Just signed up for FourSquare.... as some of you are discovering. So, will be 4squaring from Japan in 2011.

Dropping iPhone for the HTC Desire..... nice phone! Going Android....

Came by this blogpost this morning... http://ping.fm/EKq7J Help! I am turning into my father! Wakup call.

Just updated the WorkPapers blog.... http://ping.fm/C4Yoy Updated the web app and desktop app - almost time for a break!!

MailChimp rocks!!

And yes.... it's official. GMail is down in the Kanto area in Japan.

Hmmm.... parts of GMail seem to be down. Cannot access my super-reliable Google corporate service account.

Just finished a web training meeting on WorkPapers. Will post the transcript on the web site. Silent, but constructive. http://ow.ly/3evWS

Just decided to give HootSuite Pro a spin for 30 days.... or more.

Just finished a series of training videos for WorkPapers and added a training page. On! on! Busy! http://ping.fm/oAGKx

Up early... Off work today. Checking out Google Apps integration and OAuth again.
http://workpapers.pro

Taking a writing break and researching Google Apps integration....

Just updated the web site... now official! WorkPapers desktop application with one-year web app subscription http://workpapers.pro $119.50!

Just updated the WorkPapers blog. We reduced the price to $119.50 including desktop license and web application access. http://ow.ly/3b24j

Done with another release of the software, doing licensing, promotions, sales, trial versions, and all that fun stuff. http://workpapers.pro

Booo! to Facebook for leaking so much private information to advertisers. Another good WSJ investigative journalism example.

Booo! to Facebook for leaking so much private information to advertisers. Another good WSJ investigative journalism example. Wonder if I'll get cut-off?

Booo! to Facebook for leaking so much private information to advertisers. Another good WSJ investigative journalism example. Wonder if I'll get cut-off?

And .... this morning Gmail is down here.... Hmmmm. Yesterday it was Google search.

Hmm.... Google is down here.

Just connected a magic trackpad to my PC!!

Hmmm.... is linkedin really worth an additional 24.95 per month?

Looking for a collaboration programmer. Preferably J-E bilingual based in Japan to do workpapers.pro and other projects together. DM if int

Just updated my blog... argument for why Java is NOT dead. http://sysrisk.com
But... it really is up to Oracle.

That was the smoothest production system update ever completed! Cheers to thorough testing...http://workpapers.pro

Trying out IE 9 Beta.... workpapers.pro displays great in the new interface. looks like MS will finally create a standards-compliant browser

Tweaked my webapp to (mostly) work with IE6. Sheesh! People, Upgrade! Get a real browser. http://workpapers.pro Next is the ipad app!

Went through all of my legacy realbasic code and updated the desktop software. Next is desktop integration. http://ow.ly/2CAKg

Just released an update to WorkPapers.Pro.... more details here. http://ping.fm/GDyVq

Wired's 'The Web Is Dead' article this month is a little mis-titled.... Should be 'Search Is Dead'... I think.

Just updated the WorkPapers.Pro blog. Making a case for a GTD approach to/as an audit process.
http://ping.fm/ilAB0

Might be time to start blocking chunks of China IP blocks... http://sysrisk.com

Just completed a good workout - 250 reps - 5 machines, 5 sets, 10 reps each... then swam one kilometer... http://workpapers.pro

Done with a bunch of PR, site optimization, tweaking, and cross-linking.... back to coding.
http://workpapers.pro

Figured out how to use Google site search without all the logos...

Training video for the best audit workpapers tool on the 'net.... http://ow.ly/2yj4w
It's .mov format, youtube here.. http://ow.ly/2yj59

Just added a CheckPoint Firewall review template to the WorkPapers collection.... http://workpapers.pro

Hmmmm.... waking up and sipping coffee. Pondering some of my slurred twits from last night.

Just updated the web site with a new, shiny skin.... check out the latest greatest audit and GTD tool on the 'net... http://workpapers.pro

Just finished PDF and RTF export on WorkPapers.Pro... now users have 100% data portability. Now to custom reporting... http://workpapers.pro

hmmmm.... アクビ、、、コーヒー、ティプネスのスケジュールをみています。

Reading Web Analytics 2.0 on the Kindle for iPad. Good start... so far.

P. Allen is nucking futs!! The judge that even gives the case any merit is same. Patent wars is just going a bit too far. http://ow.ly/2w1Eb

We've known about this one for a while.... and it's only now that MS is recognizing the weakness?
http://ow.ly/2ugXB

Added a couple more templates to the collection. http://ping.fm/N9JH3
Added an HR, Payroll temp. and an AR review temp.

