Month: February 2006

Craigslist. I assume that virtually everyone on this site finds discriminatory housing practices to be abhorrent, and thinks the 1968 Fair Housing Act is a good piece of legislation. That certainly sums up my opinion. But what do you think of this: Craigslist, the online do-it-yourself classified forum, is being sued because some apartment rental… Continue reading Craigslist

Review: Penetration Tester's Open Source Toolkit. The Penetration Tester’s Open Source Toolkit is a new offering from Syngress that primarily focuses on using the Auditor live CD. The 200605-02-ipw2100 version comes included with the book; if you have an IPW2200 wireless interface in your laptop, though, the 802.11x tools won’t work as it doesn’t include… Continue reading Review: Penetration Tester's Open Source Toolkit

I've been reading about the latest RSS controversy for the past few days, and I think this post on the RSS-Public mailing list summarizes my thoughts as well as anything: Being Ambiguous that way is a bug, not a feature. Here's a question: I'm an aggregator implementor. Based on the spec being ambiguous in this… Continue reading Untitled

GTD 2006.36: 5 Execution tips. It's easy – especially for GTD people – to get all wrapped up in the logic, knowledge and formulation of Getting Things Done and not get one damn thing done all day. I've done it, maybe you have too: reorganizing, reprocessing, planning and replanning and oh look! The day is… Continue reading GTD 2006.36: 5 Execution tips

Slowly destroying our ideals from within. Over at the New Yorker, Jane Mayer has written what amounts to a must-read report on how the U.S. executive branch has come to condone cruelty and torture in its ongoing fight against terrorism. Alberto Mora, the recently-retired general counsel to the U.S. Navy, plays a large role in… Continue reading Slowly destroying our ideals from within

9 tips for running more productive meetings. I very much enjoyed Ethan’s recent post about avoiding “vampire meetings” and thought I’d share a few of my own tips for getting the most out of your meetings — primarily from the perspective of being the organizer and facilitator. For the love of God, please respect your… Continue reading 9 tips for running more productive meetings

Free online ebook on entrepreneurship. Author Bruce Judson has taken his book on starting your own business, Go It Alone to the WWW. And it's free. From the intro: Today, the conventional wisdom about how to start a substantial business is just plain wrong. Now, you don’t need to raise a lot of money first,… Continue reading Free online ebook on entrepreneurship

American Cohen Leads After Short Program. Sasha Cohen, the U.S. champion, dazzled the judges with a sassy, sensational program Tuesday night and slipped past world champion Irina Slutskaya of Russia by a slim .03 points. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. [NYT > Home Page]

Bush Threatens to Veto Any Bill to Stop Port Takeover. The president rejected calls to block a state-owned company from Dubai from assuming control of six American ports. By DAVID E. SANGER and ERIC LIPTON. [NYT > Home Page]

I'd love to see Bob Costas strap in and give snowboardcross a go!. Being a complete news whore, I read about Lindsey Jacobellis's last-minute loss of the snowboardcross gold medal hours before I actually saw NBC's coverage of it. Watching the event, though, I'm not entirely convinced that she was outright showboating — but I… Continue reading I'd love to see Bob Costas strap in and give snowboardcross a go!