Cars, Security and a Peek into my Life
When you visit to a website, there are multiple connections happening behind the scenes, not only one connection, like it appears.
For an idea, some conservative estimates:
– a reasonably popular site – 25+ connections
– KeriBlog – 4
– Buzzfeed – 50+
It’s a good idea to monitor these, and approve / deny what you feel comfortable with connecting to your laptop.
Why, out of nowhere, is Celebuzz site trying to connect to my machine?
At the time of this connection request, I was not surfing gossip sites, but I have in the past, which is why the site is checking in on me.
Connection denied.
I use a program called Little Snitch.
(this is NOT an endorsement)
It installs deep in my operating system, so no matter which program I’m using (iTunes / internet browser / photo editing software), it halts all incoming connections, until I tell it how to proceed.
It looks like this:
You teach it rules (example: I accept all connections from Google.ca, I deny all connections to many ad serving URLs).
I deny everything with “track”, “metrics” or “ads” in the URL, and don’t much notice a decline in quality of browsing.
It’s free to try, and a licence is $35. I bought mine like, 4 years ago, still works.
Keeping your computing environment as clean as possible helps. And monitoring software, while it doesn’t replace an anti-virus software, can help catch malicious connections.
A small example:
While streaming TV from one-of-those sites, the site asked to have some dedicated space on my hard drive…
The video played fine even after I denied it access.
They’re not posting free, timely TV episodes because of kindness, because they care if I’m up-to-date on The Office. This is the price guys.
Starting at $37,960
This one $48,850
2.0L outputting 141 hp and 129 lb.ft of torque.
Fuel economy rating is 4.2 L/100km, I got 6.9 L/100km.
Massive sunroof, woodgrain trim, and all the safety aids that are en vogue, bundled into a classy styling.
The wide-open interior is thanks to the E-shift. See the buttons running down the left side of the screen? That’s Drive / Reverse / Park / Neat eh.
Here’s a video [from last year] – the push button shift in action.
When they climbed inside, this interior made all my passengers get wide-eyed and go “ooohhh“.
They did last year too, so if that’s the effect you’re looking for, confirmed: this Lincoln will give you that.
Lincoln has an event on right now, #UncoverLuxury
This is very rare (usually the hybrid version is thousands more.)
Comfortable, perforated leather seats, and soft-touch everywhere.
2 large executives will fit easily into the back, where the rear seats are heated too.
Touch-controlled everything.
Too bad I didn’t notice the shadow on the door there, this was almost a good shot.
Starting at $37,960
This one $48,850
Blog tag = OOK
OOK —–> pronounced “oh oh kay”, spelled in all capitals, it’s an acronym for…
Order Of Keri.
I know.