http://www.tuesdaynight.org spots of thoughts: ian glazer and friends rant, rave and ruminate Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:32:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am headed up to Harvard this evening to attend the Privacy Symposium.  I am very much looking forward to this industrial-strength dose of privacy discussions.  This will also be a bit different for me as the majority of speakers are lawyers.  Usually, I sit in conferences listening to techies ... http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/08/18/privacy-in-transition-no-kidding.html [Some friends from Approva where in town from Pune, India.  They had read my trip report on our company trip to the beach in Dapoli and found it hilarious.  They implored me to post it up on tuesday night.] Day 1 - A Good Start After Shamshu (or Uncle as he is ... http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/08/13/what-happens-in-dapoli-stays-in-dapoli-a-trip-report.html I love McSweeney's, both the quarterly collection of literature as well their other publications and books. Besides the care and crafting of the content, the quarterly collections have really interesting artwork and packaging.  I just got issue 28 and this one takes the cake from the packaging perspective.  And then ... http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/08/13/mcsweeneys-28-unboxing.html [caption id="attachment_400" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="What is Abigail saying?"][/caption] I saw the attached poster today in Union Station. I stood and stared at it wondering whether I read it correctly. Then I took a picture of it and stared at that for a while. Using Adams bank gives Abigail Adams the vapors? ... http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/08/06/someone-paid-for-this-ad-campaign.html I have a lot of old work still locked up in FullWrite format.  What's FullWrite you ask?  Only the best word processor ever made.  Ever.  It was intuitive.  It was as featured as was necessary.  It was fast.  It just worked.  A classic Mac application if there ever was one. ... http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/08/04/fullwrite-for-os-x.html As you probably know, I live in Washington DC.  I take photographs in DC as well.  We've got a few quirky rules here about that.  For example, if you are on National Park land, you cannot use any photographic equipment that touches the ground.  As you can imagine using tripods ... http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/07/23/photography-in-dc.html I am headed to this year's Defrag conference and I pumped to do so.  I didn't get to go last year which I really regretted, and Eric hasn't let me forget that either. I will be moderating a panel called: Can identity be a filter for information overload?  Eric and I are ... http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/07/23/im-going-to-defrag-help-me-figure-out-what-to-do-when-i-get-there.html I'm sure you've been following the Terry Childs case. Mr. Childs was a sysadmin in San Francisco who decided to change a few passwords and thus locked the city out of their new wide area network. Though it is still not clear why Mr. Childs did this, he had been ... http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/07/23/chasing-the-magical-grc-animal.html Sweet! Wordpress released their app for the iPhone. So far, so good. I am getting dangerously to being able to go to conferences without my laptop.   UPDATE: And by so far, so good, I meant it crashed when I posted this post. Sigh.  I'm sure this too shall pass. http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/07/22/wordpress-for-the-iphone.html No no, not how to fight umbrellas, but umbrellas to use in fighting.  John Steed shouldn't be the only one who can fight using an umbrella.  Looks like the Filipino Secret Services uses them as well.  Definitely check the video out. http://www.tuesdaynight.org/2008/07/15/fighting-umbrellas.html