Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 46
March 27, 2019
The left’s vicious racial shaming
The left is waging a war against struggling mothers—all in service of creating racial discord and shoring up their identity politics.
2019 in Photos
For photos, memes, and perhaps other quick notes sent from my mobile device or written on the fly during 2019.
March 20, 2019
Security is hard, and 2FA is not the answer
Is 2-factor authentication the magic bullet in security? Not unless we solve the real problem, which is that people always take the easy way out—and that includes service providers.
March 18, 2019
Apple swings privacy out of the park
This is the best Apple ad I’ve seen in a long time. It rivals their rip-mix-burn ad from the music encryption wars. (For extra credit, count the number of walls in this video.) This is possibly my favorite Apple ad since Rip. Mix. Burn. It forcefully states the obvious, yet it’s an obvious that too many people, especially people in power, are trying to make us believe is wrong. That truth is what they say, rather than what we see.
And they’re going to keep torturing us until we believe the lie rather than the obvious truth our eyes are showing us. Privacy, like owning music in 2001, is not dead yet, nor does it have to die.
And they’re going to keep torturing us until we believe the lie rather than the obvious truth our eyes are showing us. Privacy, like owning music in 2001, is not dead yet, nor does it have to die.
March 13, 2019
This TRS-80
“There are many TRS-80’s in the world. But this one is mine.”
Perfect lemon pie for Pi Day
Did you know that PIE, spelled backward, is March 14? From Southern Living, this easy lemon meringue circular dessert is perfect for tomorrow’s celebrations.
March 6, 2019
Let them eat solar
The reason we don’t have an alternative to fossil fuels is that we’ve put government bureaucrats in charge of finding it.
February 25, 2019
Senator Kamala Harris calls for slavery reparations
California Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Kamala Harris calls on Democrats to support reparations to descendants of former slaves, and to descendants of Union soldiers who died freeing them.
February 20, 2019
Peer to peer email from 1980
A fascinating vision of the convergence of e-mail and text messaging from 1980.
February 13, 2019
House on Crane Hill at North Texas 2019
I’ll be running House on Crane Hill on Thursday evening at North Texas this year. If you enjoy the old Haunting-inspired books and movies, come and join us!
