I have just implemented a whitelist on my phone system. Those of you who are in my address book should notice no change, however those of you who are not will have to step through a hoop to get the call connected. I will say no more than that, but it’s a relatively painless one-time process in order to add another layer of convenience and privacy to my phone system.
Why is Whitelisting Absent from Telephones? :: TechMiso.
…People who are great at something are not so much convinced of their own greatness as mystified at why everyone else seems so incompetent.
via Great Hackers.
It seems obvious, doesn’t it? You keep a ledger of your account transactions, then you reconcile them with the bank’s statement at the end of each month. Simple. Everyone learns this in grade school, right? You do it because you were told to do it. You do it because that’s the way it’s always been.
If necessity is the mother of invention, scarcity is the father of ingenuity.
Just so so so so so so so so so wrong. I had already made it through the Awkward Hall of Fame to this one, and it made me laugh so hard I cried. Normally that would be great but I was backstage in the orchestra pit about to start a number. My snorting was the only sound coming from the pit for about 30 seconds.
Check out their hall of fame while you’re over there.
Saturday Night Special: Bananas « AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com 10/16/2010.
Wow, rough ride.