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You Have to Break-in a New Car

Mark Basili of Pfaff Tuning, the customization division of Pfaff Automotive, educates me on why.

Short answer – to protect the piston rings. For the first 1,500 – 3,000 kms use a relaxed driving style, nothing too aggressive but not so far as babying it – giving it the occasional punch is good.

Read it online at Autonet.

Favourite line:

There are no fail safes in place. It all comes down to the human driving it – so make sure to protect the massive investment you just made.

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Back to ‘Keri on Driving’ – Index

 

 

I was So So So So So So So SOOOO Lucky

That’s my keyless entry fob, so luckily jammed into the trunk lid.

I found it after driving ohhh 10 km at 80 km/h. I’d broken my routine and placed it atop the roof, instead of in the cup holder, and the one time I break habit…

Imagine if it’d flown off? I’d have not known until the car ground to a halt. Then a sad walk backwards looking for the thing, then comes the worst part: calling Honda, “hi I’m a bonehead and your car is stuck here now…”

*wipes forehead*

 

 

Introducing the Nuix & KeriBlog Security Series

Announcing the launch of an all-new security series here on KeriBlog, brought to you by Nuix and KeriBlog.com.

I’m especially excited to get Nuix’s input on the posts, because I am no expert, and the type of topics we’ll talk about is baby stuff for them.

Who is Nuix?

Found in 45 countries around the world, Nuix specializes in threat intelligence, and works with some of the world’s leading enterprises and regulatory agencies, law enforcement and anti-corruption bodies, federal government departments, and advisory firms.

They’re a technology company that enable people to make fact-based decisions from analyzing and extracting knowledge from unstructured data.

Think of it like an “Anomaly Machine” – upload any type of file (logs, emails, documents), and it will hoover up the text and help you find patterns among thousands+ of files.

We’ll make it so you don’t
recoil in horror seeing this:

About the Security Series

We’ve designed an 8-part series to teach you about how to stay safe online. Our first topic is passwords. Did you know that with the help of a tool, I can make 25 billion password guesses, per second. Billion.

Upcoming topics: 

  1. Passwords
  2. So You Clicked on a Bad link
  3. Malware, Viruses, Trojans and more
  4. What is a Pentest and why you need one
  5. XSS is not your friend
  6. Let’s go Phishing
  7. The MITM Attack
  8. Securing a WordPress site

And they’re going to attack me. Neat eh.

I’ll be the guinnea pig, and they’ll attempt (and probably succeed) in breaching my social media accounts, blog, and email to show you how easy it is to be compromised.

Remember the golden rule of online security:
it’s only as good as YOU make it.

Small business owners – a responsibility comes with accepting credit cards and customer’s personal information, conduct your business security accordingly.

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This post has been brought to you by Nuix and KeriBlog.

 

 

Sideview Cameras are the New Thing

They’re starting to arrive on 2015 models.

How it works:

Push the button on the turn signal, and the camera mounted beneath the passenger side view mirror turns on, and displays what it sees on the dash screen.

I don’t like it because it pulls my eyes
off the road & kills my night vision.

Instead of turning my head and keeping my eyes on the road, I have to look down and into the cabin, now my eyes must adjust to the depth and light change, then I have to refocus back on the road.

I’m not seeing logic nor increased efficiency.

Not picking on Honda, they’re one of the first to bring this to market and that’s impressive, these things aren’t cheap to install, but they are not for me.

 

 

Cleaning off my Phone

Things from the last few weeks.

Catchup with Casie xo

We built our blogs together. Are you reading hers? You ought to – CasieStewart.com, and her Twitter is consistently one of the best curated feeds.

My comforter project is almost complete.

And my fan finally arrived, look how beautiful! Look how excited I am about a fan?

Home-owning makes me excited about things I never thought I’d be. Blog tag = house

I track the planets and planetary alignments.

This security project kicks off this week, it’s very good.

Monthly steak with a BFF, a 5 year tradition.

And I’m trying, hard, to learn to make food.

This is actually good for me, plus I didn’t have to go to the store first or anything.

Caught up with an old friend over the holidays, “remember this?”, “remember that?” and “wait we documented it…”

Re: the masks – that’s the 1st time I’ve dressed up on Hallowe’en in 20 years, and I’m still paying for it.

I’m not guys, same answer as another organization, last line here.

Night.