Daily Archives: July 5, 2024

Protecting Schools

One very common targets for hackers are schools and universities. The latter may have plenty of resources for staff, but often school systems don’t have that same type of budget. In many ways, it’s sad that hackers would target schools … Continue reading

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Set a Runtime Variable in an Azure DevOps Pipeline

Note: I DO NOT recommend this. Any changes to a pipeline should be in code and through a PR. That being said, I know this information is out there and some people need it. The question from a friend was … Continue reading

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Midsummer Fun

Yesterday was Independence Day in the US and a day off for me. Today, I’m back to work. Same for my rocket engineer son, one day off. My wife remembers a few of her companies giving a 4-day weekend when … Continue reading

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A New Word: Symptomania

symptomania – n. the fantasy that there’s some elaborate diagnosis out there that neatly captures the kind of person you are, tying together your many flaws and contradictions into a single theme – which wouldn’t necessarily sort out the mess … Continue reading

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