2FA (2 factor authentication) has become quite commonplace and I, personally, like all the different versions whether it's email, text message, or use of an app like Authy or Google Authenticator, to help protect my accounts. There was a time when 2FA first showed up that I also thought it was cumbersome and a step too far, but today it just feels like the logical progression in the pursuit of security in this ever-expanding digital world, especially the apps... wish I'd have thought of them.

I'll see your Louise Fletcher and raise you a Kathy Bates (Misery)....

Another creepy one... Vincent d'Onofrio as Carl Stargher in "The Cell"

I second your vote for Javier Bardem.. evil....

I thought Ralph Fiennes in Red Dragon played a pretty good villain as well.

A new addition to the tech space called Theta is likely to play strongly in the future of broadband availability... something to watch in the time to come.

WD is great. I've got Passports and Elements, both perform well. That being said, SSDs have come way down in price and will be the only portables I'll buy from now on. Faster, smaller, lighter, no moving parts... yeah....

I've used Irfanview (irfanview.com) to do that very thing for years. Free software, intuitive interface, good for other tasks as well.

Wow squared... that's just an amazing image. I must've come back to look at it a dozen times this morning. Excellent job!!

I have the next size up of that sled along with a number of other of their tools... Incra makes some fine equipment. Always feels like woodworking gear that's been designed to be acceptable to machinists.

When I do composite work (fiberglas, epoxy, etc) I only use disposable HF die grinders for my sanding tasks. The last thing you want to do when laying up structural composites is to contaminate them with any kind of oil, so I buy them with the express intent of running them without oil (something I'd never do with a "good" tool), knowing that I'll just toss & replace when they finally lock up. There's a time & place for just about everything <g>.

That's funny... I always knew there were other folks out there whose dogs also liked TV... our ShihTsu loves old westerns and the X-Files, of all things. Go figure...

Great series!!! I also liked the hawk, but couldn't get over the stare of the osprey... made the hair on my arms stand up. Amazing shot.

Having grown up on the SE side of the city I know this spot pretty well... great capture. I grew up just a teeny bit further north, so Rainbow Beach was my haunt as a young'un, and in those days if I was standing on the rocks there looking south/southeast I'd see the mills (US Steel) a couple blocks away.... had to squint to see the ones in IN <g>. Today what used to be USSteel South Works is a big flat spot. Hard to believe.. my Dad started working there when he got back from WWII and retired in the early 70's. Thanks for jogging the memories.

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