Woodward and Bernstein have promised not to reveal the identity of their Watergate informant, “Deep Throat,” until he or she dies. Part of the deal was that Woodward and Bernstein would pen the obituary, revealing the identity of the person as well as more of the story than has been previously revealed. Per W & [...]
Kate was to fly out yesterday on a pair of United flights, one from MHT -> IAD, and one from IAD -> SFO, much like the pair of flights I travelled on. United was kind enough to phone our house at 6 a.m. yesterday and deliver an automated message that the flight from IAD -> [...]
I’m in a giant underground room with several thousand people. Swirling Varilights and intellibeams are lighting the crowd with flickering, rainbow colors. Giant video screens display the featured entertainer, and throbbing techno music is hitting my ears like a parade of rum-drunk sponges. I feel like I’m at a rave. Except the “featured entertainer” is [...]
I’m at the keynote address for the RSA Security conference, in San Francisco. I haven’t gone to a non-USENIX conference in several years, and the crowd here is definitely more suity. Hardly any of the grungy-unix-hacker vibe I’ve gotten used to, but I’m very curious to see how the (marketing) differences (Microsoft advertising) manifest themselves [...]
I’m flying to San Francisco today for a security conference. In my bag: Current issues of The Atlantic and Harpers Books: “Mirror, Mirror,” by Gregory Maguire “Light,” by M. John Harrison DVDs: Ghost World The Triplets of Belleville Games on my laptop: Lux Escape Velocity TV on my laptop: First two eps of Carnivale, Season [...]