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What On Earth Are We Doing Here: Safety & Security on Facebook

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What On Earth Are We Doing Here. Living, Dying, and Trying. Saturday, January 11, 2014. Safety and Security on Facebook. For those who are interested in everything safety and security, Nick Markowitz and I have teamed up on Facebook to bring you the Safety and Security. Page ( click here. Nick and I have worked together for many years starting with ideas, drawings, and equipment when I went to Security Distributing and Marketing. For personal security information and products,. Be sure not to miss each a...

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What On Earth Are We Doing Here: Smart TV or Spy TV (Dumb TV)

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What On Earth Are We Doing Here. Living, Dying, and Trying. Monday, February 9, 2015. Smart TV or Spy TV (Dumb TV). If George Orwell hadn't died in 1950, he'd be pretty proud of television manufacturers for inventing sets that contain cameras, speakers, and now, speech recognition with the capability of converting audio speech into digital data. I'm speaking of Samsung's smart TV. That has the ability to listen in and send everything you say down the wire to others via the Internet. Today's high-end tele...

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What On Earth Are We Doing Here: Latest News

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What On Earth Are We Doing Here. Living, Dying, and Trying. Gov't news on the left, private sources on the right.). The Blaze.com Stories. BBC News, US/Canada. Top Headlines World Press Review. Boston.com Top Stories. Popular Science, New Technology. Science, Current Issue. Department of Homeland Security Press Releases. Federal Bureau of Investigations. American Forces Press Service News. UN News Center Top Stories. Social Media RSS Feeds. What on Earth Are We Doing Here. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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What On Earth Are We Doing Here: Book Review: Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson

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What On Earth Are We Doing Here. Living, Dying, and Trying. Saturday, November 23, 2013. Book Review: Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson. On November 15, 2013, I finished Walter Isaacson's book, Steve Jobs, founder, chairman, and former CEO of Apple Inc. What an awesome book, published in 2011 before Job’s death. All I can say is “What a life. What a man.”. Isaacson’s book speaks loudly to me. It says that all great men are peculiarly conscious of their debt to their fellow man and society at large. Departme...

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What On Earth Are We Doing Here: About

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What On Earth Are We Doing Here. Living, Dying, and Trying. Al Colombo is a trade journalist and copywriter in the physical security and life safety markets. His 28-year career includes the title of Associate Editor with Security Distributing and Marketing. Magazine and technical editor with Security Sales and Integration. His freelance work has also appeared in Security Dealer and Integrator. Security and Life Safety. And The Electrical Distributor. And numerous websites throughout cyberspace. In a worl...

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What On Earth Are We Doing Here: How Alarm Systems Deter Crime

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What On Earth Are We Doing Here. Living, Dying, and Trying. Sunday, May 17, 2015. How Alarm Systems Deter Crime. In my early years in electronic security, as a technician and alarm company owner, I thought in terms of catching thieves rather. Than preventing crimes. My focus was clearly on technology for detection and not prevention, but over time I came to understand that. Yard Signs and Window Decals. Keypad Visibility in Commercial. Multiple Siren Speaker Boxes. For the serious researcher:. Permission...

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What On Earth Are We Doing Here: How to Assure the Safety of Your Family at Home

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What On Earth Are We Doing Here. Living, Dying, and Trying. Wednesday, April 8, 2015. How to Assure the Safety of Your Family at Home. Protecting yourself and your family is an important aspect of being a husband, a mother, or a father. It's frustrating when we fail to do so, and even worse, it can be devastating wen we fail to do so and something terrible happens because of our own ignorance or thoughtlessness. The following list offers some advice on how to stay safe and sound in your own home:. Instal...

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What On Earth Are We Doing Here: Are We Painting Ourselves Into a Proverbial Corner by Embracing IoT Technology?

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What On Earth Are We Doing Here. Living, Dying, and Trying. Monday, August 3, 2015. Are We Painting Ourselves Into a Proverbial Corner by Embracing IoT Technology? It's been said more then once that technology will be Society's downfall. In light of what I see going on today- how private industry. And the Federal Government itself are connecting everything in sight, including our critical infrastructure, to the. With all of this tech coming into so many lives, and collecting so much information about con...

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What On Earth Are We Doing Here: Know Who's Knocking Before Unlocking

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What On Earth Are We Doing Here. Living, Dying, and Trying. Thursday, April 9, 2015. Know Who's Knocking Before Unlocking. In my last blog post I talked about keeping your family safe. And I provided a 10-point list of things you can do to help in that mission. Today, I'd like to discuss the means whereby you can fulfill some of those points, specifically items 1 through 4. There are many types of intercoms to choose from. Working our way down from the top two categories we're looking at:. The outdoor vi...