Oh. It’s after midnight. Explanations must wait. Gone.
Peril-sensitive sunglasses FTW.
Mobile: Heading up to North Beach [?] for dinner. Attention very limited ‘cos, like, fuck you roaming data charges.
I have just discovered that I have a special neuron dedicated to detecting when “The FInal Countdown” is playing.
@jamezpolley No no, it was Vodafone who screwed up the final credit two years before, not Virgin Mobile. http://arseh.at/4c9
@VirginMobileAus Cheers. The account is actually for 0.00 but standby and I’ll DM you.
I am being informed by various people that random bill notifications are common. It inspires confidence in the telco industry, no?
Oh look, Virgin Mobile emailed me to say my “latest online bill is ready & waiting”. I haven’t been a customer for months. Twats.
At the hotel, settling into a session of audio editing for the “Patch Monday” podcast. #rsac
All the RSA Conference keynotes are appearing gradually at http://arseh.at/4c0 I’ll post my viewing suggestions some time. #rsac
Oh good, I’d left my wallet in the hotel room. Somewhat less annoying.
@kpfaulkner @kcarruthers That was an opinion of Adobe Reader from a programming and infosec point of view, not about features. #rsac
So… my wallet is… where? This’ll be an interesting test of an information security conference! #rsac
@iain_chalmers Interesting. My busiest site has 37.6% Windows XP so far this month, from ~28,500 visits/month.
@Akamai The Compliance Penguin obviously has a key role in team bonding and quality control. Is that positive enough?
The NSA has brought along an Enigma machine, in very good condition. #rsac
Akamai have explained to me the importance of their Compliance Penguin. #rsac
Fashionable Japanese teen hacker is fashionable. #rsac
Attacking the trade show floor again. I’m not sure why. #rsac
Hypponen: “Adobe Reader is the worst piece of software I’ve seen after Quicktime.” Ouch! #rsac
F-Secure stats: Windows XP still 55% of machines online, an 11yo operating system. #rsac
Hypponen is now dissecting and decrypting an encrypted attack PDF in a hex editor live on stage. Geeky, much? The room is packed. #rsac
Email is still #1 attack vector of espionage, but booby-trapped files are now mostly PDF files targetting Adobe Reader, not MS Word. #rsac
Hypponen recently went to Pakistan to meet the guys who wrote the first PC virus 25y ago, Brain. Full doco on YouTube in ~2 weeks. #rsac
Off to hear Mikko Hypponen explain the state of online espionage in 2011. #rsac
OH, journo on the entire conference theme: “It’s cloudy with a chance of virtualisation.” #rsac
The whole full disclosure / responsible disclosure / coordinated disclosure debate is such an insiders issue. #rsac
@jenwalpole I must admit, I find the whole coffee tribalism thing such a wank. It’s just an alkaloid stimulant addiction.
The 0830 session I’m going to is all about the disclosure of vulnerabilities, The Debate That Will Not Die. #rsac
Journos discussing talk that they’ll close the I-80 out of SFO today because of snow in the mountains east. I’m learning about snow chains.
French journalist, to me: “You drink American coffee? You Australians are a brave people.” #rsac
@bennglazier Agreed, Deep Forest was made for cosmetics ads. I interviewed the main guy once. Strange aging French hippie, really.
Does anyone remember the band Deep Forest? No, me neither.
Mobile: Walk from hotel to Moscone Center [sic] for breakfast in the media centre. It’ll be a cold walk.
Noting how mentally exhausted I am, and reminding myself to pace the day so everything is achievable.
Thu plan: RSA Conference all day, possibly with related writing, exact agenda TBA; some “Patch Monday” podcast editing; evening TBA.
@ViciousPotato Thunderstorms are appealing, I must say. But 34C and humid is kinda annoying.
Whacko. Today’s max in San Francisco is 11C, apparent temp 7C. Then a low of 6C before Friday’s max of 9C. I dare not look at the weekend.
Thursday annoyance #1: People who don’t change email subjects to match the content.
So here we go. Thursday. Awake too early. Too tired. Disgruntled.