I was out early this morning. There were some unclaimed Ingress portals on my map and I wanted to get to them first, since that’s the easiest way for a solo player to rack up some points. And I did. Five portals altogether. Then I started to work my way back home, pausing wherever I … Continue reading Grandma playing Ingress stopped by cops
WordPress bloggers might not have noticed some changes in their dashboards recently. In the menu on the left side, you’ll now find Comments I’ve Made and Omnisearch. Comments I’ve Made brings back the listing of one’s own comments made on other blogs, with any subsequent comments. I, for one, am delighted to see it. Gone is … Continue reading Comments and Omnisearch: Thanks, WordPress
I grabbed this screenshot from the Ingress (game) Intel map last night because I don’t expect to see something like this very often. It was a team effort by Enlightened agents to capture the necessary portals (green dots) and then link them to cover a huge portion of the state of Colorado (borders visible as … Continue reading An ‘Enlightened’ Colorado
Privacy advocates are understandably outraged over yesterday’s revelations of widespread spying on Americans by the Obama administration. Coming on top of last month’s allegations of spying on AP reporters, IRS misdeeds, and Benghazi bungling, it appears more and more as though the wheels have come off the Obama administration. At first it looked as though … Continue reading The wheels have come off the Obama administration
Last month’s post “Password predicaments” generated a lot of discussion on password managers. As a follow-up I refer you to an Ars Technica article that appeared yesterday — “The secret to online safety: Lies, random characters, and a password manager — Or, how to go from ‘123456’ to ‘XBapfSDS3EJz4r42vDUt.’” It’s an in-depth discussion of password managers with detailed explanations of how several of them work. Screenshots are enlightening for those who’ve never used a pw manager. The lengthy article closes with a discussion of strong passwords, passphrases, and how to create them. Lots of great information, even if you aren’t actively shopping for a password manager. It’s never too soon to reexamine your security measures. … Comments »
I was checking out my Ingress Intel map a few days ago and on the COMM I noticed the following remarks: “Anybody else hanging around?”“Nope, just an old lady and her dog.” Just an old lady!? For all they knew, that old lady could have been an L8 enemy agent. Those young geeks playing Ingress … Continue reading Grandma plays Ingress
