Jason building things (part II)

You've already seen where Jason likes building towers and structures with his jumbo blocks in a recent posting. But now we have had many instances of fun and Jason is showing his enjoyment in another way with the blocks he builds with....by knocking them down! He seems to take great pleasure in seeing them built up to some height, then he swats them over as seen here.


For those that are interested, here is how I got the picture:
I took some video with a digital camera and I captured the destruction. Then I was able to edit the clips with Avidemux to pull out this frame into a .JPG image. I was really impressed on how easy it was to use Avidemux as I have never done anything with digital video editing before. But I saw this as something easy install to add to my Dell Mini netbook running Ubuntu Linux 9 and I had to try it this application.

I think I found a new source for photos...

Talk at SCU

Yesterday evening I drove over to Santa Clara University and was given an opportunity to deliver a guest presentation. The Computer Engineering department has an Information Assurance track for the CE major for the graduate program. So for about an hour I got to talk about computer security incident response.

One of the favorite slides I like to bring out into the presentation is the deobfuscated java script code in web logs. What this means to people outside of the business is where malicious computer code comes across to critical web servers but in such a way that it is hiding its content from inspection, until it gets to the web server. When it arrives at the web server, the obfuscation is removed and the true nature of the content is revealed but then its too late to intercept the malicious code from doing harm to the web server.

Afternoon walks to the mailbox

So Jason has gotten accustomed to a couple things as he grows up. First, when he wants me to read a book to him, he will lift it up, putting it in my hands and then scramble over to the sofa to sit on it and wait for me to join him and read to him. The reading is rather cute becasue he seems to make the pages go by pretty quickly to get to the parts he likes most. Its a fun thing.

The other thing that's fun to do with him is that he goes along for walks. This usually happens when we go pick up mail at the mailbox around the corner from the house. So yesterday we put socks and shoes on him before heading out the door so he would have an opportunity to walk around a bit or at least part of the way. I've included a picture that was taken as we were coming back to the front of the house.

Been busy lately

I've been out of the office and away from for a couple weeks. I had some training down in San Diego. Soon after when I got back, I hit the road again for a customer visit. for the time being I am back here and sorting through all my stuff.

Technical training in San Diego

Hi Everyone. Since the last posting, I completed my annual training in Dublin and currently I am undergoing another course of technical training, but this time for my employer. While it sounds like my head is going to get flooded with information and that would be pretty close to the truth. But the nice thing is that this is a benefit to all parties involved so I do it all with a big smile.

Currently I am taking the SANS 504 (Hacking, Exploits, and Incident Response) course and its being taught by John Strand. He is an accomplished computer security professional and he carries himself well in the position. Its about the most enjoyable and interesting class I have had the privilege to be a part of. I am certainly getting a lot of the course and would defiantly recommend it to anyone suited for the subject.