Regular readers of this blog know that I’m a huge fan of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project and the XO laptop. A previous OLPC related post may be found here. As a result I follow the OLPC News blog which recently had this great article by 16-year-old Derek Chan on his experience with a [...]
Archive for October, 2009
OLPC experience advice for your project
Posted: October 28, 2009 in general, professional, securityTags: NAC, Network Access Control, OLPC, One Laptop Per Child, project management, XO laptop
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Colorado Weirdness
Posted: October 25, 2009 in general, securityTags: Amazon, Balloon Boy, Bizarro-meter, Broncos, Harry Potter, insurance, marijuana dispensaries, Microsoft, People's Republic of Boulder, pre-existing condition, Windows 7
Strange days have found us Strange days have tracked us down From “Strange Days” by the Doors I spend most of my time in the Peoples Republic of Boulder, so I’m pretty blase about strange stuff. I mean this is a place where a candidate for city council can file a campaign finance report with [...]
No privilege for you!
Posted: October 9, 2009 in general, professional, securityTags: attorney-client privilege, email, legal, privacy, reasonable expectation of privacy
Everybody knows about the idea of attorney-client privilege. At least in the USA. It’s what keeps lawyers in business and their clients out of jail. In general, any communication between attorney and client is privileged. It’s a secret that no court can compel either party to divulge. Kind of like the privilege between confessor and [...]
If we only knew now what Caspar knew then
Posted: October 2, 2009 in general, securityTags: Caspar Weinberger, Nixon, Obama, personal information, privacy, Reagan, Weinberger Doctrine
Superman where are you now? When everythings gone wrong somehow The men of steel, the men of power Are losing control by the hour. “Land of Confusion” – Genesis Why, oh why didn’t we listen to Caspar Weinberger? Or more correctly, why didn’t the U.S. government follow the directives and doctrine that “Cap the Knife” [...]
