Required (Geek) Reading

Forgive the unimaginative title of this article and just be sure to read the whole thing:
How a Bookmaker and a Whiz Kid Took On an Extortionist – and Won
DDoS – It’s like a valley full of bandits and their armed slave captives wildly firing small arms at heavily armored airship transports passing above, but today is Friday the 13th and not Crappy Analogy Day, so I will quit now while I’m ahead.

Mitsuoka Jidosha

Most people have never heard of the Japanese automaker Mitsuoka. We rode in a Mitsuoka taxi once and the driver really loved that car – it was, indeed, a very well crafted car, and he kept it impeccably clean. I see less and less of these cars on the road every year, which is kind of a sad thing, but it does make each new sighting more significant.