Category: Thoughts and Opinions

  • MS Windows Defender & DeCSS Part II

    MS Windows Defender & DeCSS Part II

    Mutated / Changed Definition MS Windows Defender now see’s the same file as a different definition: Trojan:Win32/Orsam!rts. The definition of the new threat? This is a generic detection, which means we use this name for a large number of trojans. Again, this is the same copy of DeCSS. Nothing has changed. Microsoft Defender still ignoring…

  • MS Windows Defender & DeCSS

    MS Windows Defender & DeCSS

    Windows Defender is listing the DeCSS DVD decryption library as a false positive virus on 07/20/2021. MS appears to have issued a fix as of 07/21/2021.

  • Miami River Sunset – June 6th 2020

    Miami River Sunset – June 6th 2020

    Miami River Sunset Timelapse looking north from Downtown Miami.

  • May 2020 Miami Storms

    May 2020 Miami Storms
  • How you know you work in a Miami Office

    How you know you work in a Miami Office

    You know you work for a Miami company when the entire office stops at 3:05 post lunch for Cafecito. The British with their tea would be proud of how civilized we are.

  • Full Moon Rising Timelapse

  • Hurricane Irma

    Hurricane Irma

    Hurricane Irma visited downtown Miami on 9/10/2017, and the view from the 30th floor was spectacular. Here’s a Before and During of the Storm Here’s an additional compilation of timelapses from other vantage points in the building: The hurricane started in the early morning hours, with it’s eye about 200 miles south-west of Miami-Dade County.…

  • The Historic Architecture of Minneapolis

    The Historic Architecture of Minneapolis

    In August 2015 my wife and I had the opportunity to visit Minneapolis for a job interview for her. Having not explored (or visited) the mid-West before, I jumped at the chance to accompany her and could not have been more surprised at the Deco, Art Nouveau, and classic architecture the urban area is hiding.…

  • Miami Full Moon Panoramic

    Miami Full Moon Panoramic
  • The JFK TWA Terminal

    The JFK TWA Terminal

    Curbed New York has a great photo essay up this morning on Eero Saarinen’s jet-age flight center at JFK Airport. It’s been closed for years but has remained perfectly preserved for most of that time, reflecting a golden age of flight where the passengers where what was important and the service took a back seat.  …