Dog Raising... from new parent

Just off topic, non technological post.

I have a young pup

Heard a story from a coworker bout how his dog died.

Liver failure

no filtered water

and industrial strength cleaner.

notice your dog cleaning itself too much

be careful about the dogs health.

Aggressors do exist...

What do you think of the word "Aggressors"?
Usually, you'd think of an aggressive person.  Trust me, there are some aggressive people there... just look at politics and government.  But just like the devil, you could say that there are other aggressive people that would want you to believe that they didn't exist.  People would generally call them "hackers", but the term means way more than it's been used in the general media. 
The definition of HACKER used to mean just a person who looks at a system and try to devise a new more unique way to use the system, or reverse figure out how the system works.
We're here to use the term more like how the general populace has started to use it, as an all encompassing term for the type of person or people who use technology for a negative or evil purpose.  A hacker is someone to fear, and rightfully so. 
There are two types of evil hackers that we should try to protect ourselves from.  Those who are not organized and those who are.  Unorganized or loosely organized hackers are dangerous because they can take your information and use it for their benefit and most likely against your own benefit.  Some of these groups can appear on your news network as Anonymous or Lulsec.  They are dangerous but easily defended against.
But there are more serious hackers that definitely don't want you knowing that they exist.  These hackers work as close teams and groups for organized crime.  They    can obtain and siphon alot of information about people, and that information can be sold in the black market and used for Identity Theft.  So for these guys, you REALLY don't want them to get information about you or your family.  Even the tiniest bit of information like the family pet or your first car, can have dire consequences and lead to identity theft.
Identity theft is also an umbrella term which can mean anything from someone obtaining your credit card number, to someone opening credit lines in your name and racking up debt, all without you even knowing it.  The internet has no police, and no way to track everything that can happen.  Consider having access and using the Internet the same way as when people used to travel by horse drawn carriage through the wild west.... make good judgement calls, plan ahead, and watch your back.
As I progress through this blog, I will attempt to explain how to setup good defenses, and also how to develop good habits to minimize your family's exposure and risk from the Aggressors that exist in the internet.
~F.Zver

Transferred A Beginning is a very delicate time.

I have had this blog up but haven't really posted anything on it yet, until now.  It took me this long a time because I didn't know where to start.  There's so much information about protection that I didn't know where to begin.  So I'm going to begin right here, I'm going to start by stating what I plan to do with this blog. 
This blog is for those people who want to protect their home.  What makes a house different than a home... the age old adage "home is where the heart is."  It's a home because it's where you should be able to feel safe.  It is your castle.   We should protect our castles.
Now we all know that we can protect our homes with guns, and cameras, and dogs and the like, but part of our homes are now increasingly becoming digital.  Our homes now extend to this invisible area where our children and our better halves tread.  And it is in this area that we all need to learn how to protect.  There are 4 items that need attention:
1) Protection from Aggressors
2) Protection from Passives
3) Protection of users from themselves
4) Protection of users from the administrator (this is you)
These topics will be covered and defined in future postings, but for right now, I'll let you think about this new area of your household that you need to focus and protect.  The goal of this blog is to cover how to make you the true head of the digital household.

AnitTechnology stupidity

just because it's a distraction to driving doesnt mean that it's illegal
It's only if it's technological that it's illegal.

You can use a map and a note pad, jot down a note, and drive at the same time, and ti's legal..... but yo ucant use GPS on your phone anymore while its in your hand.

Productivity Comes not from Tinkering

Tinkering is permanent blocking.  If you want to get stuff done, get things and do things to get things to work, and move on to more important things.