Leaky pipes

Last year, at Worldcon, I attended a panel on security where Jim Macdonald said something along the lines of “No matter how secure the pipe is, it leaks at both ends.” The current Frienditto matter illustrates this perfectly. You might trust LJ’s password security, and you might trust your friends not to blab the contents of your friends-locked posts, but if somebody tricks one of them into surrendering his password, that’s it for your security. There’s a reason people say to treat your password like a toothbrush (don’t share it with anyone, get a new one every six months).

Love of chair

WTF? The #1 hit for “papasan chairs” on Google is a negative search result on Lycos? What are they feeding those pigeons?



At least this turned up. It may do. Maybe I’ll stroll up to Tar-zhay tomorrow to see if they’ve got one on display for me to try out. I’m not sure if those legs’ll support my hefty ass.

A big comfy chair and a good light source. A little table next to it for holding a cup of tea or something too. Yeah, that’s what I need.