Cyber Song for Cyber Monday

I continued on the song theme today - so looked up cyber songs for Cyber Monday.  Here is the one that got my attention. THE BOOK In Cybersecurity and CyberWar: What Everyone Needs to Know, New York Times best-selling author P. W. Singer and noted cyber expert Allan Friedman team up to provide the kind of easy-to-read, yet deeply informative resource book that has been missing on this crucial issue of 21st century life. Written in a lively, accessible style, filled with engaging stories and illustrative anecdotes, the book is structured around the key question areas of cyberspace and its security: how it all works, why it all matters, and what can we do? Along the way, they take readers on a tour of the important (and entertaining) issues and characters of cybersecurity, from the “Anonymous” hacker group and the Stuxnet computer virus to the new cyber units of the Chinese and US militaries. Cybersecurity and CyberWar: What Everyone Needs to Know is the definitive account on the subject for us all, which comes not a moment too soon. SONG PLAYLIST If you are like us, sometimes you read a book, while also listening to music. Below is a recommended “playlist” for getting into the vibe of the book and its findings, with the certain lyric that resonated to the realm of cybersecurity and war. Guess which chapter and why! VISUAL SEELIST I thought the continuing rust theme an appropriate visual see-along.

Niagara's News

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Wear and Tear  I am fascinated by patterns, shapes and lines in abstract form, so find patterns of wear and tear interesting.  These signs are corrugated plastic or cardboard. Perhaps it is a combination.  The bright colours and geometric shapes caught my attention.  The first sign is for delivery of The Standard, the St. Catharines newspaper.  It has been in operation since 1891. Now owned by Southam, it was originally owned by W. B. Burgoyne and stayed in the family for 105 years. The publication and its debt was bought in 1982 by the paper's mechanical superintendent for $1.  Father and son, Henry, ran the paper.  It passed on through the generations of Burgoynes, all of them keeping the editorial independence thriving. Their dedication to St. Catharines is commemorated with a number of landmarks - a park, arena, and downtown bridge all still carry his name.  The St. Catharines Standards remains a lively publication and the largest in Niagara.  It is interesting how a sign with wear and tear and have such a story packed into it.  Now the tattoo sign, in Toronto, has no history so will be a mystery story.  One can create it from imagination.  Perhaps its location in the King Street West area can be the starting point.