Holy carp! It’s been a while since I posted anything on here! The past few weeks have been incredibly hectic and full of stress, leaving me with little to no time to write blag posts. I even tried to write one last week while on “vacation”, but had too much going on and kept getting [...]
Posts Tagged ‘2010’
An amalgamation of barely-connected thoughts
Posted: 28th December 2010 by John in PersonalTags: 2010, House, Moving
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Quick Fix for Missing Music/Video After iOS 4.2 Update
Posted: 23rd November 2010 by John in GeneralTags: 2010, iOS 4.2, iPad, iphone, iPod Touch, Technology
Yesterday heralded the much anticipated public release of iOS 4.2 (giving the iPad it’s first dose of iOS 4 and all the goodies contained therein) and the update was downloaded by quite a few people – myself included. Unfortunately, it would appear at first glance as though the update completely wiped out all of [...]
Infosec: Pick your battles. Choose wisely.
Posted: 22nd November 2010 by John in PersonalTags: 2010, Infosec, Musings
Something I see quite often working in security is a mentality of “we must implement control X, regardless of the consequences”. This is a dangerous mentality to have, and is more likely to cause more problems than it will ever (if it ever) solves. This is dangerous for a few reasons, but most notable is [...]
Maintaining a positive attitude in the face of stress
Posted: 17th November 2010 by John in GeneralTags: 2010, Stress
Maintaining a positive attitude in the face of stress is as simple as making a choice. That choice is whether to let the stress bring you down, or whether to remain positive and focus on the good. Too often we become mired in the bad things, however small, that have happened. We fail to [...]
Wednesday Weigh-In: Progress and Setbacks
Posted: 10th November 2010 by John in PersonalTags: 2010, fitness, p90x, running
I missed last week. I know it. It was a long week and I was incredibly busy with both work and dealing with stuff for the new house. My apologies, dear reader. It turns out that not much actually happened last week anyway. I had injured my knee during a run the preceding weekend and [...]
