Sunday, November 1, 2015

"Meru" Documentary Shows Real-Deal Climbing, Not Trendy Peak-Bagging

Last week, I attended a lunch at New York’s 21 Club celebrating the hit mountaineering documentary, “Meru.” The film’s producer/director E. Chai Vasarhelyi and her husband climber/cameraman Jimmy Chin were the featured guests. During dessert, the two took center-stage to be questioned by Tom Brokaw about the subject of their movie: a precarious ascent of the 20,702-ft. Shark’s Fin on India’s Mt. Meru. Never heard of it? It’s considered one of the toughest sheer faces in all of climbing.

Friday, October 30, 2015

ADS Acquires Integrated Systems Inc.

ADS Security, a regional electronic security and automation company headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., has acquired customer accounts from Integrated Systems Inc. of Opelika, Ala. The purchase adds approximately 450 accounts to the ADS Alabama customer base, growing the market to approximately 20,000 accounts.

Tor Releases Private IM Tool -- Here's An Idiot's Guide To Using Encrypted Messaging

The Tor Project has released an encrypted private messaging application. Here's how to download and use it with a good degree of security, and without hurting your brain.

Campaign 2016: Who Rules Social Media?

Whether socially liberal or socially conservative, presidential candidates need to harness social media to engage with the electorate. While Donald Trump once led in all the polls, which candidates lead on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook?