It’s Groundhog Day in the state of Missouri. Much like the Bill Murray film of the same name, events have repeated themselves for the state’s football franchises. It is remarkable then, that the key to a Lombardi trophy for two teams on opposite sides of the state across two generations arose not from a midwest wheat field, but the streets of Philadelphia. Continue reading
Charlie E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense (1953-1957) as shown on cover illustration of Time Magazine.
This Groundhog’s Day I revisit the Senate Armed Forces Committee 1953 confirmation hearing of highly-paid General Motors CEO, “Engine” Charles E. Wilson. How different are today’s governmental ethics concerns from those of our grandparents? Continue reading
As we make plans this New Year’s Eve to bid farewell to 2016, we’re continually beleaguered by headlines concerning cyber attacks. The stories range from the latest allegations of Russian malware found on a Vermont utility’s computer, to leaked e-mails ahead of the U.S. Presidential Election, and you could even include Apple’s refusal earlier this year to furnish U.S. Government law enforcement agencies with a backdoor they insisted upon to enable encrypted data access. Cybersecurity must go down as one of the leading themes of 2016, and likely will go on to concern us for years to come.
That’s why we should take a moment to recognize a most important development within the information security community during 2016: the publication of the Subresource Integrity (SRI) recommendation by the W3C. Continue reading
I was paying a return visit to a local Safeway supermarket to buy a refreshing refreshe Apple Cider sparkling water to take sanctuary from the oppressive heat outside this afternoon. I was hopeful of scoring a powerful discount on two bottles because I had received a 50 cent off coupon (if you buy 2) earlier that day. My story turned to sour apples at the self-checkout kiosk. Continue reading
A hamburger takes 634 gallons (2400 liters) of water to make. That’s enough water to make more than six bathtubs overflow!
How can a 1/3rd lb. (150 gram) hamburger patty, special sauce, lettuce, tomato all on a sesame-seed bun take so much water to produce, you ask? Since you can’t squeeze that much water out of your hamburger, it’s reasonable you should ask. Today is World Water Day, so I’m going to take a look at this question myself. Continue reading
Within the past two years, numerous state legislatures have passed benefit corporation legislation and had it signed into law. Following a PBS NewsHour report by Paul Solman this evening, I decided to take a closer look at these new-to-the-scene corporate entities. Are they really a sustainable answer to capitalist greed incorporated? Continue reading
Hello everybody, and welcome to my blog, Loresayer.com. This blog is born as we are all entering a promising new year, 2012, our eyes looking forward full of hopes and dreams.
Sometime ago I was challenged by the WordPress installation prompt to give a name to associate with my blog, and I was profoundly at a loss. People will have the names of their children picked out well in advance, but when you put them on-the-spot to name the virtual spigot of their mind they suddenly go mute. I’ve had ideas for blogs in the past, for instance when I worked at Infragistics I had called my blog, “Changing the world, one pattern at a time.” Nonetheless, I was at a momentary loss of words when it came to defining what I wanted this blog to say about me. Continue reading