NSA and Security, Again

Or: What I knew, what I thought I knew, and what I really didn't know. I have, since at least 1999, worked with companies that are internationally distributed.  This means, I regularly have correspondence with people in Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Poland, Singapore and the United Kingdom.  Some of these folks, I have become friends with, so I have had personal correspondence with people in these countries, both paper and electronic....

3 Jul 2013 · 3 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized....

2 Jul 2013 · 1 min · Gary Allen Vollink

No Project Without A Tweet

You should be able to describe your business project in 140 characters or less. I don't have more time than that.   -- @GAVollink I've been following along with a pilot training program that was recently launched where I work.  One section of it is on a project definition framework.  I have never liked this framework, and only today - while responding to the trainer on another inquiry, did I finally understand why....

22 Feb 2013 · 3 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Syntaur Doing It Right

I have an Ensoniq KS-32 keyboard that was released 20 years ago.  I think that mine is only 17 years old, though (I'm the third owner, but I have owned it since 1998).  Anyway, it's a great board, and it has treated me very well for a very long time. There had been a low battery warning for, probably the last 10 years or so.  My response was to just never turn it off, which worked until I had to turn it off for a while....

13 Oct 2012 · 2 min · Gary Allen Vollink