Abulsme.com: April 2014

@abulsme tweets from 2014-04-13 (UTC)

Watching – Red Hot Nickel Ball vs Butter: http://t.co/tHKdznpObv 01:36:54
By total coincidence, walking the dog again right now and look upвЂ¦ ISS again! 04:36:02
Reading – Sen. Rand Paul: Don’t Rule Out Containment of Nuclear Iran (Freda Kahen-Kashi) http://t.co/RsquFJGNKO 16:18:54
Reading – Jenny McCarthy: вЂњI’m Not вЂAnti-Vaccine’вЂќ (Phil Plait) http://t.co/ladBt9TRBN 18:25:09
Fitbit One went through the laundry Friday. Trying a Garmin Vivifit now. @wirecutter likes it. http://t.co/bofcqmDiVV 23:03:14

@abulsme tweets from 2014-04-12 (UTC)

MT @TheFix: Yes, Obama is right. The 113th Congress will be the least productive in history. http://t.co/QQJ2k125sx http://t.co/SmTT7d52Su 01:29:11
.@TheFix Day by day comparison of the last three congresses: http://t.co/umZ7tQkFXJ in reply to TheFix 01:29:53
MT @BenjySarlin: By Nov. 2016 we'd be in one of longest economic expansions ever. Even a brief recession could wreck Democrats. 01:36:39
Reading – The Heartbleed Bug Will Lurk in the Internet of Things for Decades (Meghan Neal) http://t.co/PAaqhLmi02 01:44:24
RT @EFF: BREAKING: Heartbleed vulnerability can reliably extract SSL secret keys. Attack demonstrated by @indutny. https://t.co/OALORORxyA 02:05:29
MT @declanm: FedGov: вЂњUnless there is clear NatSec or law enforcement need.вЂќ But there’s *always* such a need, right? http://t.co/CGwjVTfogy 03:44:14
Walking the dog. Saw bright moving object in sky. Said вЂњsatellite!вЂќ Whipped out Star Walk app on iPhone. Yup, ISS flying over! Cool! 05:28:42
Dude, you are slow. They already let the kid go. :-) RT @imbou: Wow!!! Rounding Up Suspects, Pakistan Charges a Baby http://t.co/BLlg1REUTH 15:47:02
Reading – Silicon Valley could force NSA reform, tomorrow. What’s taking so long? (Trevor Timm) http://t.co/T9f4IclI0h 15:57:37
Reading – The Untold Story Of The First Woman To Fly Around The World (Amy Saunders) http://t.co/WnRRaw9Hjj 16:33:36
Still slow. RT @imbou: @abulsme i know they did, but it’s the fact they did it in the first place 16:37:19
RT @imbou: @abulsme bite me! 16:38:33
Reading – Here’s why scientists just published the recipe for superflu (@susannahlocke) http://t.co/rkxllLiMok 16:47:17
Reading – The NSA’s Heartbleed problem is the problem with the NSA (@normative) http://t.co/QbQC2nroZ1 21:28:49

@abulsme tweets from 2014-04-11 (UTC)

Reading – A New Phase In The Torture Debate? (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/qL5k9kE61w 01:56:53
Sick four year old tonight. :-( 04:50:21
Reading – The decline of the mobile web (Chris Dixon) http://t.co/oR7CYYAsP4 05:00:28
My fitbit #Fitstats for 4/10/2014: 1,196 steps and 0.9 km traveled. http://t.co/Hr6wP8d8l5 05:06:00
Reading – The Heartbleed situation just got a lot worse. It also affects routers. (Brian Fung) http://t.co/imvest7KWP 05:39:22
Poor four year old just puked in his sleep. Didn’t even wake up. Not feeling good at all. :-( 06:54:01
Reading – France Didn’t Actually Ban Work Email After 6 PM вЂ” But What Did Happen Is Still Really Funny (Rib Wile) http://t.co/jdhlLrQPYI 15:09:33
Watching – Raw:Shoe Thrown at Hillary Clinton During Speech (AP) https://t.co/DLhkM5COgS 15:14:09
Of course -> Reading – NSA Said to Have Used Heartbleed Bug, Exposing Consumers (Michael Riley) http://t.co/aeAktzwgOg 19:37:55
RT @Atrios: most surprising revelation is that the NSA only has two employees http://t.co/jJ65v7N9iw 19:49:46
MT @phillipanderson: Recap: we pay tens of billions of $ every year to keep us safe. They do this by making sure the internet isn’t secure. 19:52:01
Gov denies NSA knew. -> RT @ZekeJMiller: Full NSC statement on Heartbleed http://t.co/l3eyCXpDTM 20:45:10
True dat -> RT @moody: Rand Paul in New Hampshire on NSA/spying: "Hillary Clinton's as bad or worse on all these issues." 22:14:34
RT @normative: Gov'ts denial that NSA knew about Heartbleed doesn't even include any obviously ambiguous weasels language. Huh. 22:54:00
[Abulpost] Curmudgeon's Corner: A Town that Sucks http://t.co/53GCJW5Qyz 23:06:45

