Posts by Ben Gracewood
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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't, in reply to Russell Brown,
Yup. Cyclists are so terrible right? Always breaking road rules. Like that Yellow Pages employee (and the red car behind them) illegally using the carpool turning lane too.
Bloody drivers. They deserve every injury they get in a car crash. And they should paint their cars hi-vis.
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Same time, same intersection, different wanker:
For the record, I was wearing my fluro-yellow riding shirt both times. For some reason the hi-vis forcefield generator isn't working properly.
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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't, in reply to BenWilson,
Having the bike and controls in view is useful when reviewing footage (seeing braking points etc). Makes for a more interesting video :)
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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't, in reply to Russell Brown,
Far out
Yup. It's only my second commute with the camera. I'm making it a permanent fixture from now on.
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I was wearing my bright fluro yellow riding shirt this morning. For some reason the power of hi-vis didn't stop this bus from running a red light in front of myself and a bunch of kids:
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My mind is boggling at the incompetence from MSD IT in this.
Firstly, public access (web and kiosks) should be completely sandboxed from internal sensitive data. Ideally this should be an "air gap" (no physical connection), but that's not reasonable these days, and firewalls are usually adequate.
Secondly, assuming someone *is* inside you network, how the fuck does a regular, unprivileged account enumerate all these files and servers? Even "system" files like the virtual machine configs?
Either the kiosk login account has system admin privileges (Domain Admin in Microsoft-speak), or EVERY unprivileged account inside MSD has the same access.
I'm not sure which scenario is scarier.
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A) What Thomas said. My immediate reaction is "wow Keith you could end up in a lot of trouble". Bravo!
B) I'm sadly not very surprised. I'm surprised the kiosks can see the data, but I'm not surprised by the shitty internal security. These departments spend hours and millions making sure their users can't access Twitter, but couldn't give a crap if a file server is one click away from unauthorized access.
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Hard News: Dispatches from Summer, in reply to Russell Brown,
I thought the traffic had already gone Christmassy as I drove north over the bridge this morning. Turns out some plonker had a crash and traffic was backed up way up the motorway.
We're off camping (all proper like with a tent and everything) from Boxing Day. Introducing a new generation of Gracewoods to the pleasures of card games under rain-soaked canvas.
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A selection of chopsticks in Shibuya Tokyu Hands. Color and Japan.
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Those Clevedon Buffalo sausages are so incredibly nommy. Picked some up at the Clevedon farmers market a few weeks back, along with some of the best chorizo I’ve ever gobbled.
My chorizo tip: slice thinly, fry in olive oil with some fresh, thinly sliced mushrooms, serve on toast. Sunday morning breakfast of champions. Bacon butty ++.
