Flutterby™! From 2016-06-02 to 2016-06-30

I suppose there are worse earworms than "Bare Necessities"... "That's why a bear can rest at ease, with just the bare necessities of life"

Mirror, Mirror on the 'Net.... In which Tom sets up a telnet mirror and watches bots own themselves.

[ related topics: Weblogs ]

Just what are you trying to tell me, timesheet application?

[ related topics: Photography ]

Last day at Sonic. Love the company, will continue to be a happy customer, but off to new challenges at Speedgauge.net on Monday.

[ related topics: Invention and Design ]

Miami U.S. Attorney’s Office, FBI accused of spying on defense in Medicare fraud case.

Defense goes to FBI warehouse to look at documents for discovery. Is told that if they want to copy any of those documents, they have to use approved copy shop. Approved copy shop provides FBI with CD ROM of the documents that the defense wanted copied. So it's not quite intercepting privileged conversation, but there's a lot you could glean about defense strategy by looking at which documents they wanted copied, and this sure feels like dirty pool.

[ related topics: Interactive Drama Music Law Law Enforcement ]

About damned time: Germany recognizes Armenian Genocide, Turkey gets pissed-off. http://www.theguardian.com/wor...s-to-recognise-armenian-genocide

[ related topics: Food Birds ]

Anyone got info on the Slack client's memory usage vs using Chrome and the web UI? If they're just using WebKit, I'll stick with Chrome...

[ related topics: Interactive Drama User Interface ]

Why did it take me so long to get an adjustable sit/stand desk? This is truly amazing. "No, I think my keyboard should be 1" higher..."

Teeheehee, via Shadow: Accidentally post in Reddit forum /r/woodworking rather than /r/gardening, hilarity ensues: Something's wrong with my peppers

[ related topics: Food Community Gardening Woodworking ]

The ASUS LiveUpdate software that comes pre-installed on all ASUS computers downloads critical BIOS and UEFI updates via plaintext HTTP and installs them without verifying the content's source or validity.

[ related topics: Software Engineering Current Events ]

Holy crap: Oooooklahoma! Where the cops can stop and empty your bank cards – on just a hunch: Civil asset forfeiture goes digital and politicians wake up

The reader can record data from any magstripe card – even down to hotel keys – and works with Visa, MasterCard, and American Express, as well as Best Buy, Costco, Macy's and Walmart gift cards. Any funds found can be frozen or transferred directly to a law enforcement bank account "to protect the integrity of the evidence and ensure the funds are available for trial or forfeiture," ERAD's advertising states.

The state police are paying ERAD $5,000 and 7.7 per cent of all funds seized. Highway Patrol Lt John Vincent told KWTV that the main purpose of the readers is to catch identity thieves and money launderers.

Yeah, so if you piss off a cop in Oklahoma, they can drain your bank account and leave you without the resources to mount a defense. Civil asset forfeiture needs to stop. Hard.

[ related topics: Interactive Drama Invention and Design Consumerism and advertising Law Enforcement Travel Currency Fashion ]

If you're a Linux or Mac using square dance caller and nerd, check out my Python3-based music player: https://github.com/danlyke/squareplay

[ related topics: Free Software Interactive Drama Music Open Source Macintosh ]

Sooo... fired up the Slack client. Hadn't logged in, already using more memory than Chrome with all those channels open. Closed it.

Decided to upgrade 7 year old computer. Not sure if this was a wise decision, but only $26 of RAM won't migrate to any other replacement

[ related topics: Interactive Drama ]

Here's a great read on how a department's policy was undermining company security, and something you may want to read carefully in light of what we know about how casually various high level officials, from John Deutch to Colin Powell to... uh... others... have treated policy around technology and secrecy safeguards. https://www.reddit.com/r/sysad...ps_a_paper_list_of/?compact=true

[ related topics: Net Culture ]

Woot! Spam mail offering me certificates and a frame tell me that my first patent was granted! #9,360,737 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi....PN.&OS=PN/9360737&RS=PN/9360737

[ related topics: Intellectual Property Spam Aviation Monty Python ]

Air pollution linked to increased mental illness in children:

The EU and WHO limit for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is 40mcg/m3 (micrograms per cubic metre), but levels can reach many times that in polluted cities like London. The researchers found that a 10mcg/m3 increase in NO2 corresponded to a 9% increase in mental illness in the children. For the same increase in tiny particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), the increase was 4%.