Just uploaded a basic application security review template... check it out. WorkPapers.Pro http://ping.fm/FHWqA

Some people write books to stay maintain thought leadership.... I write software.

Released a new software audit template for WorkPapers.Pro. Available here:
http://ping.fm/M5jYS

Read more on that here... just updated my blog.
https://sysrisk.com

What's the difference between a private cloud and an intranet? What's the difference between a 'public cloud' and any old internet service?

'the cloud'... not so much a marketing ploy. More of a consulting firm play on something we all are already doing.

http://ow.ly/2mLmj Ummmm, okay. Then I will keep my daughters away from Malaysia for a while.

http://ow.ly/2mJ6h Cool article on an analysis of 22 million tweets performed by HP.

http://ow.ly/2mIZD This is a good synopsis of the '@' generation from Slashdot. I agree with this as I see younger coders bud.

Words of Wisdom.....
Develop on a Mac, test/release on a PC - Internet Exploder will kill you every time.
https://workpapers.pro

iPad+Kindle app .... rocking combination.

The WSJ ipad app is so cool, that I'm not sure which purchase was more important - the ipad or the WSJ subscription??

Looks like corporate implementations of salesforce really twist it's great features into something nobody wants to use.... I'm sticking with contact manager tied to adwords. Nothing more.

Fairly certain social networking is here to stay. Certainly know I'll be using it going forward, interesting article here... http://ow.ly/29Ug3

Having an iPad 3G is turning out to be a very distracting thing.... very surprised at the number of apps. Besides programming, can get almost everything done on it.

Finally....released WorkPapers Web Edition... blog about it here and review a couple of cool OS X applications. http://sysrisk.com

Many thanks to all who visit my blog and use my software.... just posted a short blurb about a zip password recovery tool. http://sysrisk.com

Just posted a few new blog messages at http://sysrisk.com .... including an update on WorkPapers web version release. Whoo hooo!

Just completed a long coding session. Rocking! Tied Outlook Web Access to GMail.... cooool! OWA is a downer.

http://ow.ly/1RVNs This is interesting.... looks like an iphone PIN code doesn't mean much any more.

Hmmmm..... Google hacked? Again? I suddenly cannot access any Google Groups. Just me?

Hmmmm..... Google hacked? Again? I suddenly cannot access any Google Groups. Just me?

Wow! Time to update the blog.... it's been about four weeks since the last posting. And, the weather got warm since the last posting....

Have been ensconced in programming for the past four weeks.... coming up for a breather after a milestone release.... Whoot! Whoot!

Google Apps wins out over Microsoft for City of Los Angeles bid.... http://ow.ly/1EpjT . Another 'cloudy' SLA and data handling agreement?

Playing Othello with my younger daughter.... the weather turned for the better.

Drizzly day in Tokyo.... made my way into Shinjuku early this AM. Gonna be another long, fun day!!

Doing a Q2 update of goals, cleanup, re-integration of all the apps and re-focusing.... good, fun stuff. Garbage can gets full.

Doing a deep dive on javascript security....again. http://ow.ly/1yaSD

SalesForce rocks!! I am loving filthy rich web 2.x applications.
back in the early '90's people thought I was crazy!

Interesting to see how the rich web and enterprise apps are most javascript and the fun chat/play apps are PHP... PHP gonna die soon?

Just update my blog. Hard at work on the next release of WorkPapers and WorkPapers Web. See the projects tab for info. http://sysrisk.com

TGIF!! Got three nice projects starting.... all at once. Will be travelling a bit more too. Looks like a pull-up is starting. Budgets R back

So who you gonna believe? Vietnam government or Google? http://ow.ly/1vlTc

Stuck in another 'reliable' Japanese train .... ;-)

Congressman worried about Guam tipping and sinking into the water if too many people go there.
http://ow.ly/1tsoB

GoDaddy - no more domains for China. http://ow.ly/1r5SM Not succumbing to almost impossible gov't registration req.

Just posted a quick and quicker way of installing MySQL on OSX here http://sysrisk.com Enjoy and comment, please!

Just the blog. This week about Java, DMCA, Win AD, and ranting about somebody trying to steal my software name. http://sysrisk.com . Enjoy!

Back from a 3-day weekend... spent a lot of time figuring out RPC and database access in Java and GWT.

Major winds and rain in Yokohama today. Hope the antenna hangs in there.

Hmmm.... wondering if the Oracle investment in MySQL has anything to do with the fact that the so-called 'open' database is not readily downloadable any more. Probably time to give PostgreSQL a chance....

http://ow.ly/1nb39 North Korea's gotta pay Somali pirates.

