Who Are You? Securing Your Online Identity
Who Are You? Securing Your Online Identity Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus Another trip in the nostalgia machine takes us to 1978 when these song lyrics made their debut: Who are you? Who, who, who, who? Who are you? Who, who, who, who? […]
Risky Business
Risky Business Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus What do the words ‘avoidance’, ‘management’, ‘assessment’, and ‘taker’ have in common? They are often paired with the word risk. We all face risks every day. When we drive our car, if we get on an […]
Water Striders, Scuba Divers, and Submersibles
Water Striders, Scuba Divers, and Submersibles Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus Water Striders, Scuba Divers, and Submersibles My wife and I enjoy scuba diving. One of the main differences between scuba diving and swimming is that scuba divers go well below the surface […]
How Long Have You Lived Here?
How Long Have You Lived Here? Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus When we have a conversation with someone who we are getting to know, one of the questions we might ask is “How long have you lived here?”. Their answer cues us in […]
Teach a Man to Phish…
Teach A Man to Phish Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus Teach a man to phish… I don’t go fishing myself. When I was much younger I used to fish. One time while we were camping, I went fishing for bluegill. One of the […]
Zero Trust and Social Capital
Zero Trust and Social Capital Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus You would have to be almost completely removed from any use of computers to have missed all the coverage of the SolarWinds attack and all the subsequent fallout. The effects of that attack […]
Elephants, Pigeons, and Anchovies
Elephants, Pigeons, and Anchovies Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus The Psychiatrist was escorting a patient from one Psychiatric Hospital to another. They were traveling by train, and the Psychiatrist was intrigued to see the patient tearing up bits of paper and throwing them out […]
I Have a Code
I Have A Code Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus No, I don’t have a ‘cold’ with a stuffy nose. I have a code for you. …. – – .–. … —… -..-. -..-. …- . .-. -.– .-.-.- -… .- -.. .-.-.- ..- […]
It’s All YOUR Fault!
It’s All YOUR Fault! Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus When things go wrong, this may be the sequence of events: Search for the guilty Punishment of the innocent Praise for the uninvolved You may recognize those steps as the last three of six phases […]
How Much Time Do You Have?
How Much Time Do You Have? Riverbank Ruminations; Observations from The Banks of The Technology River Tom Evans ~ Ashton Engineer Emeritus As you get older, time goes by more quickly. The technical reason is that when you are 5, a year is 20% of your life. When you are 70 it is only […]
