Wrong Side Of 40

Terrorism

So about this terrorism. What is the terrorists aim? He want’s to change your thinking, he wants you to do his will, to think his way, to adopt his way of life, to become like him. He’ll change your thinking and and make you afraid. That’s how he’ll win. He’ll bomb you, shoot you, kill…

What are you hiding?

“If you’ve nothing to hide, you’ve nothing to fear.” Hmm, lets think about that for a minute… Is it true? Well, it depends on the context really. Imagine the cops show up at your door with a warrant. Somebody has reported that you are doing something illegal from your home. “No way”, you protest, “I’d never do…

UK corporate tax crackdown potentially impacts Apple, Google, Amazon & others | 9to5Mac

UK corporate tax crackdown potentially impacts Apple, Google, Amazon & others | 9to5Mac. My comments to that are posted as a response to that article and are also below. I’ve made no secret of my hatred for paying excessive tax to wasteful governments but if I pay, they should too…… (original comment below) Is…

Favorite radio people found

The Shannon Burke Show – – Listen Online. So pleased I found my old favourite The Shannon Burke Show I used to listen to him on trips to central Florida, up until he had …erm… a mishap with a dog, his wife and a gun. Look it up. Google is your friend. Anyway – great to…

Bad shirt? So what.

Recently ESA landed a spacecraft on a comet. It was in the news. You may have seen it? You may also have read articles such as this one on The Verge or seen commentary elsewhere about a guy that works for ESA and who was interviewed that day while wearing what was apparently an offensive…

Fuck ’em.

The government of my country wants to ban encrypted communications, or at least have a backdoor so that they can view all my encrypted communications. The VPN I use for work, the SSL session I use to keep my web traffic secure, the TLS session I use to protect my email, the encryption on my…