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Sunday Links: Hackers, Hot Dogs and Rhinos
in LinksA scary story, a funny video and an interesting photo for your Sunday afternoon pleasure. Scary story. Hackernoon contributor writes a very plausible story about how a bad actor might go about injecting password/credit card stealing code into any number of websites. In a way that would be extremely undetectable. Spoiler alter: It relies on […] Continue Reading
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2017 Podcast Picks
I haven’t done one of these lists in a few years, looking back through my archives I found my first list from 2008. Many of those podcasts have faded out of existence and I no longer listen to any of the others — with the exception of Daily Tech News Show, a spiritual successor to […] Continue Reading
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My week with Alexa
in ReviewFor Christmas, Santa brought me an Amazon Echo Plus, a gift I didn’t know I wanted. Over the holiday break I’ve been taking a deep dive into most of its features – including dabbling with writing an app skill. It’s a great device, here are the highlights. Privacy & Security Even though I’ve become accustom […] Continue Reading
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Is shadow work ruining the job market?
A recent episode of the Every Little Thing podcast discusses the rise of self-checkout machines. It’s a fascinating tale, one that I would have never guessed started over 100 years ago with the opening of the Piggly Wiggly chain. Self-checkout is a commonly used example of the impending threat of automation. I know I personally […] Continue Reading
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Reconsidering Net Neutrality
When Net Neutrality concerns started to rise up 5 – 10 years ago, it seemed like an open and shut case. Obviously we want the net to remain neutral, but at what cost? The Internet is humanity’s most powerful instrument of free speech and commerce, legislation that has power over the content of internet traffic […] Continue Reading