Standards

What Does “Zero Trust” Actually Mean?

The Panama Canal is one of those pieces of infrastructure that’s easy to take for granted until you stop and think about what it’s actually doing. Continue reading ...

The Language We Inherit From Machines

I’ve been thinking about AI watermarks again. Not the invisible kind, but the kind that is much more obvious. Continue reading ...

The Real Watermark is You

I don’t care about Claude’s watermark. That’s probably not the opening statement you expected from someone writing about Anthropic, Claude, and the growing controversy around AI-generated text. I really don’t. Continue reading ...

I Like My Web Servers Basic AF

I’ve spent a surprisingly large portion of my career thinking about web servers. My first real exposure was Apache, back when I was getting into Slackware. Continue reading ...

Ethernet: Why Orange, Green, Blue, and Brown?

A couple of years ago. I was asked to come up with a handful of minimalist graphics for the Lawrence Systems shop. The challenge wasn’t creating another logo - it was finding ideas that any IT professional could recognize instantly. That’s harder than it sounds. Continue reading ...

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