Java Zen:Thinking Out Loud Saturday, 2025.12.20 
Security systems fail in one of two ways. They can fail to stop the bad guy, and
they can mistakenly stop the good guy. The TSA likes to measure its success by
looking at the forbidden items they have prevented from being carried onto
aircraft, but that's wrong. Every time the TSA takes a pocketknife from an
innocent person, that's a security failure. It's a false alarm. The system has
prevented access where no prevention was required. This, coupled with the
widespread belief that the bad guys will find a way around the system,
demonstrates what a colossal waste of money it is.

		Bruce Schneier

2008.07.08

What A Difference A Door Makes

Wow.

I’ve wanted a new front door for 14 years. It was always on the plan…for next year. It closed. It locked…mostly. And there was always some other priority. Usually something cancer related. So it stayed. Today, that changed. Before…

And after (but still untrimmed and unpainted)…

For the first time ever, my front hall is filled with natural light in the evening. It makes it look and feel more like a home than it has in near 4 years. Maybe there is hope yet for this house of busted dreams.

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2008.07.09

Fixed typos and grammar.

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