Here in Oklahoma a recent ICE Storm wreaked havoc on many trees in the area causing downed power lines and disrupting public services.
The downed tree limbs have been piled both in residential areas and businesses alike. The city cannot cope with the problem fast enough and these branches are lying around. Stray and domestic animals have taken up shelter as well as may birds and who knows what else.
Are we destroying a new habitat by cleaning up?
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
MACBOOK Air - Innovation or Sacrifice?
While the sleek design tempts me and the user interface advances, including an iPhone/iTouch style touch pad mouse and keyboard backlight during low-light conditions, are alluring I will probably put off purchasing a MACBOOK AIR one off for a while. Apple has sacrificed higher-powered options for thinness.
Supposedly designed for the often mobile, it lacks a DVD/CD-ROM drive. The solid-state drive is also a curiosity, but is a hefty add-on at $999 and only gets you 64gb. My 74gb Macbook is perpetually almost full. The external DVD-ROM drive is an additional option at $99. This should be included. Even an ethernet adapter is additional at $29.
The non-existant DVD-ROM may kill this product. Apple take much care in showing how easy it is to share a DVD/CD-ROM drive from another computer, even a PC, however, I can imagine so many instances where another computer is just not available.
By the time I've added just a few options that I would personally consider necessary: the external DVD-ROM, the ethernet adapter, and modem I am already at $2000.
Supposedly designed for the often mobile, it lacks a DVD/CD-ROM drive. The solid-state drive is also a curiosity, but is a hefty add-on at $999 and only gets you 64gb. My 74gb Macbook is perpetually almost full. The external DVD-ROM drive is an additional option at $99. This should be included. Even an ethernet adapter is additional at $29.
The non-existant DVD-ROM may kill this product. Apple take much care in showing how easy it is to share a DVD/CD-ROM drive from another computer, even a PC, however, I can imagine so many instances where another computer is just not available.
By the time I've added just a few options that I would personally consider necessary: the external DVD-ROM, the ethernet adapter, and modem I am already at $2000.
Friday, January 11, 2008
QAST
I have been learning American Sign Language (ASL) for 5 years. Many friends have encouraged me to invest in learning interpreting the language as well. It has been quite an interesting endeavor. I have become so much more sympathetic to my interpreter friends.
A few weeks ago I passed the written portion - which was not trivial. Today I took the performance portion of the QAST (Quality Assurance Screening Test) (other link) and it was mentally exhausting.
The realms of personal information security, privacy, separation of duties and least privilege are engrained throughout the process. I will know my score probably mid-February.
A few weeks ago I passed the written portion - which was not trivial. Today I took the performance portion of the QAST (Quality Assurance Screening Test) (other link) and it was mentally exhausting.
The realms of personal information security, privacy, separation of duties and least privilege are engrained throughout the process. I will know my score probably mid-February.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
CISSP CREDENTIAL UPDATE - Recertification Clarification
As part of their annual newsletter, ISC2 has put out a CREDENTIAL UPDATE clarification.
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