On this 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon, I refer you to the short piece I wrote several years ago about my memories of it. I was not quite two when it happened, so those memories are jumbled and dim, may have been partially implanted by stories my parents told, and primarily involve the major oil company that sponsored it on TV. Read Apollo 11
And now, this week’s best blog posts:
💻 Tesla offers a $10,000 bounty for serious bugs found in its cars. Sam Curry can attest that it’s for real: he found a security vulnerability, and Tesla paid up. It helps a lot that Sam is a software security expert. Note: technical explanation ahead. Read Cracking my windshield and earning $10,000 on the Tesla Bug Bounty Program
💻 Ever been to Azerbeijan? Gerald has and returns with some cracking black-and-white images from a town there called Baku. Read Baku In Two Hours
💻 N. S. Palmer on how being part of a larger group that shares something in common with you helps you feel like the world makes sense. Read Turn Strangers Into Friends
💻 I tried my hand working in startup software companies from 2013-2018 and had some miserable outcomes. I might not have had I gotten to read Dave Kellogg‘s great article about how to choose a startup. Read Career Decisions: What to Look For in a Software Startup
📷 Peggy Anne found a nice Voigtländer Vito B and put it through its paces. Read Voigtländer Vito B
