Sunday, February 28, 2016

Cheese-stuffed pizza pretzels


Cheese-Stuffed Pizza Pretzels
Posted by Tasty on Thursday, January 14, 2016

I saw this on Facebook when I was hungry and wanted to share it here.  Not only does it look like a tasty treat, the video showing how to make it is nothing short of brilliant.

Honoring Young Wyatt Pope, Cancer Fighter

After taking second-place in a qualifier wrestling tournament in Douglasville, Georgia yesterday my grandson purchased a T-shirt in honor of fellow wrestler, 7-year-old Wyatt Pope, who's doing battle with cancer.  I had not heard about Wyatt until my grandson acquired the T-shirt and formed a "W" with his hands and showed me the #wywystrong hashtag on his sleeve.


Wyatt "the Incredible Hulk" Pope #wywystrong
Wyatt is a second-year wrestler at Level Up wrestling center in Marietta, Georgia.  The son of Chuck and Carrie Pope, Wyatt has three brothers who also wrestle at Level Up: Gavin, Kaden, and twin brother Colton.  See this page to support Wyatt in his battle against cancer.

The "W" shows his support, as does the #wywystrong on his sleeve













Video: Will this Atlas someday shrug?


Sunday, February 21, 2016

Apple vs. FBI




JOHN MCAFEE: I'll decrypt the San Bernardino iPhone

"So here is my offer to the FBI. I will, free of charge, decrypt the information on the San Bernardino phone, with my team. We will primarily use social engineering, and it will take us three weeks. If you accept my offer, then you will not need to ask Apple to place a back door in its product, which will be the beginning of the end of America.


"If you doubt my credentials, Google cybersecurity legend and see whose name is the only name that appears in the first 10 results out of more than a quarter of a million."
The insane life of former fugitive and eccentric cybersecurity legend John McAfee



CNBC interviewed McAfee.   He makes a critical point: The FBI is not asking for a way to get the information on a locked and encrypted iPhone.  It is asking specifically for a back door to the iPhone as a way to get it.  McAfee is offering the FBI a way to get it without a back door.  

Video of the Day – John McAfee Proclaims “An Apple Backdoor is the End of America”



"Apple could have recovered information from the phone had the Apple ID passcode not been changed under orders from the FBI, Apple said. If the phone was taken to a location where it recognized the Wi-Fi network, such as the San Bernardino shooters’ home, it could have easily been backed up to the cloud. The FBI then lied about whose incompetence lead to the mistake.

"In other words, while the FBI is demanding massive changes in how Apple protects your privacy, none of those change would even be necessary if anyone on the government side understood how iCloud works. And these guys want us to believe we can trust them with our data, and indeed, our freedom."

San Bernardino Shooter’s Apple Password Changed While in Government Possession
Peter Van Buren, February 22, 2016

An early George Gershwin song from the musical "Miss 1917"

  Today, February 12,2024, marks the 100th anniversary of the debut of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" in Aeolian Hall in...