Switching Password Managers
Some notes on why I recently switched password managers and other measures I’ve taken to create more secure pass phrases. I have references to diceware and EFF’s word lists.
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Personal
Planning
This is a placeholder for emergency end of life planning eg. What Happens if You Get Hit by a Bus.
Perseverance Mars
I’ve been captivated by the recent landing of the Perseverance spacecraft on Mars. The video of the landing sequence was particularly stunning. Your front-row seat to my Mars landing is here. Watch how we did it.#CountdownToMars pic.twitter.com/Avv13dSVmQ — NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) February 22, 2021 An article I found called “The Cost of Perseverance,
War and Peace 25 Years
The only essential news show is Democracy Now!, the war and peace report. This show covers world and national news with a perspective that is nowhere else in media today and with unparalleled integrity and empathy. The Democracy Now! 25th Anniversary show is a great retrospective and celebration of a remarkable and turbulent era.
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Get a Dog
Commentary by Ben Stein to help us get through the Great Recession and pretty much anything else. If you need a friend, get a dog.
Work Love
The new book by Sarah Jaffe, Work Won’t Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone, resonated. Why can’t your motivation for doing a job just be to pay your bills? I for a long time have not bought the line of many bosses about their company being “family”.
Josey Wales
I have always loved the Clint Eastwood movie The Outlaw Josey Wales, but a couple of articles I read today about the author of the original story blew my mind. Apparently this was the same person who wrote George Wallace’s infamous inauguration speech! Here is an article from NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/17/movies/movie-with-a-murky-background-the-man-who-wrote-the-book.html Also this one from Dissent:
Firewood
Pretty good firewood from this place: https://www.woodhillfirewood.com It was $40 for 1/12 of a cord. A cord is 128 ft3, so this is almost 11 ft3. From Smart & Final I had been paying $9.99 for 1.0 ft3. This comes to about 40% of that price. I expect this to last for 8 to 10