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What I would have done to secure the Astros’ database

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:00:45 +0000

The now-infamous breached Houston Astros database sounds like a classic case of what security professionals call Shadow IT: a project that the business needs, done without adequate involvement from security and, most likely, from the IT department as well. These kinds

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My Babe Ruth lottery ticket

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 06 Jun 2015 13:47:07 +0000

It was June 2, 2015, the 80th anniversary of Babe Ruth’s final Major League Baseball game. That day, I bought a lottery ticket. I spied a 1935 Goudey Babe Ruth card on Ebay, which casually mentioned it was an “RP,”

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My 10th ’35 Goudey: Ted Lyons and Mule Haas

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 11:00:05 +0000

Once I’d drained my local supply of 1935 Goudeys, I turned to Ebay. To keep some sport in it and keep costs down a bit, initially I decided to limit myself to auction listings rather than buy-it-nows. The first time

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My fifth 1935 Goudey: Dazzy Vance

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 11:00:21 +0000

As I mentioned before, four of my cards came in a single visit to a local baseball card shop. The nicest card in terms of condition that I bought in that four-card batch featured Hall of Fame pitcher Dazzy Vance, so

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This one hurts.

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 04:36:41 +0000

I tried to write the day it happened. I couldn’t write anything that made any sense. Mostly I sat and stared. I told myself when the Royals made the Wild Card, I’d be happy with whatever happened, because it was

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Net neutrality is not Marxism

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 11:00:52 +0000

There is a fear campaign going on, suggesting that net neutrality is Marxism, or a plot for the government to take over the Internet. That’s name calling. There’s actually something very different going on. I’m not going to resort to

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Obstruction on the basepaths

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 14:17:48 +0000

“Chances are you never heard of Major League Baseball’s Rule 7.06 before Saturday night,” wrote Boston Globe columnist Chad Finn after the Cardinals won World Series Game 3 on that rule. It’s easy for me to say now, but when

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What do you have against Frank White, Mr. Glass?

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:16:38 +0000

The Kansas City Royals didn’t exactly fire Frank White this week. They just dumped him like last week’s garbage. And that’s a completely classless act, given Frank White’s history with the franchise. Frank White literally helped build Royals Stadium–now Kauffman

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Rebuilding in Kansas City

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 02:42:06 +0000

Well, the Royals finally did something today.

They traded aging catcher Benito Santiago to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a pitching prospect, and they traded a pitching prospect to the Atlanta Braves for Eli Marrero.

It's a start.

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To cheat or not to cheat?

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 05 Jun 2003 04:06:31 +0000

Sammy Sosa got caught this week with a corked bat.

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