Monthly Archives: November 2011
Where will you go today
I just heard about ‘Shopping Walls‘. Basically, if you see something you want to buy, you take a smartphone picture of the code box next to a picture of item and you will be automatically routed to a web site where you can quickly seal the deal and get the item mailed to your home.
Now if I was of a nefarious bent of mind I would cover the little code box with a code box of my own and direct this person, who is about to disseminate credit card/account information and who expects to provide this information, to a dummy website of my own design that will collect the sensitive information. I might even relay the information through to the store so that the buyer does not notice that anything untoward may have happened.
(I don’t have a smart phone so I have no idea what they are doing.)
We are Safe!
Luck of the Irish
Hume: The Surge Made The Iraq War Worth It | ThinkProgress.
As I have heard it, the luck of the Irish is that if you fall into a septic tank you will come out with a rose. You still fell into a septic tank, something that most reasonable people would agree is a bad thing, but at least you have a rose!
In the case of Iraq, we jumped into the septic tank. And I’m not sure that that is a rose…
Murmuration
The Adventures of a Toolbox
Stanley DIY Workforce Tool Box | Stanley DIY Tool Boxes | DIY Answer Guy.
I use the box as a great way to carry Dominion game cards, but after reading about how he uses it as a tool box, I will have to investigate another use.
Lies, Damn Lies and …
Bloomberg’s Awful Comment; What Can We Say For Certain Regarding the GSEs? | Rortybomb.
Rule of Thumb: Whenever a politician opens their mouth – verify what they are lying about. And whose lie are they repeating?