Big Picture, as always, shares some stunning pictures of a natural disaster. Â This time Texas drought and wildfires are in focus. Â When looking at these images, I can’t stop thinking of people who, instead of running, trying to save their lives, stopped for a moment, set their cameras, framed the image and pressed the shutter … Continue reading Texas drought and wildfires
Slashdot runs the questions and answers with the world most famous hacker Kevin Mitnick. Â While most of his adventures and opinions are well covered on the web and in the books, you might still be surprised by some of the answers. Here is his take on the involvement of anti-virus and other security companies … Continue reading Interview with Kevin Mitnick
GigaOm runs an article on how much media landscape changed since 9/11. But what strikes me every time I think about September 11 is how much the media landscape — particularly on the web — was transformed by those events, and how very different the world is now when it comes to how we experience … Continue reading Media landscape after 9/11
I came across an interesting collection of cigar feet photos. Â I always find it interesting to observe the variety noticed by people who are involved with the subject. Â Being a non-smoker, and having very little experience with and access to cigars, I know I would have never discovered something like this. Â Beautiful patterns. Via Kottke.org.
Today is a 10 year anniversary of 9/11.  Even though I haven’t been directly affected by the terrorist act 10 years ago, there were still indirect consequences for me and pretty much every other human being on this planet.  “War on terror”, military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan, economy defaulting, beefed up security checks in each … Continue reading Ten years ago : 9/11