February 14, 2007
Dog Bites Reid
My brother was recently commenting on how boring my blog is lately. This afternoon events occurred which may spice it up.
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| Where he got me! |
I went to the coffeeshop near work this afternoon to get a cup of chai. There was a German Shepherd leashed right next to the door, which I didn't think much of, so I walked past him. He jumped quite suddenly and bit me in the posterior. I was a bit shocked, yelled at the owner to wait there (I needed to use the men's room in the worst way). When I came out, she was gone.
Fortunately the folks at the coffeehouse know the woman's name, and I caught her dog's name when she yelled at it. She apparently lives close by...the kind coffeehouse folks say that she walks in every other day or so. My biggest concern is of course whether or not the pooch had all of its vaccines (and consequently whether or not I need to go through a long and painful series of Rabies shots). The urge to get a lawyer involved is rising.
The bite just barely broke my skin, so I washed it out for a while with soap and water. The risk of infection is somewhere near nil (the last domestic animal in SD to have rabies was 1967), but it sure takes some nerve for a dog owner to walk away from a scene like that.
Fun times...
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Recent Reading
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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