Dan's Blog: For What it's worth.

Well I thought I would try to recap my days at the Sun Engineering Conference... as much of it as I can. The conference kicks off in full swing tomorrow but today was a starter day.

I sat in on a discussion / workshop on aspects of usable security and privacy. It was a great joy to meet some of the folks inside Sun working on these topics and what they are currently doing and where they see it going. I was mainly a fly on the wall to find ideas on how I can pull aspects into my day to day job and learn more what Sun is doing in the space. A couple of aspects of Solaris that caught my attention today were the use of RBAC and digitally signed binaries.

Along with sitting around and talking geek security I started the finishing touches on a poster board presentation that I am giving on the use of a new model for software gates and tools replication and a common building infrastructure for the software products that the group and am in support.

That about wraps up for day zero... off to bed now (I am still on EST and stuck in PST) only to get up and work on the second day of my research.

For what it's worth.

Well as promised in several posts I will be offering my review of Peet's vs. Starbuck's. To keep things fair I ordered what I normally order when I go into a Starbuck's.

Hello Russell I will have a medium (grande) low fat carmel caffe latte.

After taking my name and swiping my card (Amex) I started to walk away... oh wait I have to sign the receipt. One for *bucks, I no longer have to sign the receipt there. A moment or two later a nice barista calls out, "Dan, medium (grande) low fat carmel caffe latte". Nice, one for Peet's, the personalized service is a great plus. Now onto the main portion of the visit, the coffee. Quick stir of cup and sip away... Oh that is good stuff. The latte was smooth with out any bitter after taste to the coffee and the temperature was just right.

Peet's wins round one of the coffee taste off, tomorrow the coffee of the day instead of the cafe latte and to check out their wireless setup.

For what it's worth.

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Well I have just arrived in Santa Clara and I am starving but good news... there is a Peet's right next door. Off to get some food and a coffee... the report on my opinion on Peet's vs. Starbuck's to come...

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Well just heading out to the airport for the flight to the Sun Engineering Conference... I hope that I have time to drop updates out to you all. I will make sure I let you all know how my poster presentation goes over.

For what it's worth