Once upon a time as a student I wandered the empty, dark and wet streets of London in search of coffee. No place seemed to serve the stuff I had become accustomed to in America. How was I expected to work through the night without a pot of hot black coffee? A lonley Dunkin Donuts … Continue reading Pu-erh Tea – the New Black Coffee
yesterday in my presentation at UNITED Security Summit i offered to drop my presentation on defending the virtual environment and instead speak on the crisis in US foreign policy and attacks on US citizens in north africa. the audience seemed surprised but i wasn’t kidding. to strike a balance i tried to blend the two … Continue reading infosec insights on the benghazi attack
An America’s Cup meterologist has posted his weather prediction on the team blog The strong w-sw sea breeze that caused the damage on Saturday moderated early in the week, but by Thursday – first race day for Dean Barker and crew – it will be back to its boat-breaking best. Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) … Continue reading Wind Predictions for AC45 Races
Mike Greenfield has some really insightful things to say on his blog about big data statistical risk and the difficulty in predicting human behavior. Take for example his experience with starting a company, which proved how dangerous it was to rely on a sole supplier. So Facebook acted rationally, optimizing for their own best interests … Continue reading Dangers in Predicting the Future With Data