Curmudgeon’s Corner: A Town that Sucks

In the latest Curmudgeon’s Corner Sam and Ivan talk about:

Letterman / TV Habits
Cuban Twitter
Heartbleed

Recorded on 10 Apr 2014

Length this week – 1:08:28


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@abulsme tweets from 2014-04-10 (UTC)

Reading – Iran not getting sanctions relief it was promised (@barbaraslavin1) http://t.co/1x4zl1nVw4 00:01:07
RT @zunguzungu: BREAKING: NO PART OF THE INTERNET IS SECURE AND YOU CAN’T FIX IT LEARN TO LIVE WITH EXISTENTIAL FAILURE AND UNCERTAINTY 00:53:15
My fitbit #Fitstats for 4/09/2014: 8,664 steps and 6.5 km traveled. http://t.co/Hr6wP8d8l5 01:02:22
Reading – Why GOP Wins In 2014 Could Mean A Democratic President In 2016 (Dylan Scott) http://t.co/dbYfrlnz3p 13:12:45
Reading – Inside the Holy Grail of 9/11 documents (Marc Ambinder) http://t.co/xnL3jvXtVV 15:02:28
Reading – There Isn’t a Secret Majority Supporting Obamacare (Harry Enten) http://t.co/8pjQP647JO 15:14:02
Reading – Thank God the Murrysville School Attack Wasn’t Guns (Michael Daly) http://t.co/vl7OwHN9ee 15:27:06
Simple non-technical description -> Reading – How does the heartbleed attack work? (Timothy B. Lee) http://t.co/v2v8xhg54x 15:32:07
He *should* be able to without fear. We shall see… -> Reading – Glenn Greenwald Is Coming To America (Tom Kludt) http://t.co/dqtEdlKrRv 16:07:25
Yeah, yeah. Colbert. Will this dominate my twitter feed all day, or just for the next hour or so? 16:13:00
Reading – The ideological middle is dead in Congress. Really dead. (Chris Cillizza) http://t.co/XB7xDbmlda 20:27:06
MT @feliciaday: There is a great hole 2b filled for fashion/hairstyle apps.This area should be no brainer but stuff out there is SO CRAPPY. 20:35:49
.@feliciaday But, butвЂ¦ Toca Hair Salon 2! http://t.co/YEhdHWBzJX :-) in reply to feliciaday 20:36:09
Reading – The вЂGospel of Jesus’s Wife’ Is Real: What Now? (Emma Green) http://t.co/9FYWA0kyn5 20:52:32
Reading – Man who introduced serious 'Heartbleed' security flaw denies he inserted it deliberately (Ben Grubb) http://t.co/aIKA4z49LW 21:23:00
Reading – How to start a Super PAC because you can (Colby Itkowitz) http://t.co/QK7HpIdl3e 21:31:26
Reading – Colbert Was CBS’ вЂLate Show’ Guy Since 2012 вЂ” And Yes, He’ll Keep the Name (Josh Dickey) http://t.co/Eqc6GOAJxH 21:40:20
Reading – Karen Gillan’s Hair Will Appear In Star Wars: Episode VII (Rob Bricken) http://t.co/npPldhMdpX 21:47:12
Work me said something again -> Can I use multiple AWS Accounts with SES? https://t.co/0R7QISVrzM 23:26:35
RT @explanoit: вЂњBut NSA, why would you want to record and store everyone’s SSL traffic? It’s gibberish.вЂќ A few months later: вЂњOh.вЂќ 23:30:50

