POWER!….UNLIMITED POWER!!! (MOOAHH-hah-hah)

Posted on April 12th, 2007 in Technobabble by Aaron

A few friends and I are headed up to Northwest Canada for a fishing trip. You know - beer, fishing, communing with nature, beer - that kind of thing. Its located in a pretty remote location, away from it all…one room fishing shack, no power, no cell phones…just friends and fish; the simple life.

I found that concept relaxing…until I started hyperventilating at the thought of being totally unplugged. So, once I took a few deep breaths, I found a few items that might make this sort of peaceful isolation a little more tolerable:

POWER: Always a necessity just in case a few gadgets are required for safety or creature comforts. Why not tap the unlimited power of the sun?

Solar Power SystemHere it is strapped to a backpack…

…and all zipped up

Its rated at 20W of power, and also has an 8Ah battery back - ample to power many portable devices. And at less than 4lbs, it won’t break your back either. Get yours at RadioLabs.

COMMUNICATIONS: The remoteness of where we’re going means that cell phones aren’t gonna cut it. Thank goodness for Satellite Phones. I’m renting the Globalstar GSP-1600 from satellitephonestore.com - they’ve got an affordable unlimited daily rate, which is far better than $1.59 / minute.

ENTERTAINMENT: Coming soon!

More States Rebel Against the Real ID Act

Posted on April 12th, 2007 in Priventity (Privacy + Identity) by Aaron

Saw this update posted on Techweb…gotta love the one-two punch of an unfunded mandate and broad privacy concerns.

…Last week, Washington became the fourth state to pass legislation opposing the Real ID Act. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, one of 600 groups opposed to the federal law, Arkansas and Idaho have passed similar legislation. Maine pioneered the states’ revolt against Real ID. Here’s the article.

Novell and Honeywell Get Physical

Posted on April 5th, 2007 in Technobabble by Aaron

MARCH 7, 2007 | Novell and Honeywell this month will announce the first fruits of their exclusive logical/physical security partnership — a turnkey product that integrates Novell’s identity management and Honeywell’s physical access control system. No, this doesn’t signal the end of facilities management, or even a merger the physical and logical security departments in the organization. But it may be a hint of things to come, as regulatory and insider-threat pressures gradually start bringing together these traditionally separate, and very different, worlds. (See The 10 Most Overlooked Aspects of Security.) Novell and Honeywell were initially drawn together by the federal government’s HSPD-12 initiative for smart cards.

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