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A German’s View: US Elections 2008

GrantGochnauer — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:24:22 +0000

A German’s View: US Elections 2008

Take a minute to read this German’s blog post about the US elections and what one outsider’s opinion is. It’s very insightful and a great read.

Lincoln Park Zoo

GrantGochnauer — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:43:01 +0000

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Vodori shots

GrantGochnauer — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:02:31 +0000

A couple photo picks

GrantGochnauer — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:48:12 +0000

Firefox 3: Useful Firefox 3 Configuration Tweaks

GrantGochnauer — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:52:52 +0000

Firefox 3: Useful Firefox 3 Configuration Tweaks

Revealed: The Internet’s Biggest Security Hole

GrantGochnauer — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:17:45 +0000

Two security researchers have demonstrated a new technique to stealthily intercept internet traffic on a scale previously presumed to be unavailable to anyone outside of intelligence agencies like the National Security Agency. The demonstration is the latest attack to highlight fundamental security weaknesses in some of the web’s core protocols.

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Defcon 16

GrantGochnauer — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:26:54 +0000

Authoring from anywhere

GrantGochnauer — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:24:47 +0000

I am writing this blog post from my iPhone using the native wordpress application. It seems pretty neat but doesn’t allow me to attach or post pictures yet. (edit: actually it does! It’s on another tab in the app) Needness to say a pretty good first version!

Botanical Gardens

GrantGochnauer — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:43:12 +0000

Gabe and I joined my good friends Charles and Tammy with their 2 and a half year old daughter Lizzy over the 4th of July weekend to visit the Botanical Gardens north of the city. It’s absolutely beautiful there and even after 2.5 hours, I don’t think we covered half of the park. They have this train exhibit where miniature trains travel through model cities. The cities are modeled off of famous places around the US. I honestly think the trains were my favorite part of the whole trip

Here are a couple photos from the trip (view full album)

Chicago Pride Parade 2008

GrantGochnauer — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:12:14 +0000

The Chicago Pride parade was great this year even with the 30 minute pause half way through and the on and off again rain showers toward the end. Gabe and I camped out for about an hour before the parade started which really proved to be futile since people just showed up 5 minutes before the parade and then walked right in front of us. Oh well. We were still on the front lines and got to see everything up close. The whole parade lasted about 3.5 hours and there were sooo many people. Last year they said there were 450,000 people and I’d say we came pretty close to that this year as well. See you all again next year!!

Here is a link to the full album (450+ photos): Full Album.