The Computrix
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Quae nocent, saepe docent. Irreverent cybersecurity & IT ethics prof. History gets worked into all my conference talks and classroom lectures. Allergic to extremes. Science & facts are important. Don't spread dis/misinformation. 🌻
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Still rolling through Star Trek by Star Date.
Tonight, wrapping up TOS, S1. Remarkable how well City on the Edge of Forever holds up. Harlan Ellison's episode with Joan Collins. Classic Trek.
Tonight, wrapping up TOS, S1. Remarkable how well City on the Edge of Forever holds up. Harlan Ellison's episode with Joan Collins. Classic Trek.
Why Star Trek’s “City On The Edge Of Forever” Is So Important
"The City on the Edge of Forever" is considered Star Trek's greatest episode.
screenrant.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Still rolling through Star Trek by Star Date.
Tonight, wrapping up TOS, S1. Remarkable how well City on the Edge of Forever holds up. Harlan Ellison's episode with Joan Collins. Classic Trek.
Tonight, wrapping up TOS, S1. Remarkable how well City on the Edge of Forever holds up. Harlan Ellison's episode with Joan Collins. Classic Trek.
Wow (not the good wow). Give it a rest, folks 🙄 <waits to appear on all the block lists 😏>
January 23, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Wow (not the good wow). Give it a rest, folks 🙄 <waits to appear on all the block lists 😏>
Holy fake AI stuff, Batman! There's a whole page on FB that is just made-up stuff about the UNL football team - and people are believing it www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Holy fake AI stuff, Batman! There's a whole page on FB that is just made-up stuff about the UNL football team - and people are believing it www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
Starts up in four hours! (so 6pm Central US time)
December 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Starts up in four hours! (so 6pm Central US time)
TIL! www.onlinepianist.com/virtual-piano (explaining major keys versus minor keys to my husband - my real-life physical - clearly not played enough...- keyboard is goodness knows where in the house...)
Virtual Piano - Online Piano Keyboard | OnlinePianist
Use a computer keyboard, mouse or touch screen to play a virtual piano keyboard. Our virtual piano simulates a real piano keyboard experience.
www.onlinepianist.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
TIL! www.onlinepianist.com/virtual-piano (explaining major keys versus minor keys to my husband - my real-life physical - clearly not played enough...- keyboard is goodness knows where in the house...)
We need to bring back election cakes! (I know Australia has democracy sausages) 12tomatoes.com/election-cak...
Traditional Election Cake
Election days were once celebrations of our right to vote.
12tomatoes.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
We need to bring back election cakes! (I know Australia has democracy sausages) 12tomatoes.com/election-cak...
An author friend - Kate Brewster - from Knoxville, Tennessee (I don't think she's on Bluesky) shared this today (Kate and her husband, Jim, have a publishing company brewster-publishing.com)
December 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
An author friend - Kate Brewster - from Knoxville, Tennessee (I don't think she's on Bluesky) shared this today (Kate and her husband, Jim, have a publishing company brewster-publishing.com)
I grew up terrified about quicksand - and I've been to Arches - guess I got lucky 😎
Quicksand is a corny peril in old movies, but getting stuck in it really did happen to one hiker in Utah.
Hiker mired in quicksand in Utah's Arches National Park is rescued unharmed
Quicksand is a corny peril in old movies, but getting stuck in it really did happen to one hiker in Utah.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I grew up terrified about quicksand - and I've been to Arches - guess I got lucky 😎
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Quicksand is back, baby!
An experienced hiker sank thigh-high into quicksand while backpacking through Utah's Arches National Park on Sunday.
Read more: https://cnn.it/48Q49io
Read more: https://cnn.it/48Q49io
December 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Quicksand is back, baby!
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Quicksand? The stuff of a GenX kid’s nightmares from a steady diet of Saturday morning cartoons
Austin Dirks was on a solo hike in Arches National Park when he got stuck in quicksand. Emergency responders rescued him after he sent an SOS message using a satellite device. nyti.ms/4pv6Htn
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Quicksand? The stuff of a GenX kid’s nightmares from a steady diet of Saturday morning cartoons
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Every #GenX member who spent most of the ‘80s inexplicably terrified of sinking into quicksand is both horrified and vindicated.
An experienced hiker sank thigh-high into quicksand while backpacking through Utah's Arches National Park on Sunday.
