It seems I always hear about people turning 30 or 40 and how big of a deal it is. For me when I turned 30, I didn’t think anything of it. However, turning 32 this year seemed to resonate more. Not a bad thing, but I just noticed. For instance, no longer am I able to register my age in 5 bits, I am now into a 6 bit register! (31 in binary is 11111, 32 in binary is 100000).
I’m curious how many other tech-minded folks have thought about this.
There has been an enormous up-tick in hacking attempts, at least on web space that I manage as well as the servers at my day job. This means that more than ever, people need to be diligent about running all security updates on their OS as well as application updates (especially plugins like Java and Flash). It also means that for web devs like myself, it’s time to bite the bullet and buy SSL certs for any websites containing multiple logins and user data. For me, this means SSGuitar.com. As of January 20th 2017 SSGuitar is completely SSL’d. I love encryption.
iFixit.com has posted their “Repair Manifesto” and it just so happens to be everything that I believe in. Why waste by throwing things out when it could just be fixed? I repair everything I can from electronics, cars, plumbing, lawn mowers, computers, musical instruments, furniture, toys…basically anything!
iFixit.com Repair Manifesto
I am so excited, I had to share. Lit, my favorite band from the time I was about 15, is back. And they’re country. Their new song “Fast” actually just made it to #1 on CMT’s 12 pack count down!
I love wooden rulers, and even more so, wooden yard sticks. I just found out about a local company that makes them, and they even do the brass end plates that I love so much on the end of the yard sticks. I haven’t purchased one from them yet, but from the pictures on the site, they look exquisite! Check them out for yourself: skowheganwoodenrule.com
