At midnight, I will be toasting to the coming New Year while watching the fireworks in downtown Baltimore. This will follow a good night of revelry at the traditional New Year’s party my friends throw. Before that, I am heading out to see some family in Eldersburg.
In the interest of being a good [...]
After spending much of the last two weeks off-site, I am now back in the office. Of course, with it being the last Friday before the end of the year (and obviously before a holiday), I have been pretty busy. A large part of my day has been consumed with taking care of those things [...]
Tagged General, Technical, Work Last night, I attended a performance of A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas at Ford’s Theatre in Washington. For you history buffs, it is indeed the same theatre in which President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
My friend’s wife works at the Theatre, and she was able to score [...]
Making the rounds in a variety of technical websites today is a story concerning the presence of what is called a "zero-day exploit." Simply put, the exploit takes advantage of a vulnerability before there is any chance for a patch to address the root cause of the vulnerability. These are the kind of exploits that [...]
Tagged General, TechnicalSo long to Fred the Baker of Dunkin’ Donuts commercial fame. The actor who played him, Michael Vale, passed away on Christmas Eve. It’s been a few years since he "retired" from making donuts, but I remember when Dunkin’ Donuts had an offer on donuts to coincide with his retirement. I wonder if there will [...]
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