just hand over the pocket protector

Confessions of a hopeless geek time. I am reading Bruce Schneier's "Practical Cryptography". For fun.

Keep in mind, Bruce is the hands down best technical writer I have ever encountered. His style is very readable. He can clearly and concisely explain his subject matter. He could be writing novels but instead he's co-authoring world class encryption schemes. Admitted, some of the math bits go well over my head (tronella might get them, but they are out of my league). It's interesting anyway; brain food.

If you even a passing interest in the field or are just curious, I encourage you to pick up "Practical Cryptography" or Bruce's near legendary work "Applied Cryptography", now in its second edition. It's for geeks what mainlining heroin is for junkies.

so they say it's your birthday

Yo, bravecows, have a most hip, cool, and utterly entertaining birthday. May the citizens of the world fall at your feet in awe. (To facilitate this you may want to dispense a liberal combination of loose change and marbles. Destiny sometimes needs a shove.)

Have a great day!

"Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto! You're beautiful!"

So do you remember that line?

My steampunk desk needs an upgrade. I'm thinking about a cable management system. Shiny lacquered copper pipes! I'll have to figure out a way to mount them, but that shouldn't be too hard because there are lots of plumbing hangers.

I really want to get rid of the plastic desk lamp, but that design is too complicated for my current talents. Or maybe not, if I disassemble the one I have to measure each part. Yes, maybe, just maybe... spring loaded speaker mounts on the same design. Very Wild, Wild, West.