Monday, December 10, 2007

Duathlon Nationals 2008 in Richmond, Va.

After hosting the ITU Duathlon Long Course World Championships in 2007, Richmond has been selected as the host city of the 2008 Duathlon National Championship.

For those who aren't familiar, duathlons consist of a run-bike-run format. The championship race is a 10k-40k-5k and the winners will go well below 2 hours!

The weekend will also include the off-road duathlon championship with an entire weekend of expos and races.

Mark your calendars for April 26th and 27th!

Friday, December 7, 2007

Top 5 YouTube videos: December 2007

#5: Grabblin' is also known as Noodlin': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a82Iuh4jXZg
#4: Helping people is good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRkrEgdGtO0
#3: Get ready for #2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzghEL3Gr6Q
#2: Get ready to tri: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8l249bM0FE
#1: Since Pirates3 is on DVD, here's a spoiler for Pirates2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK8SsHV3yLs

I want Information Security and Privacy for Christmas

As the holidays approach more people will use the computer to do their shopping. Although "Cyber Monday" has past, people should still understand how to detect if a website is legitimate.

The FTC created a list of 10 Tips for Shopping Online

If you have trouble understanding what is malware or a denial of service attack, then take a look at the wiki page for Security Analogies

The fact that everything is tracked electronically means that you create a "digital" or "Internet" self that is tracked to varying degrees. It seems that we currently live in the beginnings of a police state, but it's very inefficient. Just ask this guy.

There are many anonymizing websites online and ones that offer extreme security, but using the things you've learned in the "10 tips," you'll take these claims with a grain of salt.

For example, take a look at "Hushmail" which is "unreadable."

The current state of security and related topics was recently discussed by one of the premier security experts in the US in this NY Times blog post.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Canes shutout Rangers

After dropping their first road game of five to the Buffalo Sabres, an embarrassing 8-1, the Canes were able to rebound and blank the Rangers 4-0 on Monday night.

Scott Walker had the game winner with Matt Cullen assisting on two and Cory Stillman scoring two more.

The Hurricanes head next to Tampa Bay and play Scott Walker's favorite road team, the Lightning. As long as Lecavalier has less than two points, the Canes will win.
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