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Archive for April, 2006

Blockage of Posts

Posted by Jordan on April 30th, 2006

I would have liked to post earlier this week, but I got hit with a little bug making its way around here. My wife has informed me that neither of my readers would be interested in the exact details of my ailment, so I’ll instead post the following totally unrelated computer security comments:

If you [...]

Earth Day

Posted by Jordan on April 23rd, 2006

Saturday being Earth Day and all, I decided to do the ecologically friendly thing and return some various ores and chemicals back to the earth from whence it came. It was a ton of fun hanging out with friends from the office and shooting a variety of weapons.
I learned that I like [...]

The Lefsetz “Don’ts”

Posted by Jordan on April 14th, 2006

I write some about music because I like it, but very little about the music industry because I don’t, and well, I don’t know all that much to begin with. Bob Lefsetz does though, and he has some wonderful things to say. Here’s some excepts from his latest missive:
If you want to be [...]

Cansecwest Checklist

Posted by Jordan on April 8th, 2006

Items I can cross off my CansecWest/Core06 checklist:

Share a meal with Theo while he and others discussed esoteric low-level methods to prevent layered return from libc exploits. I can barely even frame the issue, and not at all understand a summary of their discussion, let alone the details.
Record my first ever podcasts (interviews with [...]

Goodbyes

Posted by Jordan on April 3rd, 2006

Two old friends are leaving me this week. The first is my colo server. With an uptime of 400 days, she’s been a reliable ole’ nag, and I’m going to miss her. Of course, I am replacing her with a newer, younger, faster, prettier version as is so common these days. [...]