Category: Mike Jurney

I don’t usually get political at all on G+, but sometimes…(facepalm).

I don’t usually get political at all on G+, but sometimes…(facepalm).
So, I sent a letter to Todd Akin. 
Did you know he’s on the Science Committee? 
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-rep-todd-akin-no-pregnancy-from-legitimate-rape-20120819,0,7447581.story

Write! 
Congressman Todd Aiken
117 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515

Cat pictures sometimes get a bad rap, but it’s hard to argue with results like this. If I’m ever very sick, I just…

Cat pictures sometimes get a bad rap, but it’s hard to argue with results like this. If I’m ever very sick, I just hope the staff taking care of me is half as dedicated and wonderful as the good folks at Seattle Children’s Hospital seem to be.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/purrfect-for-what-ails-you.html

Def Con XX: twenty years of hacker evolution

Def Con XX: twenty years of hacker evolution
Every year for the last two decades, the information security community has descended upon Las Vegas to trade knowledge, sharpen skills, and challenge authority. As technology becomes ubiquitous, this desert gathering of hackers brings together some of the smartest minds in security — and the government agencies trying to recruit them.
http://vrge.co/MCsIT3

The problem with “First World Problems”:

The problem with “First World Problems”:

Having spent a fair amount of time in China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Egypt, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Tanzinia, Zanzibar, […], I can’t stress this message enough.

Third world problems are an overlapping superset of first world problems.

We may only rarely need to be concerned with the quality of our drinking water, but you know what? I’ve seen folks in rural Cambodia fighting with IOS upgrades on their iphone, and small business owners in Tanzania on hold with tech support to fix the credit card processing integration with their point of sale systems.

And pretty much everybody everywhere who has ever touched a computer has at least one shared experience: Complaining about Facebook privacy settings. I kid you not. Everyone.

https://npr.tumblr.com/post/29558187249/i-dont-like-this-expression-first-world