I heard Matt Yoder talk about a "Death Envelope" on Pauldotcom Security Weekly. He gave a presentation about it at DefCon. The slides are here.

I believe Tripwire grew out of an academic environment. (Purdue? I think.)

I use PuTTY daily.

I got a spam message about 10 years ago asking if anybody had a replacement engine for a time machine. I believe the alleged time traveler asked to meet the person with the spare engine in a park in Boston at a specific date and time. I can honestly say I've never gotten another spam quite like that.

I think I'm the only one. Every election is like a Washington Generals game.

I nominate The Recruit with Colin Farrell and Al Pacino. The cringe inducing scene was Colin Farrell hacking into a CIA computer by typing in some C++ source code at the graphical login prompt.

I'm bummed too. I never really got into SG-1 or Atlantis, but I downloaded the first episode of SGU and got hooked. Now, I'll never know who created the universe or if they get home. D'oh.

Is it wrong that instead of being outraged that civil liberties were violated, I just wanted to know how the tracking device worked? Does the FBI plant it and collect it later, or does it transmit position information? (Can I build a little Faraday cage for it when I find one on my car?)

Crap, now I have to worry about being landed on by a rich environment-hater too?

USB internal keyboard not working on macbook: what to do?

Apparently there is.

Just for a moment, I thought you were working 2 weeks in row for Google. Slave drivers!

The Mythbusters exerpiment sets look like fun to me, but if your kids already know NdGT, the sets might be a little below their level.

They have the technology?

I have seriously considered buying a Mac for my in-laws because they break their Windows PCs fairly often. I'm afraid that they will just put it in a corner, continue to use their Windows machines and call me when they get a virus. I think that would actually cost me a little bit of my soul....

You could also get a network tap. I've had my eye on the Teeny Tap for a while.