Migrating for Spring

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Official Transcript of the Concession Speech

Well folks, it’s been a long hard fight and we’ve been working like dogs.  It’s been a long fight, a fight the good fight.  We’ve fought the good fight, and we came out with our best effort.  We gave it our best, and it seems our best was just not good enough.

In the beginning, there was The Blade

In the beginning, there was the Blade.  The man saw the Blade, and the Blade was good.

The man said, ‘Ug.  Good.’  The Blade was One and it was straight.  At times the Blade dulled but could be coaxed back to attention with a leather rub.  And the Blade was then returned to its wits, its uncanny ability, able to parry any follicle.

There Are Just Too Many Damn Passwords

Too many passwords, too little time.
Too easy to forget.
If there are too many passwords, doesn’t it follow that we have too many places and things that are demanding our private attention?

Current password requirements on my list of things to forget:

1. Home email
2. Mac mail
3. Work email
4. Work computer login (Windows)
5. Home computer login (Mac)
6. Property Management software login
7. Real estate site
8. Multiple listing site
9. Instanet (online contract management)
10. General Electric Lockbox settings
11. Voicemail at work
12. Voicemail on cellphone
13. Bank login
14. Business bank login
15. Credit check login
16. Facebook
17. Band advertising (Sonicbids)
18. Personal website
19. Netflix

And then calculate that most of these sites want some type of “strong” password that entails a capital letter, a number, and at least six characters.
I tried to use fluffy123 for everything as Dr. K. prescribed but it didn’t work.  It wasn’t a strong enough password.
I also tried “password” as the password but that was already taken.

20. Skype login.

21. Twitter!  (Can’t forget that one.  So useful to post those 1-line zingers!)

If I had a key for each of these passwords I would have a key ring that weighed 1/2 a pound!  My key ring would more noise than a belly dancer strutting to the dance floor.  My key ring would tear a hole in my pocket.

Why not have a black book locked away in the safe for all the passwords, like Ritter in “Clear and Present Danger”?  Jack Ryan small talked Ritter about playing tennis while Ryan was cracking into Ritter’s terminal: “Jack, computer theft is a serious crime.”

And don’t forget the PIN numbers.  They count as passwords also.

1. Bank/debit card.
2. Business bank debit card.
3. 2nd business bank/debit card.

Where is the technology solution to this technological solution of protection?  Where is the finger print reader attachment for all keyboards?  Where is the webcam/retina scanner?  Where is the voice activated, voice verification computing device?

The wordpress printing press is warming up.

The printing press is gearing up.  Bandaz Begs to Differ is coming back to action.  Stay tuned.

Time

There’s always something that is occupying one’s time. There’s always some reason that one just does not have enough of the unit of time to complete some task.

At the start of this new year, without committing to a resolution, I am hoping that I can commit to giving the counter productive work a balancing act of time to the productive work.

What is it about having time versus having “the” time to do something that keeps us occupied?

It’s a new year. It’s 2010. It’s all about time.

The year of the Tiger.  The year to take the time to evaluate a situation, stalk it, then pounce on the task with full effort.