This is the price of free parking and expanded roads.

The paper is Association between neighbourhood air pollution concentrations and dispensed medication for psychiatric disorders in a large longitudinal cohort of Swedish children and adolescents

[ related topics: Children and growing up Nature and environment ]

7 at the Vallejo Pioneers tonight, so I called from the square, without a mic. Necessitating a big bottle of water for the way home. Ouch.

It does the heart good to see Andrew and Clay stop their Sonic.com van and help a woman in a wheelchair across the street.

[ related topics: Handicaps & Disabilities ]

In 2002, I was handed a "fortune cookie" like slip of paper (at Burning Man of course) that said: "Do not confuse stability with stagnation". I've been staring at that for months, and am starting to do things about looking around for "whats next". As I do it, I see I don't fit into normal "job" application or large companies pigeonholes which has me considering re-inventing the world and starting a business again. Maybe a technology related business, maybe not so "tech". What profitable niches could/should be filled?

[ related topics: Libertarian Heinlein Marketing ]

Just ordered Jerry Story's ABC square dance curriculum with the intent of starting a group here in Petaluma. Need to find a venue.

How does John Brennan still have a job? Or is he just confident that because we're all using either Intel or AMD chips, the backdoors are in-place already?

Non-US encryption is 'theoretical,' claims CIA chief in backdoor debate

[ related topics: Heinlein Cryptography ]

Out of context of the moment: "we need a smaller rod in the bedroom"

Apparently the difference between an Oakland police officer and a pimp is...uh... I got nothing. http://www.eastbayexpress.com/...nt?oid=4832543&showFullText=true

[ related topics: Bay Area Law Enforcement California Culture ]

I don't know how the kids these days are chatting, but I just got a Snapchat request from a friend of mine who's 78

[ related topics: Children and growing up ]

Well done Harsch Investment Properties http://www.abc10.com/mb/news/l...-killing-asked-to-move/250925554

[ related topics: Religion Current Events Economics ]

New computer with 32G of RAM is set to arrive on Friday. Between Firefox and geographic data, it can't come too soon.

[ related topics: Invention and Design Heinlein ]

Soooo... tying gun ownership to the no-fly watch list is all about preventing toddlers with middle-eastern names from having firearms?

[ related topics: Movies Guns ]

That house wasn't wearing high visibility clothing or a helmet, and wasn't in a crosswalk. #haditcoming http://www.petaluma360.com/new...tremely-intoxicated-driver-slams

[ related topics: Current Events Law Enforcement Clothing Real Estate ]

Big ol' hawk came through the neighborhood, the crows rallied to chase it out, and now I know why a group of them is called a murder.

[ related topics: Birds ]

As if you needed even more evidence that police dogs respond to their handlers rather than evidence: http://fox13now.com/2016/06/21...fice-acquires-porn-sniffing-dog/

[ related topics: Interactive Drama Erotic Sexual Culture Law Enforcement Gambling Dogs ]

Amazing how many creatures in this small area

Dawn has passed, the tide has turned, and Cthulhu's worshippers mill, disappointed at his absence

[ related topics: Photography Woodworking ]

"You're not drinking your coffee black like your soul?" "When things get too bitter, my soul gets lighter."

Happy Birthday to me! And to awesome Supreme Court decisions: Lawrence v. Texas, US v. Windsor, Obergefell v. Hodges!

SFO to SLC top YYZ. Headed for Maple Leafs Regroup square dancing in Toronto.

[ related topics: Nature and environment ]

When "lawyers, guns, and money" are replaced by "infants, car seats, and strollers" #nowboarding

[ related topics: Automobiles Guns Currency ]

Festool store in between a condom shop and a marijuana dispensary. I like Canada.

[ related topics: Drugs Photography Woodworking Festool ]

In front pof the gorgeous staircase at the Campbell House

[ related topics: Photography Real Estate ]

Outside the Bata shoe museum, where we saw the "Curious History of Men's High Heeled Shoes" exhibit

[ related topics: Photography Art & Culture Shoes Woodworking ]

Neat mix of old and new in Toronto

[ related topics: Photography Invention and Design ]

One of these still has as her teeth

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Cool sculpture by the hotel

[ related topics: Photography Travel ]

Apparently we learned nothing from dead salmon: on high FMRI false positive rates: http://m.pnas.org/content/early/2016/06/27/1602413113.long

Quick visit to Niagara Falls

[ related topics: Photography Nature and environment ]