The Salvation Army has a reputation of helping out the needy and until today I had no idea they were so… stringent. I have been putting coins in those buckets since I was very little but I think those days are done. My friend’s protestant church seems to live closer to christian ideals and makes [...]

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It’s said that if you want to be happy, be a gardener. What about IT security professionals? Having worked as an IT security consultant for several years, I now wonder if my job has a negative influence on my happiness, because it constantly teaches me to focus on the negative side of life: I always [...]

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Some years ago (1999′ish) I was in a job where I needed to bring in a lot of software contractors in a short space of time. As a result I ended up dealing with a good number of IT contracting agencies. To help the process I wrote very specific job / task descriptions, and sent [...]

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“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them. About the [...]

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at the Carnegie Science Center

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summer is just about over. *sigh* couple of videos and photos after the jump.

Photo courtesy of JennThomas.com

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