a note about passwords

Passwords bug me. Specifically, password management on most websites is maddening. Here are a few things to keep in mind when designing yours: List your password-format rules up front. All too often, sites ask for a password with no indication of their format rules, then scream “ERROR!” when you don’t guess correctly. Yell at your [...]

Posted by Chris in Technology on January 6th, 2012 | Comments Off

watching space stations dance

If you’re in Southern California on January 5th, you might get a chance to see two space stations in the sky at the same time. (Pretty cool, right?) If it’s clear enough, and if I’ve read the magnitudes and times and directions correctly on Heavens Above, here’s what I’ll be doing that night: At 5:00pm [...]

Posted by Chris in Space on January 4th, 2012 | Comments Off

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