@abulsme tweets from 2014-04-09 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 4/08/2014: 5,489 steps and 4.1 km traveled. http://t.co/Hr6wP8d8l5 00:01:34
Reading – Exclusive: U.S. Won’t Share Invasion Intel With Ukraine (Eli Lake) http://t.co/mXcKQJjtsM 00:27:17
[Abulpost] A Ladder for Ivan's Beep http://t.co/EanoUPNqJB 03:11:20
RT @ThatsEarth: The kitten color printer ran out of ink mid job. http://t.co/ny33hoqTQG 03:35:33
Reading – The Heartbleed Bug, explained (Timothy B. Lee) http://t.co/Hh0jt36E0p 05:19:17
Reading – The Jeb Bush follies (Greg Sargent) http://t.co/HvI6hwnCLy 05:46:39
Reading – Advocacy graphics (junkcharts) http://t.co/pOhEhX32PS 06:08:11
Reading – Heartbleed (xkcd) http://t.co/UtURT7quyo 06:10:31
Reading – Faucet Power (Randall Monroe) http://t.co/PSk0johleV 06:16:50
Reading (from January) – "Lost" New England Revealed by High-Tech Archaeology (Dan Vergano) http://t.co/sJYrnnpRkr 12:53:18
Reading – Everyone's getting excited about US oil independence. Not so fast. (Brad Plumer) http://t.co/Jr4OqBaPRZ 13:02:50
Reading – Brennan must defend CIA’s terrorist interrogation program (Marc A. Thiessen) http://t.co/KopwpYTOlN 13:12:51
Oops. RT @JGreenDC: Pro tip: John Hancock didn't sign the Constitution http://t.co/ENJtOxZF2c 16:08:54
That’s what happens ya know! RT @RQDammit: @abulsme @ThatsEarth lmao….stealin dis here! 18:41:42
Really Ivan? No. No it doesn’t. :-) RT @imbou: @abulsme @JGreenDC ok but that looks like the deceleration of independence, isn't it? 18:42:19
RT @JGreenDC: @imbou @abulsme the top of it is the Preamble to the Constitution 18:42:41
Checking very closely I am sure. :-) RT @imbou: @JGreenDC @abulsme ok, just checking! 18:42:59
Reading – Major bug called вЂHeartbleed’ exposes Internet data (Lindsey Bever) http://t.co/MaoxW3eYjx 19:32:28
Reading – Facebook Is Forcing All Users To Download Messenger By Ripping Chat Out Of Its Main Apps (@joshconstine) http://t.co/DZlBfPyXTh 19:37:03
Reading – Heartbleed (Bruce Schneier) https://t.co/P4Lzm4wsKQ 19:50:33
Nice explanation, with code. -> Reading – Attack of the week: OpenSSL Heartbleed (Matthew Green) http://t.co/zis6sc5QF5 19:55:29
Reading – Did Al Gore invent the internet? (Timothy B. Lee) http://t.co/7Zz6GObRFC 21:07:09
This. -> Reading – Dear parents, you are being lied to. (Jennifer Raff) http://t.co/HKrEe7qykP 21:17:00
Reading – Yes, the SEC was colluding with banks on CDO prosecutions (Felix Salmon) http://t.co/BehKO2BTcr 23:41:17
Reading – The Real Threat From The Heartbleed Security Flaw Is The NSA (Charlie Warzel) http://t.co/c6l6sgiHq2 23:50:32

A Ladder for Ivan’s Beep

Nice new ladder. 22 feet when fully extended. Less in other modes. Enough for our needs in any case. But it will probably still be months until I actually unwrap it and get to changing the battery on that smoke detector that Ivan complains about every few weeks on the podcast. :-)

