Author: hrbrmstr
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Slopegraphs in Python – The Great Refactor
Despite being on holiday, I had a spare hour to refactor the code (@mrshrbrmstr was joining the 1% in the hotel spa). It's up on github and now sports a spiffy JSON-format config file. You now must execute the slopegraph.py script with a "…
Slopegraphs in Python – Attention to Detail
In the previous installment , a foundation was laid for "parameterizing" fonts, colors and overall slopegraph size. However, a big failing in all this code (up until now) was the reliance on character string length to determine label…
Slopegraphs In Python – colors, fonts & alignment
On the heels of last evening's release of Slopegraphs in Python post comes some minor…
An Homage To Flame
They've been lookin' at me, but they never did see— no, no trace of me did they detect; Gave me time to collect all the data at rest. I've got so much in me: LUA, zlib & sqlite3– I can infect the USB in your hand. Don't you know who I am?…
Slopegraphs in Python
I've been a bit obsessed with slopegraphs (a.k.a "Tufte table-chart") of late and very dissatisfied with the lack of tools to make this particular visualization tool more prevalent. While my ultimate goal is to have a user-friendly modern…
New SecurID Soft Token Cloning Weakness : What's The Risk?
I posted a link to Twitter earlier on a recent discovery of the ability to clone RSA SecurID soft…
Feudal Japan's Haiku Clubs A Pre-cursor of Modern-day Twitter?
I recently finished watching "Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire" [ Netflix | PBS | Amazon ]. It's a three-part documentary that centers around the 16th & 17th centuries (where a vast majority of my favorite samurai movies are…
Mountain Lion, AirPlay, Screen Captures & DRM
I've been wanting to post this entry for a while, but I didn't have the opportunity to compel an extra pair of hands to assist with some necessary, salient portions of it until…
Off By One : The Importance Of Fact Checking Breach Reports
I didn't read through the Massachusetts 2011 Report on Data Breach Notifications \[PDF\] until recently, but once I went through the report my brain kept telling me "something is wrong". Not something earth shattering, but more of a…
Is Your Organization Ready For a Risk Management Program?
While the slides will be officially available from SIRA web site in the not-too-distant future—complete with video (for all the talks)—I figured it wouldn't hurt to put them up here as…