man! — Gomez

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
The Size of a Cow — The Wonder Stuff

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Mack The Knife — Bobby Darin

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Our House — Madness

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
I’m So Tired — The Beatles (Actually, it was Ice Cream by Sarah McLachlan)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
When Smokey Sings — ABC

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Stay — Lisa Loeb

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
The Change — Tony Joe White (ssh… don’t tell anyone)

WHAT’S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) — Spandau Ballet

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Nobody’s Wife — Anouk

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Eddie Van Halen — Josh Fix

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
The Flow — Prince

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Valley Girl — Frank & Moon Zappa

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Cotton Club Stomp (Wall Street Wail) — Duke Ellington & The Jungle Band

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Next to You — Southside Johnny & The Ashbury Jukes

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Blame it on the Boogie — The Jacksons

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Push It — Garbage

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Think — The Blues Brothers

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
What’s the Point — Josh Fix

Free Wi-Fi at Oakland Airport

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Quick shout-out to Oakland Airport: they now offer free Wi-Fi on the concourse. Most webpages get a little advertising frame across the top, but that seems a small price to pay. Lower fares, cheaper parking, free Wireless: how can you go wrong. Plus the Southwest terminal now has little desks at the gates with wall outlets to charge the laptop.

Firefox Overzealous… Or Is It?

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Man In The Middle is defeated by context. — Bruce Schneier

As has been widely discussed, Firefox 3.0 is a little over-zealous when it encounters an unknown certificate on an SSL website. Where previous versions would just warn the user about the observed irregularities, the new version requires that the user add an exception for every certificate that has an unknown certification chain, is expired or for which the hostname does not match the information in the certificate.

Adding an exception takes four clicks, most met with a stern warning that will deter anyone but the most determined user. Folks who use self-signed certificates as a matter of habit are howling, because they have to tediously make exceptions for all of them. This Firefox features seems over the top, but is it? Continue reading →

Security Roadmap for ApacheCon US 2008

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ApacheCon US 2008
At the end of my conference presentations, I usually put a Conference Roadmap slide. This slide shows sessions at the conference that are related to mine, and that attendees may find worth while to check out. For my Hardening Enterprise Apache Installations session this coming Thursday, I would suggest the following related conference content:

Besides the training (which happened on Monday), this means that you can pretty much stay in the same room all Thursday and catch all the Security-related talks. In addition, of course, this track will be streamed live for a modest fee, so you can watch from the comfort of your own office if you find yourself unable to make it to ApacheCon this year.

Celebrating Obama Victory

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This is the Next Generation Brass Band in New Orleans, celebrating Barack Obama’s presidential election victory on the corner of Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

This was more fun than all the Bourbon Street craziness combined.

ApacheCon New Orleans, day 1

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Flew into New Orleans late last night for ApacheCon US 2008. The taxi booth at the airport actually has a flat rate posted: $28 for travel to Downtown or the French Quarter. Our cabbie charged us $30, which is close enough. We went for coffee and beignets at Cafe Du Monde, which is part of New Orleans, The Ride. Beignets are like donuts, except with more powdered sugar and slightly undercooked which may not be intentional.

ApacheCon Jack-o-Lantern

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ApacheCon2008 Pumpkin

Last night we made an ApacheCon US 2008 Jack-o-Lantern! It projects “ApacheCon 2008” on the wall behind it if there is enough light inside: a Mini-Maglite did the trick, with the lens taken off to make for a nice point source and a crisp image.

Meanwhile, I’ve been working on the slide deck for this week’s presentation at the conference. I think it’s shaping up pretty nicely, although I’m going to have to put a ton of content in the handout. There is simply too much to talk about. However, by putting some of the technical details in the paper handout, I can keep the slides themselves cleaner and improve the flow of the story.

ApacheCon2008 Pumpkin