So this is New Years...and what have you done?
Nope. Still not a fan of John Lennon.
So School fell through this semester. Apparently federal financial aid ran out half way through one class. The school was kind enough to not notify me until this new registration cycle. *sigh*
A more significant drop of cash than I can swing to pay the remainder, and pay for this semester. But I have 13 weeks to squirrel it all away and talk to a bank about student loans. If I get upgraded from contractor to full employee things get easier. Or maybe I get a second job (ow!). For the time being I focus on more education. I've got room to study for certifications the next few weeks at least!
My New Year's Resolution was swearing off (h)ac(k)tivism. (http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100415_military_asserts_rights_to_return_cyber_attacks/) It might be paranoia, but I'm not too hot on a kinetic response to data intrusion. As our political climate becomes more polarized I become less and less comfortable with kinetic response being hyperbole. After the response to the Occupy movement I'm getting concerned. Kevin Mitnick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick#Arrest.2C_conviction.2C_and_incarceration) got what could easily be defined as a slap on the wrist in modern times. Our legislators are simply too willfully ignorant and openly disdainful of technology for this to be safe. Hacking isn't an act of war but can legally be responded to as such.
So School fell through this semester. Apparently federal financial aid ran out half way through one class. The school was kind enough to not notify me until this new registration cycle. *sigh*
A more significant drop of cash than I can swing to pay the remainder, and pay for this semester. But I have 13 weeks to squirrel it all away and talk to a bank about student loans. If I get upgraded from contractor to full employee things get easier. Or maybe I get a second job (ow!). For the time being I focus on more education. I've got room to study for certifications the next few weeks at least!
My New Year's Resolution was swearing off (h)ac(k)tivism. (http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100415_military_asserts_rights_to_return_cyber_attacks/) It might be paranoia, but I'm not too hot on a kinetic response to data intrusion. As our political climate becomes more polarized I become less and less comfortable with kinetic response being hyperbole. After the response to the Occupy movement I'm getting concerned. Kevin Mitnick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick#Arrest.2C_conviction.2C_and_incarceration) got what could easily be defined as a slap on the wrist in modern times. Our legislators are simply too willfully ignorant and openly disdainful of technology for this to be safe. Hacking isn't an act of war but can legally be responded to as such.