January 11, 2004
Happy Birthday
To me. I had some friends over for a sort of early birthday party. Lots of good Korean food (thanks, Kyoung Mi!), lots of goofy conversation and dancing with Keisuke, Kyoung Mi, and Chigusa. It was a happy sort of drunken affair, a certain comfort that comes with friendships in the longer-term. A night full of moral quandaries and relationship dilemma that keep life interesting.
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| Miyake.Chigusa wears a cute hat |
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| Kyoung Mi and I falling to the ground after some drunken dancing |
We ate well, talked much about the important things (less so politics, more so sex). I am finding it more and more interesting spending time with this group (really these three are the only people I see on a regular basis, besides my roommate). I thought it funny this morning as I realized that their language rubs off on me a lot, when I said, "You should coming over soon." Much more of this and I will be speaking Japanese on the street.
Keisuke has put some additional party pictures up here.
We all fell asleep in the beds and futons scattered about the house, after several wine-spilling incidents and friendly arguing. Most of us were in recovery mode from travel and illness (Kei and Chigusa just coming back from Japan), so we turned in early by party standards, and woke up very late.
This morning came the rude shock (!) of several of my guests' cars going missing. Tracking them down to good old Field's towing, I handed over a nice wad of ATM-fresh cash for the hostage release, and then it was all on their merry ways home.
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Posted by: brad on January 12, 2004 02:01 PMHappy Birthday.
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Stealing the Network
I first bumped into the Stealing the Network series when reading the exploits of Joe Grand, one of the book's many hacker authors.
The 'Stealing the ...' series of books follows a rather disparate group of computer hackers as they help a former NSA spook (many of them unwittingly) gather the money he needs to retire.
The stories themselves are not fantastic fiction. The writing is uneven and choppy, the characters are stereotypical and not very well thought-out. What is fascinating about this book series is the technical accuracy of the exploits (at some points *too* accurate, with screen shots and step-by-step instructions).
It's a great series to read if you're a system administrator, or just getting into the wonderful field of computer security.
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by reid
on March 06, 2011
by reid
on March 06, 2011
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Close to the Machine
Ellen Ullman is one of those authors that somehow avoided my radar. Until now...
Close to the Machine is less a book than a collection of loosely related personal anecdotes from Ellen's time as a very rare thing -- a successful female bisexual independent computer programming consultant.
In the course of her work and relationship life, she learns hard lessons about programming, running a business, being lonely, and loving the wrong people. I found it particularly poignant being a crypto-nerd with difficult times in relationships and a more-or-less NDA'd, secret work life.
This book is a must-read for anyone into running their own business, programming, or anyone dating a person that is a business-a-holic or programmer.
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by reid
on November 23, 2009
by reid
on November 23, 2009
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The Long Trip Home
I had the joy of dining with the author in Florida. We went to a little Brazilian BBQ where he spoke with our waitstaff in (what I can only assume was) flawless Portugese.
Brian Wyllie spent 1969-1971 living in Brazil working for the Peace Corps. His recent book outlines his trip back to the United States via Bolivia, Peru, and the Carribean chain, by way of bus, train, and sailboat. The format comes spattered with observations from the modern day, and makes me think, "this must be what John McPhee's journal looks like."
The trip sounded like a fantastic one, but I was left wanting more detail...where did the gun (being snuck through customs in a variety of places, no doubt) come from? And how did Geneve's hair smell? Alas, we'll have to wait for another book to find the answers.
Rated by reid
on April 16, 2009
by reid
on April 16, 2009
I really don't want to know how you find soem of those links. seriously dude. one link past your sex link was a dude with some serious problems. I think he had a social disease
Posted by: Saiph on January 11, 2004 09:18 PM