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Approaches to security metrics
There are three approaches to security metrics; qualitative, quantitative, and hybrid. A qualitative approach is one where security is measured on a sliding scale of : SECURE -> INSECURE. Various levels or shades of security (or insecurity) can be determined as a measure of some stated policy. A grid/matrix of values can then be designed in such [...]
Motorola Droid X
At 65.5 x 127.5 x 9.9 mm, this will be the biggest mobile phone form factor I will ever get. I thought the IPone was a monster of a phone, and reluctantly accepted to carry a Treo, and later a Curve. But the Droid X by Motorola is also my most anticipated smart phone. I [...]
Mr. President. When you’re in a hole. Stop digging!
The biggest problem with this president and the presidency is not just the jobs numbers as the pundits will like to make you believe. It is the increasing perception by the coalition thatelected him, that the president is in bed with the same group that screwed the country up. Both on the left, and the [...]
The President and the pile ons
Barack Obama’s ascendancy to the United States Presidency was a cinderella moment in American history. A black looking mulato who hardly knew his father and is married to a great-grand-daughter of slaves won the Presidency with one of the largest electoral margins in history and so much promise at a time when the national mood [...]
The move to 64 bit computing
Since 2003, there has been a concerted move by the computer industry to migrate to 64 bit computing, first with the AMD’s 64 bit general purpose machine, and Microsoft’s 64 bit XP. Most operating system vendors, including Apple began to seriously release 64 bit versions of their software in 2007, and the number has grown, [...]
HTML 5 : A new page is turning…
A new page, in the internet (inter-web as some on the US right will call it) is turning, albeit slowly. Internet 5 standard is finalized, mostly, and the major players are readying their best shots. Microsoft Internet Explorer 9, Google Chrome 6, Safari 5 are all promising to deliver the most profound update to the [...]
A crazy nation ups the ante
There’s been news lately of the political class in Nigeria outdoing themselves again. Most Nigerian Newspapers carried the distressing news of Nigerian politicians planning a jamboree in London – A summit to celebrate Nigeria’s 50th independence anniversary in London. It’s like the United States organizing a jamboree in London to celebrate its 250th independence anniversary, or India organizing a jamboree [...]

President Jonathan. Vice President Ribadu?

May 062010

Nigerian Politics

Death of a President

May 062010

No mortal can escape death. At least not yet. And so, a middle aged long ailing Nigerian president succumbed to the ultimate call of nature and passed away on Tuesday Night, more than six months after he was first nocturnally flown out of the Nigeria Airport in Abuja to a Saudi Hospital. In life, sickness [...]

Acting President for Nigeria : Goodluck Jonathan

Feb 092010

In an unprecedented move, and a show of confidence in a little known, but markedly loyal deputy, the Nigerian legislation earlier Tuesday, February 9, 2010 passed resolutions officially recognizing Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as the nation’s acting President. This move comes in the wake of President Musa Ya’Ardua’s continued absence from the country after his [...]

Yar'Adua and Nigeria - What's the rush?

Jan 122010

Professor Wole Soyinka is the quintessential Yoruba man. A Nigerian always in a hurry, for the wrong reasons. A Yoruba man on the wrong side of history. Almost 50 years after its independence from United Kingdom, Nigeria has continued to demonstrate a capacity for self governance, mostly because of over zealous compatriots who will not [...]