Preventive Security and Statisticians http://sysrisk.com

Rules are rules... if you enforce them, enforce them. No exceptions.

And Japanese will look at you and insist that is not racist treatment.... pff!

Showed up to a training 10 min late this mrng and was asked to leave. 3 Japanese showed up after me and still there. Hell is going to rain.

Anti-Gay senator comes out of the closet!! http://ow.ly/1fPvl

Body scanner... pffff who needs it! Just XRay the globe. http://ow.ly/1fPt3

Automobiles still accelerating even after recalled. Now Toyota has the gall to dispute research.... http://ow.ly/1fPcg In denial!!

Cisco to make major announcement on Tuesday... to forever change the internet. Well, it's Tuesday morning here. http://ow.ly/1fOVm

http://ow.ly/1fpMr Facebook founder hacked competition emails. Look for more about this... Zucker has upset alot of people on way to top.

Just posted another rant about preventive security and the Google hacking on my blog... enjoy and please comment!! http://sysrisk.com

http://ow.ly/1evZ1 Google fearing the next Google... interesting article.

http://ow.ly/1evQe Toyota vehicle black boxes are closed so that no one can read crash information. Time to wake up and smell the coffee!!

Anybody else besides me think the acceleration problem can be something more complex and electronic, perhaps RFI? http://ow.ly/1dXg0

10 Tips for Developing an Information Security and Risk Management Strategy
http://ow.ly/1dVlZ

http://ow.ly/1dx7s The new version of phishing - Spear Phishing. This is a brazen attack on sys admins.

Backpack hydroelectric plant - cool for the mountains. http://ow.ly/1dudY

Ten to the 27th power to be dubbed 'Hella'... now that's funny. http://ow.ly/1dqBc

Logic design engineering game... for the real geeks out there. http://ow.ly/1dqyx

http://ow.ly/1bvBm This was an interesting read. Microsoft Sever Waledec Botnet

http://ow.ly/1bsd3 This is so fateful.... the comments below the article almost put me in stitches.

Great article on Internet Freedom and censorship circumvention systems.... http://ow.ly/1aA2p

http://ow.ly/1azFO Attacks on grid systems to increase as technology propagates.

http://ow.ly/1az2G Annoying Orange morning...

http://ow.ly/1ayk8 Getting back to basics with Saltzer & Schroeder. Good article on these most fundament. comp. security principles...

FTC Probe Uncovers Widespread Data Breaches Via P2P http://ow.ly/1axOP Interesting read. Especially, the PPI leakage and the non-compliance

Wondering if the Chinese Gov't will pull a CYA and prosecute the accused Google hacker.... in due time.... http://ow.ly/1adms

Remains of the Day: The Day Credit Cards Change Edition - Remainders - Lifehacker http://ow.ly/1adjH A good synopsis of all that is happen'n

Here's one we mashed together with random photos and some AC/DC music.... http://ow.ly/19MaM

Here's one we mashed together with random photos and some AC/DC music.... http://ow.ly/19MaM

Now this is pretty cool. My daughter just showed it to me.... Animoto - http://ow.ly/19M5p

Getting Stuck On The Road In Japan - JAF To The Rescue

Late last night a friend of mine called to explain that another friend was stuck by the highway down toward Disneyland on the outskirts of Tokyo. So far, I have not had this issue, but can certainly say that I fear the day it comes along. Even if you speak the language, the roads are an unfriendly place to leave your car until the next morning, since the side margins do not offer a lot of room. Just leaving your car and picking it up promptly the next morning will most likely result in citation and an expensive impounding.
The first thing I did when receiving the call was to look-up JAF and see if they had an English web site since my friend does not speak, much less read, Japanese. I went to this web site  and on the far left there is an English PDF file that explains JAF services in Japan for members and non-members alike. It also lists the phone numbers to call when you need help, however in good Japanese fashion, it's not on the first page or listed in an intuitive and dominant placement that you would want in an emergency.
JAF answered the phone and promptly passed the request onto a good English speaker that managed to get a JAF tow vehicle to the scene in less than an hour.

Pixels Really Don't Matter

I started this blog as a photo blog about three years ago, but it has gradually grown into a Japan chronicle as well as photos. This particular posting is about pictures. Over the last couple months I have seen some beautiful pictures snapped with iphones - my own and other peoples. I have to admit that it is not always the equipment, but the location, timing, and framing of a scene that is most important in getting a good shot.

This picture, for example does it all for me. Ranked as one of the best Mt. Fuji shots that I have taken. Enjoy.... comment.

Finally Gotta Personal Posterous Page

> Customized my Posterous domain to http://kirt.cathey.us.com Pretty > cool, eh?

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