Steve Gets A Life

beastles

awesome.

dj BC presents The Beastles

googlicious

Google Blog

The project stemmed from an idea I had a few months ago, and since then I've been working on it in my 20% time, which is a program where Google allows their employees to devote 20% of their working hours to any project they choose. What's really amazed me about this project is how in a matter of months, working on my own, I was able to go from a lunch table conversation to launching a new service. In my opinion, this is one of the things that really makes Google a great place; that the company's systems, resources and, most important, people are all aligned to make it as easy as possible to take an idea and turn it into something cool.

Plus, we have Segways.

i want to work for google.

google suggest writeup - alacrity

its one of those days where i find a great article with too many awesome links in it, but i dont have enough time in the day to check them out. so this is my note to myself to check back later: steve, check this later.

xmas list

ive been reminded by andria that i am the hardest person to shop for. mostly because i dont like people buying things for me. partly because im picky, partly because i dont like being the object of attention. .. but anyways, here goes: (unordered list)

• Park bike tools: chain cleaning kit and chain tool, pedal wrench, etc. or some kind of starter kit?
• DVDs:
  • Star Wars Trilogy
  • New Harry Potter
  • Indiana Jones Trilogy
• dress shirts. like white/pinstripe ones that go with a suit.
• anything ipod
• gamecube: metroid prime 2, anything starwars
• Books: books about travel, outdoors, etc. or crypto.
• a 4runner and a job :)

deep questioning

once again, israeli security shows how it should be done.

Schneier on Security: Security Notes from All Over: Israeli Airport Security Questioning

The defender -- the terrorist trying to sneak aboard the airplane -- needs a cover story sufficiently broad to be able to respond to any line of questioning. So he might memorize the answers to several hundred questions. The attacker -- the security screener -- could ask questions scattershot, but instead concentrates his questioning along one particular line. The theory is that eventually the defender will reach the end of his memorized story, and that the attacker will then notice the subtle changes in the defender as he starts to make up answers.

supervillan

::uberGeek::Toons::Switch to Linux()

thanks to lambert for the pointer to this mac "switch" ad spoof.

bruce's tips

if you use a computer, read this article. the author is one of the most respected authorities on computer security and everything he says is right on. if you do not do a few of the things listed in this article, ask yourself why.

I am regularly asked what average Internet users can do to ensure their security. My first answer is usually, "Nothing--you're screwed."

Schneier on Security: Safe Personal Computing

"Suddenly, popularity no longer has a monopoly on profitability."

Wired 12.10: The Long Tail

For too long we've been suffering the tyranny of lowest-common-denominator fare, subjected to brain-dead summer blockbusters and manufactured pop. Why? Economics. Many of our assumptions about popular taste are actually artifacts of poor supply-and-demand matching - a market response to inefficient distribution.

the dragon is watching you

im not sure if i posted this before. but its awesome.

the origin is here