Centralized Data Breaches
The design of the Internet allows for an incredible amount of decentralization. My blog, is run on my server, and yet you can all get to it. We don’t have to have all blogs in one place. And that is a good thing.
I got three notices recently that highlight one of many downsides of centralization. Epsilon had a data breach, and the dominoes fall all over the place.
Tyler’s Awesome Yoda Shirt — “Judge me by my size you do?”
Fun watching people file into Target Field to watch the Twins game today! Jets just flew over Target field.
Got an Ignite Minneapolis ticket. That was too hard. Please charge something for the next one.
I’m going to suggest that we have a new title, Font Stack of Boredom™, for the following CSS block.
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
Got my Fitbit
A couple of weeks ago I revisited the Fitbit site to learn more about their product. After doing some research I decided to jump in and I ordered my Fitbit. I got it last Thursday. The first setup was pretty easy and I really like how it wirelessly uploads data without me having to think about it. I’m using it both for activity throughout the day and to track sleep. I’ll share some more about the results after I have some more time with it.
Wow!
@ESPNResearch: 5.9 million brackets in the ESPN Tournament Challenge… and TWO have the Final Four correct. TWO!
Tyler taking a (very) brief rest on a blanket while playing.
Tammy got this cool bookshelf for the kids to keep their books in.
Someone make a Pinboard2Wordpress plugin?
Put up a draft page of API documentation here: http://pinboard.in/api
— Pinboard (@Pinboard) March 26, 2011
Vacation Coffee Break
I’m on vacation this week. We went to North Dakota earlier. Today I spent the day with Tyler and it was great. Tomorrow Mazie and I are having a Daddy/Daughter day.
While Tyler tried to nap, I did get time for a wonderful Chemex coffee break. Very nice.
Note the old school Road Sign Math coffee mug. 😀
One of my favorite mashups we ever did at MarketWatch put realtime news on a live timeline. Cool stuff.
TimelineSetter: A New Way to Display Timelines on the Web ← I’m a big fan of timelines as a tool to tell a story. Excited that ProPublica is making it easier.
Tyler and Dad.
Less is More
Sometimes a song has lyrics that are so striking you can’t help but take note. This is a great section from “Society” by Eddie Vedder on the Into the Wild soundtrack.
There’s those thinkin’ more or less, less is more,
but if less is more, how you keepin’ score?
It means for every point you make, your level drops.
Kinda like you’re startin’ from the top… and you can’t do that.
Beautiful and makes you think.
This is our plan for the day. 592.2 miles.
