Those closest to me know that one of my primary focuses this year is to break many bad dietary and physical habits in order to gain control of my health and lose 8 year’s worth of excess weight. As a web developer and systems administrator, this can be a difficult task given that I normally … Continue reading Utilizing NEAT While At Your Computer
Benefits of Two-Factor Authentication
It's becoming more common place to see suggestions or requirements for two-factor authentication from various pieces of technology, apps and sites. Often displayed with the shorthand 2FA, Two-Factor Authentication is an increasingly popular security method that requires two points of authentication from the user in order to grant them access. There is an obvious explanation … Continue reading Benefits of Two-Factor Authentication
NIST and the New Standards of Password Security
When it comes to password policies, most organizations have similar rules about what qualifies as a good password. Normally, they require a minimum of 8 characters, including upper case, lower case, numeric and special characters, cannot be one of the five most recent passwords used, and have a maximum age ranging from 30-120 days depending … Continue reading NIST and the New Standards of Password Security
10 Coolest Pieces of Wearable Tech for 2018
Hello French Fries, If you are like me, and had to spend your morning deicing your car, freezing your limbs off, and driving through a blizzard to get to work, all while cursing the fact that you chose to live in a winter-weather town instead of Miami, Rio or Bora Bora, well then this post … Continue reading 10 Coolest Pieces of Wearable Tech for 2018
Aliens and Space Tech
Hello French Fries! Fridays are fun days, so I'm doing a fun topic today. With the X-files back on television, and the recent reveal that the Pentagon has a top secret program investigating the existence and threat of extraterrestrial aliens, the question has to be asked, are we Earthlings alone in the universe? This has … Continue reading Aliens and Space Tech