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Does Airport Security Really Make Us Safer? | Culture | Vanity Fair
Does Airport Security Really Make Us Safer? | Culture | Vanity Fair
Bruce Schneier’s exasperation is informed by his job-related need to spend a lot of time in Airportland. He has 10 million frequent-flier miles and takes about 170 flights a year; his average speed, he has calculated, is 32 miles and hour. “The only useful airport security measures since 9/11,” he says, “were locking and reinforcing the cockpit doors, so terrorists can’t break in, positive baggage matching”—ensuring that people can’t put luggage on planes, and then not board them —“and teaching the passengers to fight back. The rest is security theater.”
links for 2011-04-18
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A simple application that reverses the usual scrolling practices on Mac OS X 10.5 and above to mimic those of the upcoming 10.7 Lion OS and iOS. Been using it for five minutes and I'm already used to it.
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"Being sedentary for nine hours a day at the office is bad for your health whether you go home and watch television afterward or hit the gym. It is bad whether you are morbidly obese or marathon-runner thin. 'Excessive sitting,' Dr. Levine says, 'is a lethal activity.'"
links for 2011-04-05
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"[T]he US cannot grow its way out of this problem. It needs to cut spending, specifically entitlement spending. We hereby announce that we'll give a special gold star to the first 'leader' with the guts to say that publicly."
links for 2011-03-25
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"The story is about a girl dreaming of the Darth Vader. You can see what happens when he doesn’t like a twi’lek lady flirting with him…"
links for 2011-03-21
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"A simple, elegant to do list app for iPhone and Mac"
Love the clean, minimalist design of both apps. I just wish it had recurring to-dos.
links for 2011-03-10
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An infographic "using groups designated by the United States Department of State. Drawing on other data we have added several associated characteristics, including geographic location, approximate level of attacks (total), approximate size of organization by members, status of activity, and the age of the group."
Courtesy of Navanti, a client of my friend Tom.
links for 2011-03-01
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"This project is about concealing valuables, secrets, bad habits and personal information in our workplaces. Here, hidden spaces/ messages were created within 8 general objects such as wood boards, lamps and disposable coffee cups."
links for 2011-02-10
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"While capacitive touch screens are great, one flaw is the inability to use a stylus. Not anymore! BoxWave's Capacitive Stylus allows you to use your Apple iPad without ever touching the screen with your finger. Perfect for the ladies out there who have their nails done, or for those who don't want to take their gloves off during a cold day. The Capacitive Stylus is conveniently sized, and designed like a pen to fit just about anywhere."
links for 2011-02-08
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Don't use the supermarket's self-checkout, wipe down your iPhone daily, and use the disinfectant wipes at the supermarket door.
links for 2011-02-05
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J. Crew teamed up with Timex to offer this exclusive out of the Timex vault. Features a distressed white face with Arabic numerals and an olive-colored strap. Absolutely gorgeous. Want!
links for 2011-02-03
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So sad that we have to be reminded of these common sense rules for behavior in the workplace. (And life.)
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Does one thing and does it beautifully. Well worth the 99 cents to get rid of the ads.
links for 2011-01-25
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"Here’s a big surprise: The ESPN Stats & Information folks have run the numbers one final time and determined that the SEC was indeed the best conference in the country this season.
"It wasn’t even close, either."
links for 2011-01-20
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"Everyone wants to join Lord Vader's Imperial Marching Band! Now you can march along with the Empire's Stormtroopers accompanied by the sweet sounds of John Williams in your head. You can even hum the track out loud until one of your friend's force chokes you out."
links for 2011-01-16
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"The folks from Clamcase stopped by our trailer this afternoon with some of the first finished products to roll off the assembly lines..."
links for 2011-01-12
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Great art by Adam Watson. The Chewbacca is the best.
links for 2011-01-03
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"[B]ecoming a zombie would be embarrassing more than anything, as it is a clear message that you're just a total idiot."
This bit is all fun of win. Sorry, Nathan.
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Good advice, and something I didn't have enabled before, when I *did* leave my phone behind. (Thankfully, a good samaritan turned it in to appropriate parties.)
links for 2010-12-29
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"Meerkat turns SSH tunnels -- a fairly obscure and complicated concept -- into a feature anyone should be able to use, and does so in a very Mac-like way."
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Justin Miller, Meerkat's creator, wrote this tutorial on combatting the Firesheep HTTP session hijacking plug-in.
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"An easy-to-use SSH tunnel manager built specifically for the Mac."
links for 2010-12-07
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"Sessions keeps track of your open windows and tabs for you, with automatic periodic backups for easy and robust session restoration across launches. If the current panoply of tabs gets to be too much for either you or Safari, simply save a snapshot of the session at any time and start fresh, secure in the knowledge that you can go back and revisit all of those links in their associated context at your future leisure."