I find myself talking about concepts like “risk posture” and “security posture” more and more. Most people politely nod along like they understand the terms. However, “risk posture” has a specific meaning – where an organization as a whole and its assets (things with value) stand relative to risk (likelihood and impact of a threat […]
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Ben’s New Word List
A few months ago, I read the 1997 New Yorker article “Trump Solo“. Politics aside, it’s a long-format article profiling then-businessman Trump at a turbulent time in his career and personal life. “Trump Solo” is a great insight into the world at a time when I was pretty oblivious to pop culture and politics. As […]
A New Start
It’s been a year and a half. I’m taking a new approach to this blog. Since then, I’ve gone through a few life events and the values of human labor and thought have completely changed with regards to technology. In light of that, some goals for this new iteration of this blog include: The Turing […]
Two and a Half Hours
These are all the things I did while I listened to about two and a half episodes of David Cross’ podcast, Senses Working Overtime with David Cross, last Saturday morning. I discovered David Cross had a podcast shortly after I opened my laptop for the morning. IIf you’re not familiar with David Cross, he played […]
Anyone can call themselves a roofer.
Wisconsin does not have any licensing requirements for roofing. Anyone – and I mean anyone can declare themselves a “roofer” and start a roofing company. If you’re having roofing work done, you could have a seasoned professional redo your roof, or you could have someone’s nephew show up with a bucket of tar, a nail […]
Day 2 update
It turns out that it’s far easier to open 28 new tabs about ideas for new posts than it is to radically change my relationship with technology overnight. As is tradition on Thanksgiving and on Super Bowl Sunday, I watched the game live on honest-to-goodness TV. Since college, those two days are the only times […]
About the tagline…
For some people, history can be defined entirely by specific moments. For others, history’s most widely-known events may be viewed as inevitable small parts of greater political, economic, and cultural patterns. Some historians would say that World War I burst out of the barrel of Gavrilo Princip’s pistol after his shot struck Franz Ferdinand. Others […]
Hello world!
The site’s up! I’ll finish a few setup items over the next few days.