Let's Make Fire Safe To Touch Too

from here (source image)

Sometimes you hear people demand that this or that way of using technology has to be made safe because that's how people are using the technology - but frequently the way people use technology is fundamentally unsafe, and there's nothing anyone can really do to change that. When that happens, trying to change the user of the technology rather than the technology itself is kind of the only viable option - as hard as getting users to change may be.

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

found on the chive

I'll bet this guy is taking the bus because airports just can't handle him.

Not that wearing (or inking) a sign indicating actual malicious intentions is very likely, but law enforcement isn't very smart, and this guy has a skin tone they tend not to like anyway. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if this guy sets off mental false alarms on a regular basis.

A Sign You're Doing Drive Imaging Wrong

from here

True story. As you can probably imagine I had a less than great weekend. Gotta make sure I maintain a higher calibre set of drive images.

Not So Clever Dog Leash

found on the meta picture

This product is just asking for a (possibly violent) misunderstanding with the authorities. It makes you wonder what the designers were thinking.

Because That's What It Takes To Get People To Click

from here

Attackers are only as sophisticated as they need to be, and considering the sorry state of most organizations' security that means most are not very sophisticated at all.

Thought You Should Know This

found on the meta picture

Be honest; you thought sharks were a bigger risk than horses or ants, didn't you? It just goes to show how bad we we can be at estimating risk.

I don't always appreciate infographics, but this one at least is pretty straight forward and uncluttered.

The NSA's Favorite Things

from here (source image one, two, and three and source lyrics)

Thanks to Chris Palmer for tweeting an excellent parody of "My Favorite Things". I found the multi-tweet format was a little awkward, though, so I tried to combine it with some appropriate imagery in a picture that could fit in a single tweet (because that's how all the cool kids are bypassing the 140 character limit these days).

IT People Can Relate To This

found on the meta picture

It’s strange how people would often rather put up with a problem than deal with the change inherent in the fix. I wonder how many problems out there are only still problems because people are too lazy to do what needs to be done.

You Didn't Really Need Privacy, Did You?

from here

Gee, I wonder what the NSA needs with billions of encryption keys. Do you think there are really that many threats out there? Oh, right, in a police state everyone is a threat to national security.

The Invisible Threat

found on the meta picture

Is it just me or have the stakes for "Where's Waldo" gotten a lot higher than they used to be?