Idiom: The early bird gets the worm. Meaning: Many opportunities are just waiting for the first person to come along and claim them. Idiom: The first penguin is the one that gets eaten. Meaning: Be careful; sometimes there’s a reason everyone else is waiting. Idiom: The last penguin doesn’t get any shrimp. Meaning: If you’re [...]
My brother and I were discussing how sometimes someone asks for your help diagnosing their computer / iPhone / digital clock problem, and you ask them if anything strange happened lately, and they say no. You take it apart and have a look inside, and see burned out capacitors. So you ask “Did this let [...]
The University of Illinois Network Security team offers a computer registration service for campus networked devices. Registering a device used on campus increases the chances that Campus Police (with help from Network Security) can recover the device if it is stolen. I’m a big fan of this service because I wrote it for them. http://www.cites.illinois.edu/security/register/