Adam passed this post by Linus Torvalds across to me recently, and I agree with it quite a bit. There isn’t a paragraph to take out of context and paste here, just read it, it’s short.

The reality is that security people tend to get all worked up about security. As a Systems Administrator, I’m concerned and weigh in on security, but it’s part of my multi-faceted approach to Getting Things Done. I do about fifteen milliseconds of risk assessment with each choice, and try to use some experience + common sense to convert what security folk deem as a “really big hole” in real terms.

That being said, I know a bunch of security people, and pretty much all of them that aren’t alarmists tend to be the smarter ones who do cool things and are nice folk to be around.

This weekend while chilling with kids from the slow sunday ride, I somehow finally got to understand that the old timers saying of “uphill both ways” actually meant that your start and stop were both on a hill, with a valley between them, and could actually be legit.

I built a new wheel for my Schwinn due to not liking the quick release on the old hub. Since I was buying a new nutted hub anyways, I got a flip flop and now have a 17/19 fixed and a 18 freewheel. I’ve been riding the 17 fixed for a couple days. I can’t tell if my soreness is from riding constantly for weeks, or from switching to a fixed gear. Since it’s mostly my back, I think I blame a satchel full of pints actually. I want an LHT but I’ve been deciding lately to not spend money since I’m spending so much on flight training and kind of screwing myself. If I’m really good I might buy some clipless pedals and shoes though.

I also have something to say about [not being] “just a normal guy”, but I’ve been too busy lately to get there.