OpenDNS Interview

Here is an interview with OpenDNS that I did recently.

Beef Roast in the crock pot

The weather is finally cool enough to cook some real dinners so tonight I decided to make a beef roast in the crock pot. Here is how I do it… Half and then quarter about 8 small red potatoes. Add one small bag of baby carrots. Add chopped red onion and celery. Mix the vegetables. … Read more

The Free Back to School PC Tune-Up

It is that time to get your PC back in shape for another grueling academic year. I have put together a simple and FREE PC Tune-up you can do to make your PC preform a lot better: Use OpenDNS I am a huge fan of OpenDNS for their malware protection alone.   This free service stops … Read more

Being mad at a flat tire doesn’t put the spare on.

Being mad at a flat tire doesn’t put the spare on. I remember a summer about 15 years ago when I was with my Grandfather somewhere in southern Illinois and his truck made that familiar flop…flop…flop noise of a flat tire.  He was either being lazy or trying to teach me a valuable lesson that … Read more

Add your cell phone to the Missouri No Call List.

The Governor is going to sign HB 1549 today allowing Missourians to add their cell phone numbers to the Missouri No Call List. This will stop telemarketers from calling texting your phone. So take a few minutes and add your cell phone number to the No Call List today.

PHDays

I spent the last week in Moscow speaking at PHDays that was organized by Positive Technologies. Let me just start this review off by saying I don’t think I have ever been to a conference with as good of lineup, organization, or venue as PHDays had. The venue was Digital October in Moscow and I … Read more

Trolled in Russia

An hilarious group of guys from a CTF team decided to stop by my PHDays talk and have a little fun. I will have to say that this was one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time. After the talk I meet up with the guys and I now have a … Read more

5 things I learned in Moscow on day 3.

1. If you ever heard a rapper talk about a car in a rap song I have seen it, and possible almost been hit by it, in the last three days. 2. There used to be a pool where this church stands. 3. In old Russian video games Americans are the bad guys. 4. Moscow … Read more

5 things I learned in Moscow on day 2.

1. There is a McDonalds no more than 100 feet from the Kremlin. Why cant we be this efficient in America?  2. Rollerblading is still a thing here, a very big thing. 3. They are just as excited about Madagascar 3 as I am. 4. Throwing a coin over your shoulder at Kilmetere Zero is … Read more

5 things I learned in Moscow on day 1.

1.  Just because you don’t speak Russian and your driver doesn’t speak English doesn’t mean you both cant belt out “Walking in Memphis” when it comes on the radio in the middle of a traffic jam. I think we bonded. 2.  Cheeseburgers in Moscow come with an egg on top (Why was I eating a … Read more