A security service provider called Proofpoint has issued a report detailing what it believes to be the first documented attack on the Internet of Things. According to the report, over 750,000 malicious emails were sent out using over 100,000 compromised devices on the Internet of Things. The compromised devices include appliances, routers, TVs, and connected refrigerators.
via Smart appliances hacked to send out over 750k malicious emails – SlashGear.
Interesting perspective. You may agree, you may disagree. But in either case your thinking will be challenged.
People are becoming entrepreneurs. The mind-set of the employee is vanishing like the factory where it was born. It has to. We’ll all die if we wait for some force outside ourselves—business or government—to bring us jobs or teach us who we are or how we ought to live.
We have to invent our own ways, and that’s just what we’re doing.
via Writing Wednesdays: “Poof Goes the Middle Class”.
Poof goes the middle class – latimes.com.
A couple of weeks ago I caught up with my old college buddy on the phone. I asked how his son was doing after taking refuge in his parents’ basement post college graduation.
“Michael’s doing great. He moved out to Brooklyn and is doing project work. Very happy, very busy. Michael has four or five projects on the go.”
Call it what you want – freelancer, contract worker, portfolio careerist. The employee mindset is becoming a thing of the past.
http://earthquaketrack.com/p/united-states/oklahoma/recent
A whole lot of shakin’ going on.
There are no guarantees in America, only better chances.
via Is the American Dream Still Alive? | Experts’ Corner | Big Think.
To be clear, the poster above is copyright property of Bob Miglani and the photo can be found on his website listed at the bottom of the poster. I liked it so here you go.
Central Oklahoma has sustained more than 200 earthquakes with a magnitude of 3.0 or greater since January 2009, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
via Insurance Commissioner urges Oklahomans to buy earthquake coverage | News OK.
Faithful readers are aware I bought earthquake coverage several years ago.
UPDATE 11.02.13
Our wake up call at 4:37 AM measured 3.7.
3.7 at 4:37 AM
He let himself down on the couch across from my desk with a wince, belying the back pain that brought him here. He looks around at my office, which is not only a place he didn’t expect to be, but not what he expects a doctor’s office to look like. First there’s the sofa he is sitting on, which is where my patients spend most of their time during their visits. Then there is my guitar just behind me. He and his wife comment on how their daughter would love the fact that I have a guitar, as she is into acoustic guitar music. Then there’s me, wearing jeans and an un-tucked button-up shirt, sitting back in my chair and chatting like an ordinary person. He seems intrigued.
via A new tagline for direct primary care.
You know you are old when you have children old enough to be your doctor. I had my annual wellness visit this past week. My vitals were taken by a young woman in her twenties. She was a medical tech student called in to help with the patient load. My next encounter was with a third year medical student from the nearby medical school. This student was approximately 25 years old and looked like he didn’t need to shave. Finally my PCP came in the room and I was receiving care from an older and wiser MD. If my doctor is 35 years old I’d be surprised.
No, not old yet. My kid is still in medical school.
Only 36 percent of paid work activities bring American parents meaning, compared to 62 percent of child care duties; paid work is “very tiring” 5 percent of the time, while child care is exhausting 12 percent of the time.
via Pew study on modern American family: Moms still do more child care..
Guess it’s been that kind of day for finding these kinds of articles.
Passion doesn’t always mean profession. | The Cynical Girl.
Nice to see others who think like I do. Don’t confuse passion with profession. You can be very, very good at what you do. You can make tons of money (or not). But you don’t have to be passionate about your profession. You just have to like it a lot.
One of the definitions of passion is ” strong and barely controllable emotion”. If you feel that way about your profession, that’s wonderful.
If not, then welcome to reality for the majority.
Applications could include military battle, but while the common person feels slightly frightened just looking at this incredible creature running in an empty parking lot with no murderous motives, the sight of this smoking steel robot bounding toward a target with the intent to kill would be absolutely horrifying.
via Robot on Four Legs Gallops Like a Gazelle (Video).
Star Wars anyone? You have to watch this video.
When the scientists figure out how make this thing underwrite, we’re all toast.
lifeunderwriter.net 
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