Technical Storyteller
This week’s Friday photo is from Russell Gulch in Idaho Springs, Colorado. There’s tons of old mining towns and camps throughout the Rockies, and it’s always fun to discover a new one, especially near your own backyard. I enhanced the clouds with an HDR exposure to give it a surreal feel – trying to capture all the storms that the old cabin has weathered over the years.
This weeks Friday Photo is from Edinburgh, one of my favorite cities to visit. The Scots are frugal (they only fire the cannon to mark 1:00 instead of 12, as it saves ammunition), friendly, and have a hardy outlook on life. I’m convinced that loving bagpipes must be genetic, and I’m happy to have gotten that gene from my folks.
Unfortunately, the Royal Mile is now infested with a chain of cheap souvenir shops all selling the same imported trinkets and junk. If you look hard, you can still find locally owned shops selling authentic Scottish goods, and it’s well worth the effort.
On a better note, the cuisine in Edinburgh is improved immensely since my first visit. The foodies can rejoice – they used Scottish frugality and french techniques to create the most amazing dishes. For me, I’ll stick with pub food…and avoid the haggis!
In honor of the big breach this week, I went through the archives looking for an image of a castle in ruins. Couldn’t have found a more apropos image than this one of Castle Urquhart and Loch Ness. There be monsters here!
Much of our security infrastructure is based on building a controlled perimeter, much as the engineers of Urquhart did on the shoreline. That’s important for sure, but what happens once your walls are breached, the bad guys are inside? Are you only relying moats and castles to protect your critical assets, or do you have watchtowers, patrols, and a garrison stationed inside, ready to respond?
Something to think about when the monsters come.