1. Data Privacy Day--observed to make consumers more aware of data privacy; but after the Target fiasco and the revelations about the NSA mining data perhaps should be renamed Data Loss of Privacy Day. At least the Europeans call a spade a spade and the holiday is known as Data Protection Day, reminding us of the need to protect data.
2.
National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Week
(1/27-2/2)--celebrated in Elko, Nevada; grab your hat and enjoy a unique
American art form, e.g. a few more lines from my favorite poet whose works
taught me how to read at an early age--Robert Service--The Quitter:
"And self-dissolution is barred.
In hunger and woe, oh, it's easy to blow. It's the hell-served-for-breakfast
that's hard. "You're sick of the game!" Well, now, that's a shame.
You're young and you're brave and you're bright. "You've had a raw
deal!" I know -- but don't squeal." Worth reading as are most
of his works.
3. Thank a Plugin Developer Day--Don't blog on Wordpress without your plugins to make your life easier.
3. Thank a Plugin Developer Day--Don't blog on Wordpress without your plugins to make your life easier.
On this day in:
a. 1934 the first ski tow was put into service in Vermont.
b. 1958 to the future pain and suffering of countless parents responding a
child's cries in their darkened bedroom without first putting on slippers, Lego
patented the design of its Lego bricks still used today.
c. 1985
USA for Africa recorded the single We Are the World for Ethiopian
famine relief--never have so many egos assembled on a stage for one song in
such harmony and not killing or fighting with each other---the power of a good
cause will trump even the best of egos all the time.
Be safe when you drive today,
obeying the rules of the road--" Just as drivers who share the road must also share
responsibility for safety, we all now share the same global network, and thus
must regard computer security as a necessary social responsibility. To me,
anyone unwilling to take simple security precautions is a major, active part of
the problem. — Fred Langa, former editor of Byte Magazine and
noted writer on computer data protection and privacy.
As we approach Super Bowl XLVIII which may be played in sub
freezing temps with snow falling, it is not who wins or loses, but the
quality not of the play but of the Super Bowl ads! Please
enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below
(if you like them, retweet and join almost 140 growing followers
and please follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and
entertaining poems on my blogs--click on links below. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for an
original poem to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. and an original in poem honoring
a 17 year young Progeria victim who died on the eve of becoming an honorary
captain for the Patriots (have tissues handy). Just posted for your
enjoyment on www.alaskanpoetcommentary.blogspot.com
poem on the growing Imperial Presidency; the promotion of Charlene Lamb, the
woman in charge of no security at Benghazi; and the collusion between the EPA
and environmental groups to kill KeystoneXL with the end of Canadian patience.
©January 28, 2014
Michael P. Ridley
www.octechlaw.com www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com www.twitter.com/alaskanpoet www.alaskanpoetcommentator.blogspot.com www.alaskanpoethistory.blogspot .com
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