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There was a recent Zucchini Pancakes recipe in the Union Tribune. I thought it sounded good, but I figured I might be able to make it simpler with more basic ingredients. So I got the following: 1 yellow squash, 1 Italian squash, 1 yellow onion, 1 sweet potato, and 1 jalapeno.…
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I got asked the other day at work on how I studied to pass the Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) back in Dec 2011. While I was relaying my experience, I made a few notes, and I figured it would be good to document the endeavor in a blog…
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I am pretty happy with my Sennheiser HD202 headphones that I use at work, my Sony MDR-XD-200 that I use at home, and my travel audio-technica Quiet-Point ATA-ANC7. I picked each one specific to issues I was trying to resolve where I use headphones. The HD202 cover my ears…
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I have decided to upgrade my Google Nexus 7 (2012) to the new version (2013) that was released at the end of July 2013. Here is a link to my previous review of the 2012 version. The main reasons I think this new version (2013) in the base model configuration (WIFI…
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As a long time Google Reader user I am not very happy with the recent news that Google will be shutting down the service on July 1, 2013. I just finished reading some of the latest coverage, analayis, and recommendations at: Google Reader is dying, but we have five worthy…
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Just a friendly reminder to all my fellow runners, joggers, walkers, etc. out there exercising on the road — the all electric cars are 'super quiet' and if you are listening to audio with headphones on they are even harder to hear. I almost got hit by one the other…
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My friend Mark Horstman readily shares that his favorite part of John Brown's Body (Poem) by Stephen Vincent Benet is … If you take a flat map And move wooden blocks upon it strategically, The thing looks well, the blocks behave as they should. The science of war is moving live…
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I was able to successfully upgrade to Apple iOS 6 (Apple's What's New Page) on my iPad without any issues. Here are the "new" things I enabled: Siri No Not Disturb: 9 pm to 6 am Limit Ad Tracking Reviewed all my Privacy Settings Clock (setup a bunch of cities)…
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NOTE: As of October 16, 2012 the official Twitter API turned off RSS options per this article. What I wrote here doesn't work anymore. I personally like keeping track of some Twitter accounts (especially security related ones) using Google Reader. Unfortunately, I've found lately though that Twitter keeps messing with…
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After hearing a recent news blurb from The Economist on a new book called "Wait" by Frank Parntnoy I put this book in my queue. I just finished reading the book — well to be completelly honest, I listened to it via my Audible.com subscription — and here is my…
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