I’d be lying if I didn’t admit to some pretty strong emotions when I watched those 216 votes come in last night on C-SPAN. As somebody who, perhaps foolishly, believes that the point of politics isn’t to merely score more points than the other people, but to enact real programs that lead to a better… Continue reading The battle is won, now the fight moves on…
Author: Nathan Hunstad
Liar’s Poker
I recently read the book “Liar’s Poker” by Michael Lewis, about Wall Street in the 1980s. I’m not sure what prompted me to pick it up from the library: I’d heard of it several times before, and maybe the current financial mess made it apparent that revisiting some of the excess that got the ball… Continue reading Liar’s Poker
Moving from Ghost to Clonezilla
Update: In addition to this post, check out my guide on customizing custom-ocs. In a previous post, I talked about using disk imaging software for setting up Windows in a corporate environment. For years, I’ve used Symantec Ghost, specifically Ghost 8. I’d previously manually run Ghost from a network drive, booting from a custom floppy… Continue reading Moving from Ghost to Clonezilla
SD59 Convention Pictures
I’ve uploaded pictures from the DFL SD59 convention last Saturday here. Plenty of samples below the jump…
SD59 convention report
Today was the DFL Senate District 59 convention at Edison High School. Julia and I were elected as delegates at our precinct caucus a few weeks ago, so we got up early on a Saturday morning to attend. We were out of there by 2:30, which isn’t bad for a district convention. Sadly, we were… Continue reading SD59 convention report
No room for empathy
The statements from many Republicans these days about health care are unnerving. Governor Pawlenty says that maybe hospitals should be able to turn away indigent people who need treatment. Earlier, he vetoes a reasonable GAMC extension, and Republicans in the House vow to uphold his veto despite overwhelmingly voting for the extension in the first… Continue reading No room for empathy
Toyota and data privacy
Why am I so interested in issues of data privacy and data security? I think this story about “black boxes” in Toyota cars illustrates it well. In short, Toyota cars have airplane-like black boxes in many of their cars that can track data like speed, whether the airbags deployed, and so forth. However, the data… Continue reading Toyota and data privacy
Windows 7 complaints, corporate edition
When I first got Windows 7, I ranted a bit about the install process. Since then, I’ve had no problems with Windows 7 at home, and I have to say that I like it. It’s getting to the time, though, when we will start rolling out Windows 7 at work, and in the past week… Continue reading Windows 7 complaints, corporate edition
Grad school admission
Last week I was admitted to the University of Minnesota’s brand-new Masters of Science in Security Technology (MSST) program. I’m very excited to be in the inaugural class, and I’m glad that I finally found a graduate program that fit my needs, after spending a few years looking and coming up empty.
Precinct Caucus report
Tonight, the first Tuesday in February, was precinct caucus night in Minnesota. For those unfamiliar with this tradition, caucuses are when neighbors of like political persuasion get together, elect party leaders at the local level, debate resolutions, and send delegates forth to the next level of government where they do all of this again. After… Continue reading Precinct Caucus report