Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency supported researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and Seoul National University to create Meshworm, a crawling autonomous soft robot that could one day be used for reconnaissance. More here. The Federal Bureau of Investigation warns of theRead… Read more »
This piece is cross-posted at Routeam.com. Most Americans work long hours, eat on the fly, and lead increasingly sedentary, isolated lives. Sound like your office? What about this: Alongside this lifestyle, depression rates have skyrocketed: approximately 1 in 4 Americans will suffer from major depression at some point in their lives.1 In my interactions withRead… Read more »
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Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — I noticed her immediately. The line I was in was moving at the speed of molasses, and I was looking for a distraction. I found one in a beautiful post-collegiate girl enjoying her Saturday in the hip Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC. “Hi boys!” this darkly-tanned brunette exclaimed, uponRead… Read more »
I read over the weekend that Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican nominee for Vice President, is a fan of Rage Against the Machine. As a child of the 90’s, I couldn’t help but make them the choice for this week’s Monday Pick Me Up. Enjoy. Original post
I decided I was going to read a book a week for a year, here’s a quick review of this week’s book. You can see the ongoing list here. Basic Info The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change It by Charles Duhigg Why I read it I readRead… Read more »
Ok so I recently folded under pressure from colleagues (or maybe I was really curious) and decided to check out all the fuss around Pinterest. Apparently, it’s the fastest growing social network or something and recently opened up to everyone to get an account. In any case, I came across this infographic that pointed outRead… Read more »
AFGE staff provided members with information about where to vote as part of the union’s AFGE Defends Democracy campaign. More than 1,500 federal employees and union activists from across the nation have converged on Las Vegas for AFGE’s 39thNational Convention. Members began checking in Saturday afternoon. Dozens of members volunteered as Sergeant in Arms toRead… Read more »
This weekend I spent some time on code for america and rootstrikers, Some ideas about open311 : http://openpubadmin.blogspot.de/2012/08/ideas-about-open311.html Some code i wrote for CFA/open311 http://openpubadmin.blogspot.de/2012/08/open311-client-and-test-server.html and for rootstrikers : https://bitbucket.org/h4ck3rm1k3/the-anti-corruption-pledge hope you like it, mike
Pegasus Global Holdings is planning to build a full-scale city somewhere in New Mexico “to test and evaluate technologies in conditions that most closely simulate real-world applications.” According to the project’s website, CITE-CITY, the company proposed building the model to overcome challenges related to access, long waits, and costs that they faced in carrying outRead… Read more »