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Archive for February, 2006

Vote

Posted by Jordan on February 28th, 2006

I don’t usually care much for campus politics. It’s usually an even worse example than national elections of “pick who you’d least like in office”. Not to mention for the most part that campaign platforms are trivial, banal, and the entire reputation Student Government has of being Greek led turned me off when [...]

The Seedling

Posted by Jordan on February 25th, 2006

So Wantingseed now has a favorite icon. Lin pointed out to me a rather interesting side effect — if you use Firefox’s live bookmarks to bookmark a site with a favorite icon, the live bookmarks can easily show you when you haven’t read one of the stories — just look for the one with [...]

Raw Power

Posted by Jordan on February 25th, 2006

I’ve begun the long pilgrimage of trying to become a photographer. Dave, and John have both served as motivation over the years, and it’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while. The only way to improve is to practice, learn, and then practice some more.
So that’s what I’ll be doing. [...]

In Demand

Posted by Jordan on February 20th, 2006

I tell you, it puts you in a good mood when you feel in demand. I got two requests today to speak. One by a company that puts on mega security conferences, and the other by a professor on campus I had previously expressed an interest to about guest lecturing. He teaches [...]

Ubuntu travelogue

Posted by Jordan on February 18th, 2006

I like to occasionally try out different distributions of linux. Having experience with a variety of platforms is generally a good thing from both a practical experience standpoint, as well as a professional sense in being able to respond to security incidents and be aware of the differences between variants. Plus, I use [...]