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Trust in Information
 Recently, like a lot of others, I have been fascinated with watching the developments of hurricane Rita. I've come across all different types of new and interesting sources on the web. Some trust worthy, some not-so-much, but interesting none-the-less.
I've been a little disappointed in Google actually. I know they have a lot of automated crawling going on there, but in a time like this, it would be nice to see them make some effort to go out and harvest the latest info, especially from government sites, particuarly dealing with evacuation information.
I see some information on the Interweb as bad, non-productive, misleading, false, un-reliable, and a host of other attributes, but in some I find the opposite. In fact, I find some information on the Interweb very provocative, enlightening, interesting, entertaining and so on. Anyway, enough of this speil, I give you some interesting links to keep updated/educated on this hurricane:
AOML | NOAA : The Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) is one of the Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Facilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
NHC | NOAA : Publication of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce. Detailed maps, charts, plots of hurricane Rita data.
JPL | NASA | TOPEX : The joint U.S.-French Topex/Poseidon mission is managed by the JPL for NASA's Earth Science Enterprise, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
GOES | NASA | NOAA : The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)/ Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) program is a key element in National Weather Service (NWS) operations.
OPDB | NOAA | NASA | GOES : OPDB, the Operational Products Development Branch, conducts applied research on the use of geostationary and polar satellite data for the analysis of significant meteorological, and surface-based phenomena.
9.22.2005
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New(er) Internet, the Good Version.
Wired had a story today that really got my hopes up. I look at what we've come to 'know' as the internet and I see a lot of good things, great things, bad things, and mediocre things. In general I see the internet as an open forum, marketplace if you will, for ideas. Knowledge has the ability to be published, archived, syndicated, marketed, distributed, analyzed, and a whole lot else in ways that we, as in the human race, have never seen before. We are literally on the brink, and I find that so fascinating.
The better world is one in which we don't need to seek permission or risk punishment to do cool stuff that makes the world a better place. In the early days of the internet, a lot of people felt that we'd found that better world. Thanks to the internet's open protocols, many of the most useful innovations, from the web to instant messaging to internet telephony, emerged without developers needing anyone's permission to run their cool new code. [wired]
I think we need to understand that at this brink, we are vulnerable. We are vulnerable because we have elements of our society that I believe are at odds with what is the natural progression of our Newly Enlightened Digital Society. Commercialism and Conservatism hold little relevance in the operating models I see leading the way into our digital future. Progressive, Ideological and Liberal concepts, techniques and methods are what have proven innovation, and it's those precepts I will choose, and I hope others as well, to help me find our way. It is our way, of life, of communicating, of entertaining, of everything that is at stake. Lets really make a go at it.
9.15.2005
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Canvas, Maps and Organs
 My good friends in Loxsly played an amazing show at Emo's Austin last night. They just finished recording their new record: Maps and Organs, and this was the release show. There were literally hundreds of people there, to see Loxsly and other great Austin bands like VoxTrot, Beliare and Canoe.
What I like most about this particular release, other than the amazing music contained on the record itself, is the way in which the album was distributed: A canvas bag with a "Loxsly" stencil on the front, and on the back a 5"x5" section of canvas from an original work by Jennifer Dunlap, commissioned for the album. She did the album design/artwork as well (left is the back-tray to the disk).
9.10.2005
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A Snapshot of Moscow
 Oh wow! So apparently my good buddy, Rodrigo Trevino, strolls into Moscow during their Independence Day celebatory events. He's got some pictures up of his travels thus far, through Spain, France and into Russia. The building in the picture (very faint) I believe the main building to the University he's started classes at, U of Moscow. His blog is in Spanish, but don't fret! He has a direct link to his page via Google Language Tools site translate.
9.07.2005
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Welcome Aboard
 I'd like to welcome l33t Research Intern, C. "Element" Anderson to the WholeSecurity gang.
On the first day of work it's pretty much tradition that you dress up, C played along nicely. Being all dressed up and such makes it a prime occasion for snapping their photo to add to the company intranet photo-album.
It's also tradition to throw the newb's into the middle of a meeting when they finish signing all the various security discloser papers. Hopefully he did just fine. Good to have ya here Element!
9.02.2005
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