The naked cloud: insecure by design (or, how you can’t push a rope)
An evolution is well underway in IT architectures. In the early days, the number of computers were small (and they were in special rooms with physical security). As applications moved out to smaller servers, they stayed in these data centres, and complex network rules (firewalls etc) were deployed to control access to the *machine*. Sets…
UFO Landing!
On May 20, 1967 @ Falcon Lake, a UFO came by. One of the many that came to visit for Canada’s Centennial (another being the Shag Harbour one). And we’ve made a coin out of it! The Canadian mint wouldn’t make a coin out of it if it were not true?
Like network neutrality? Like John Oliver? Then you want to try this URL!
Want to comment on Network Neutrality? Too lazy to find the form? Well, here you go: http://gofccyourself.com Its a great URL! https://youtu.be/Lr-KULJBY60?t=281
Containers, ttys and curses
OK, this is a bit low-level, feel free to gloss over, there’s no quiz this week. There’s a minor irritation that exists in the world of containers. Sometimes you need to go poke around in them, and you want to use an application that uses curses (e.g. vi). And you find that you have 24…
Pragmatism and safety:
When I was much younger, a friends dad was the local OPP constable. The area I grew up in houses were many km apart. There’s a photo to the right, somehow through the magic of 110-camera stuck winding, a double exposure showing both out the front and back of our house at the same time!…
Long Strange Trip
