Car Fire — Or: Why My Internet Is Down
I’ve had some harsh words for Comcast over the last few days. The constantly bouncing connection has made it very difficult to work. Sure, there were some ...
The Family Business
I have geek in my blood. My grandfather, Gus Hahn, opened an electronics store in 1929 with his former high school physics teacher, Ralph Coe, and for some ...
Leaving the Library, Joining Apple
Yesterday I announced my impending departure from the Library of Congress at an all-hands meeting of the group I helped form. My last day will be May 14. I...
AuthLite – Two-Factor Authentication For Windows And Active Directory
In a keynote talk at the 2004 RSA Conference, Bill Gates predicted the demise of the familiar username-and-password logon. Yet here we are six years later,...
Update Flash Without Adobe’s Crappy Download Manager
Recently, Adobe has pulled a hall-of-shame move and began trying to sneak in the installation of a craptacular background program called the “Adobe Download ...
The Marion Barry: A Shot In Honor Of The Former Mayor-For-Life
It’s been a big news day for the former mayor-for-life. The investigations into his use of earmarks have finally boiled over with the release of the Bennett...
I Am Not A Search Engine; Google Didn’t Buy Me; Please Don’t Sue Me
The big news from the Google front yesterday was their purchase of Aardvark, a search engine that leverages social connections to find folks who might know t...