So I had promised to get some pictures up from our trip soon. Then I went back to work.
According to a NY Times article, people are taking less vacations than ever, with 60% of American workers polled having no vacation plans for the next 6 months at the beginning of the summer.
I think I know the reason: too much crap piles up while you're gone!!
So yeah, I still plan to post pictures, but have been too exhausted to really want to look at pictures of a vacation I am no longer on.
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Thursday, August 24, 2006
What the Terrorists Want
Bruce Schneier has an excellent blog entry on what terrorism really is:
The point of terrorism is to cause terror, sometimes to further a political goal and sometimes out of sheer hatred. The people terrorists kill are not the targets; they are collateral damage. And blowing up planes, trains, markets or buses is not the goal; those are just tactics. The real targets of terrorism are the rest of us: the billions of us who are not killed but are terrorized because of the killing. The real point of terrorism is not the act itself, but our reaction to the act.
Monday, August 21, 2006
Guzzling Gas
Some statistics:
Total Miles: 4080.2
Average Miles/Stop: 255.013
Total Gallons of Gas: 207.159
Average MPG: 19.686
Average Gas Price: $3.095/gal
Gas cost per mile: $0.1
Total gas cost for our trip to MN and back: $641.46
Think about that the next time you're complaining about airline ticket prices. Also, if you were wondering, gas was the cheapest in the mighty town of Cokato, MN at $2.959/gal, while it was most expensive in Belvidere, SD at $3.299/gal. Shoulda kept driving past that one.
Total Miles: 4080.2
Average Miles/Stop: 255.013
Total Gallons of Gas: 207.159
Average MPG: 19.686
Average Gas Price: $3.095/gal
Gas cost per mile: $0.1
Total gas cost for our trip to MN and back: $641.46
Think about that the next time you're complaining about airline ticket prices. Also, if you were wondering, gas was the cheapest in the mighty town of Cokato, MN at $2.959/gal, while it was most expensive in Belvidere, SD at $3.299/gal. Shoulda kept driving past that one.
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Trips
Whew! I'm back after two road trips and three consecutive weeks away from home.
First I went on a business trip to the mighty annual Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas (and a single day of DEFCON as well). As if Las Vegas isn't crazy enough, add over 3000 hackers to the mix (over 8000 for DEFCON) and it gets wild. More information coming once I digest all this information.
Second, Jess and I headed out on a two-week road trip to Minnesota, taking the quick route through Washington, Idaho, Montana, and North Dakota on the way there and then taking the long route back through South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, and finally Oregon. More details and pictures of our trip coming up in a future post.
It's good to be home. And yes, Java is eating again, now that we're home.
First I went on a business trip to the mighty annual Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas (and a single day of DEFCON as well). As if Las Vegas isn't crazy enough, add over 3000 hackers to the mix (over 8000 for DEFCON) and it gets wild. More information coming once I digest all this information.
Second, Jess and I headed out on a two-week road trip to Minnesota, taking the quick route through Washington, Idaho, Montana, and North Dakota on the way there and then taking the long route back through South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, and finally Oregon. More details and pictures of our trip coming up in a future post.
It's good to be home. And yes, Java is eating again, now that we're home.
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