Pumpkin Decorating Contest at Work

The girls in Tech Finance asked me to help decorate their pumpkin. We did some brainstorming yesterday, I drew a 'pattern' on the pumpkin (which they then improved on with the push pins) and today I drew the backdrop this is the result:



Not too shabby if I may be so bold.

Here's a quick pic of the assembled competition:



An impressive collection (especially concidering that all designs were done within 24 hours...)

I had two favorites aside from out own:

which was a simple, but wonderfully done rendition of an excellent character from A Nightmare Before Christmas. It was done on a lazy suzanne so the head would pivot to shows the alternate personas just like in the film.

and...

what a great version of Cinderella's (thanks shellefly ) carriage! The detail level was really impressive given the time constraints.

I thought everyone did well, and I'm glad to have taken part. Now? I'm dying to know who won!

Signal Boost: Firesheep

While I've been warning people about this kind of security hole for a long time, I probably haven't explained it nearly as nicely as this post. Also? The fact that Firesheep now exists, making things even easier for people to collect your info... well... pay attention folks. You really don't want to be the person talking to me later saying "Well, I just didn't think it was that easy... I figured I was fine!"

Trust me when I say that the effort involved up front is nothing compared to the pain of 'after the fact'.

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From alasdair, a very helpful description of the new Firesheep wireless security issue and the limited methods of protecting yourself against it. Pass it on:

( Firesheep and you )