Read more: https://cnn.it/48Q49io
Read more: https://cnn.it/48Q49io
December 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Every #GenX member who spent most of the ‘80s inexplicably terrified of sinking into quicksand is both horrified and vindicated.
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April 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Very disturbing… you can call the Winnipeg complaint line at 204-202-1105 to voice your concerns ..
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Researcher 'shocked' Winnipeg considering scrapping bird-friendly window bylaw after less than a year | CBC News
Conservation groups are raising concerns as the City of Winnipeg considers changing a development bylaw designed to help save birds from fatal window strikes.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
National Llama Day on December 9 celebrates an animal native to the high Andes that was domesticated thousands of years ago and continue to be valued for trekking, therapy programs, and farming.
National Llama Day - Digital Hygge
National Llama Day on December 9 celebrates this ancient Andean animal and its roles in human life, both historically and today.
digitalhygge.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Here's another work to celebrate Sibelius' birthday!
Jos tämän Helsingin kaupunginorkesterin, Radion sinfoniaorkesterin ja Sibelius-Akatemian suuren kuoron esittämän Finlandian pystyy kuuntelemaan itkemättä, on jäätä.
Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää! 🇫🇮
Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää! 🇫🇮
Sibelius - Finlandia op. 26 (Opening of the new Helsinki music hall)
YouTube video by Lhargy
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Here's another work to celebrate Sibelius' birthday!
Listen to youtu.be/ITTbY1n3Iz8?... in honor of Sibelius' birthday today (in 1865)
Joshua Bell: Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, op 47 - 24.11.11
YouTube video by 1210beth
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Listen to youtu.be/ITTbY1n3Iz8?... in honor of Sibelius' birthday today (in 1865)
If you haven't had a chance to read Amena Jamali's novels yet they are available on Amazon for 99 cents! (until January 10) www.amazon.com/stores/Amena...
Amena Jamali: books, biography, latest update
Follow Amena Jamali and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Amena Jamali Author Page.
www.amazon.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
If you haven't had a chance to read Amena Jamali's novels yet they are available on Amazon for 99 cents! (until January 10) www.amazon.com/stores/Amena...
Some photos from the Thanksgiving week trip (Oceanside Beach)
December 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Some photos from the Thanksgiving week trip (Oceanside Beach)
@wickedinterest.ing If I say I thought of your wife folks will think I'm crazy, but I thought of your wife 😀 cc @perrycarpenter.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/US/drunk-rac... #Digby
Drunk raccoon found passed out in liquor store bathroom: Officials
A raccoon collapsed in the bathroom of the Ashland ABC Store Saturday morning, where he had ransacked shelves and drank multiple types of alcohol.
abcnews.go.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
@wickedinterest.ing If I say I thought of your wife folks will think I'm crazy, but I thought of your wife 😀 cc @perrycarpenter.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/US/drunk-rac... #Digby
Help NIST understand how cybersecurity is viewed in organizations survey.nist.gov/jfe/form/SV_...
Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
NIST organizational cybersecurity survey
survey.nist.gov
December 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Help NIST understand how cybersecurity is viewed in organizations survey.nist.gov/jfe/form/SV_...
I might have to read this - but as a Ricardian these are always a gamble 😎
mybook.to/comingofage I, RICHARD PLANTAGENET, THE 3 PREQUELS in 1 volume. Richard III's childhood, teen years & exile with Edward IV.
mybook.to/EPICRICHARDIII Richard in his own 1st person words. From triumph at Barnet to the disaster of Bosworth.(2 BK omnibus.)
mybook.to/EPICRICHARDIII Richard in his own 1st person words. From triumph at Barnet to the disaster of Bosworth.(2 BK omnibus.)
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I might have to read this - but as a Ricardian these are always a gamble 😎
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Supreme Court hears case that could trigger big crackdown on Internet piracy https://arstechni.ca... #copyrightinfringement #Policy #piracy #DMCA #Sony #Cox
December 2, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Please let Sony lose. Please let Sony lose. Please let Sony lose. Please let Sony lose. Please let Sony lose. Please let Sony lose. Please let Sony lose. Please let Sony lose. Please let Sony lose. Please let Sony lose. Please let Sony lose. Please let Sony lose. Please let Sony lose.