“This stance is called ‘Fist Under Elbow.’” “‘Fist Under Elbow?’  That’s it?” “Yes.” “It’s not ‘Monkey Fist Shelters Beneath the Wing of the Phoenix?’” “No.” “It’s not ‘White Crane Feigns a Broken Pinion?’” “No.” “It’s not ‘Monkey Reaches Beneath the Bough for the Peaches of Heaven?” “No.  It’s just ‘Fist Under Elbow.’” “Well, it can’t […]

Bruce Schneier points out that the Internet of Things may well turn out to be the Botnet of Things.  Hackers have started to target routers and modems, which are, it turns out, easier to hack than home computers.  Routers use cheap, generic chips, and the manufacturers who make the actual router tend to use off-the-shelf […]

My 99 cent sale for Brig of War is going along nicely.   Got down– or is it up?— to #67 with Barnes & Noble and #115 at Amazon, and because I can look up sales figures I know what those numbers actually mean in terms of ebooks sold.  So that’s good. Though, sadly, because I […]

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