@abulsme tweets from 2014-04-08 (UTC)

My fitbit #Fitstats for 4/07/2014: 8,778 steps and 6.5 km traveled. http://t.co/Hr6wP8d8l5 01:02:05
Reading – Can Vox win the news by being a better Wikipedia? (E.A. Weiss) http://t.co/I5VDQlP6Sg 02:25:59
Reading – Here Are 25 Kids That Gave Absolutely Brilliant Answers On Their Tests. (ViralNova) http://t.co/CML9vQwhdI 04:33:45
Already? -> New 'Battlestar Galactica' movie will completely reimagine the sci-fi tale (Rich McCormick) http://t.co/RCZOLUk9SS 05:32:19
[Abulpost] Alex's First Chess Game http://t.co/LODG1p9eU2 07:50:12
Reading (from April 2013) – Jon Will’s gift (George Will) http://t.co/skqjqpiijk 15:03:23
Reading – Inequality is highest in Democratic districts (Ezra Klein) http://t.co/FqGY8EoDoO 16:21:37
Reading – The depth of the problem (WaPo) http://t.co/vjYs2UbCVy 16:25:56
Reading – No, That’s NOT an Artificial Light on Mars (Phil Plait) http://t.co/0tA8z8DWgj 17:17:30

Alex’s First Chess Game

So Alex grabbed my iPad, as he often does, and this time I happened to be looking at a chess program at the time. So he decided to play. He didn’t know the rules or the objective, but if he tapped a piece, it showed the legal moves it could make. So he played a game.

[Date “2014.04.07”]
[White “Alex Minter”]
[Black “tChess Pro (iPad) – Difficulty 565”]
[Result “0-1”]
[TimeControl “300”]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 e6 3. f4 Bd7 4. f5 exf5 5. g4 f4 6. g5 Qxg5 7. Nh3 Qd8 8. Bg2 d4
9. Ng5 Nc6 10. Nh3 Nxe5 11. Ng1 Bc5 12. Ne2 f5 13. Nec3 dxc3 14. Bxb7 cxb2 15.
Be4 Qh4+ 16. Kf1 Qf2# 0-1

Obviously he lost. But hey! Next time we’ll start explaining what you are actually supposed to try to do and such. :-)

@abulsme tweets from 2014-04-07 (UTC)

Reading – Welcome to Vox: a work in progress (Klein/Bell/Yglesias) http://t.co/VfQMHtBCdN 00:37:40
Reading – 6:00pm Update: Fatal Car vs. Motorcycle Crash Shuts Down Evergreen Way ( http://t.co/5yXGysYXC8 ) http://t.co/AkOMWrRFi7 01:01:37
My fitbit #Fitstats for 4/06/2014: 5,642 steps and 4.2 km traveled. http://t.co/Hr6wP8d8l5 01:01:50
Discussed elsewhere before, but still important -> Reading – How politics makes us stupid (Ezra Klein) http://t.co/accCXCWZwY 02:33:08
Reading – Jeb Bush: If I Run, I’ll Smash The Tea Party (Breaking News USA) http://t.co/ELpmSMERgp 03:54:51
Reading – The Quality Of Mercy (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/gbG21NGtWV 04:04:30
Reading – In the вЂcredentials caucus,’ GOP’s 2016 hopefuls study policy and seek advisers (Rucker/Costa) http://t.co/OZGN7HmIWH 04:24:53
Reading (from January) – Study says Americans’ butter consumption has hit a 40-year high (Nick Vadala) http://t.co/atEYL4RZwE 14:37:03
Reading – StoreDot's Nanodot bio-organic nanochrystals will charge you phone in 30 s flat… in 2016 (Daniel Rubino) http://t.co/iAs0GjhSsJ 14:42:17
:-/ -> The less Americans know about Ukraine’s location the more they want U.S. to intervene (Dropp/Kertzer/Zeitzoff) http://t.co/Hok4Fbswu6 14:49:40
I was looking! MT @reckless: Interesting how many people are asking for the full @voxdotcom RSS feed. It’s right here http://t.co/XueT3Po0oS 14:57:58

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