Curiosity in Practice
There has been some talk in my office about a fraudulent SMS charge scam on peoples AT&T bills over the last couple of months. There were 3 people in my office who got hit with this scam. I finally got around to examining our bill closer and found out that my wife’s phone had been … Read more
People always ask me “What is twitter good for?” Here is a good example. Bank of America has a foreclosure on my block that they weren’t taking care of by mowing the grass and doing basic maintenance. After spending a couple of hours mowing my grass in the 90 degree weather I was tired of … Read more
I gave a talk at William Woods University on Friday about protecting yourself on social media sites and after I got done with my talk and was chatting with a group of students who came up to ask some follow up questions they didn’t want to ask in front of the group when one of … Read more
I had the opportunity to talk to a large group of network administrators and computer professionals for colleges, libraries and K-12 schools in Missouri at the Morenet Connections and HELIX conference this past week about the importance of a security awareness program to their overall networks security. Far too often we get caught up trying … Read more
A report out over the weekend says that the Facebook app for Android reads the text messages off of your phone. Facebook has responded by saying the Times piece as “completely wrong”, but acknowledges that the Android application permissions require SMS read and write permissions for “testing purposes”. A lot of Android apps ask for … Read more
Over the last couple of months Pinterest has become a super popular website among people who love arts and crafts and has steadily been filling up my facebook timeline with stuff they want to do or think is “really cute”. I really hadn’t given much thought to the website until someone asked me how to … Read more
I just read this press release from the FBI. ST. LOUIS—The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that a former employee of a local shipping company has pleaded guilty to damaging their computer systems. According to court documents, Jason Schrum was employed by Axis Worldwide Supply Chain & Logistics, Inc., a company that provides services … Read more
Get it, SUPERBOWL? ROFLCOPTER! This is a super simple recipe but it is awesome! You need:2 pounds of cubed steak5 cans of black beans3 cans of pinto beans2 cans of tomato sauce1 can of diced tomatoes.1 Jar or spicy salsa. Brown the steak and then mix everything together in a crock-pot and let simmer until … Read more
Let this be the official record of The Great Twinkie War of 2012. Thursday, January 12th:An innocent conversation was had about Hostess filing for bankruptcy protection. One of the new developers in my office admits that they hate Twinkies. Friday, January 13th:I happen to have some Twinkies in my office. I leave a Twinkie on … Read more