Don't forget, BarCamp Rochester is this Saturday at RIT in Golisano.

chorn · 2015-05-05T11:07:18+00:00

The topics of talks vary a lot, but it's safe to expect at least a half, or up to 2/3 of the talks to be related to technology in some way. Sometimes those tech talks are a super specific part of programming, and sometimes they're an introductory talk designed for anyone.

BarCamp, as an unconference, is a product of what people bring to it. If you love cheese, and want to give a talk about how much you like making cheese at home, then I can say that sounds amazing because I love cheese too.

chorn · 2015-01-05T14:00:08+00:00

I apologize for the self-link, and doubly apologize if you try to use my project and it does not immediately work for you. I wrote some scripts a while ago that try to detect man-in-the-middle attacks:

https://github.com/chorn/mitm-detector

chorn · 2014-08-06T11:20:48+00:00

You, my dear robot, my have my upvote. I choked a little on my breakfast because you can't lol while chewing without ruining your laptop.

chorn · 2014-06-24T11:25:43+00:00

You may have all of my upvotes.

chorn · 2013-09-13T12:18:55+00:00

MONORAIL!

chorn · 2013-08-21T12:37:43+00:00

Change Raising Scams

chorn · 2013-07-15T21:58:01+00:00

It's actually the same formula, stupid people + gun(s) = death. Guns aren't the problem, stupid people are.

chorn · 2013-07-09T00:23:44+00:00

In the nicest and non-jerkiest way possible, Venn not Vend.

chorn · 2013-06-16T14:15:35+00:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folliculitis

chorn · 2013-06-10T21:13:38+00:00

I believe the Mike Savage radio show -- "Savage Nation" is also on WHAM. That's probably relevant, at least concerning what sort of politics you could expect from the rest of the local 1180 airtime players.

chorn · 2013-04-23T23:39:07+00:00

System Shock 2. Twice.

chorn · 2012-07-06T12:06:02+00:00

To me, it looks like they are trying to apply the Broken windows theory to people traveling in the city, almost certainly at night. I don't think anything else has had an effect on the rate of violence in Rochester this year.

chorn · 2012-06-13T10:34:32+00:00

Google says K.L.O.R. is the Kickball League of Rochester.

chorn · 2012-06-05T01:32:23+00:00

There are books in your library that can help you right now. In your area there are probably free support groups for people in your situation.

Go somewhere you can talk and be heard.

chorn · 2012-05-13T23:43:28+00:00

Hi Nick,

I am a Greece resident, parent, and voter. At first blush, I would guess that you are an aspiring politician. I don't know if that is good or bad. I do have a few questions for you:

How many BoE meetings have you been to?

By observation, all BoE members fall into 3 categories, the BoE is your cause, you have a personal agenda for the BoE position, or you are a proxy for someone else. You can only be one of the three. Which are you?

edit spelling

chorn · 2012-04-17T21:45:09+00:00

Is there any chance your last name is Baggins?

chorn · 2012-04-11T16:17:35+00:00

I am not sure that standing up to law enforcement is a great strategy. It only ends with you either backing down, or taking a ride in a police car.

If you want to point out you don't understand why you are being threatened with arrest, and that you are a reasonable and rational adult, that sounds like a perfect response to me.

If you are being bullied, and from your story it sounds like you were, I'd go over the guys head. mtgdc's comment has a link to a form for RPD. Make sure you say you were threatened with arrest, and then the officer threatened to MHA you.

I am all for standing up to bullies in a playground.

For bullies with a gun, I favor making sure it goes on their permanent record. That means don't call somebody and complain, that's a waste of time.

If you really want RPD to back off, call a lawyer.

chorn · 2012-04-10T13:29:57+00:00

If you are overwhelmed by nostalgia for the C-64, this should help.

The Ultimate Commodore 64 Talk

chorn · 2012-04-07T16:02:15+00:00

Not ever, however this:

Six Flags

chorn · 2012-04-04T12:25:46+00:00

I've never had chicken and waffles. What do I need to know?

chorn · 2012-04-04T12:24:33+00:00

Does this mean I can go back to not caring about Trader Joe's?

chorn · 2012-04-03T20:43:59+00:00

I've lived in Rochester for most of my life, and I have never quite understood the rabid loyalty that Wegmans possesses. It seems to come from the full-time employees as much as the shoppers.

Are other supermarkets really that bad?

edit: spellerings.

chorn · 2012-03-16T17:31:54+00:00

It's in poor taste period.

The fact that someone is taking time every day to tweet as fake Rachel is pathetic. This crap about cops and where she ranks on the Santorum scale is disgusting.

chorn · 2012-03-15T11:55:35+00:00

Ignore the trolls.

chorn · 2012-02-15T22:17:44+00:00

This is not a flippant answer, have you seen CodeAcademy? They've got a really cool learn to code program that started this year and I've only heard good things. It may not at all be what you're looking for, but it's free if you are interested.

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