Matt Blaze
@mattblaze.org
Scientist, safecracker, etc. McDevitt Professor of Computer Science and Law at Georgetown. So-called expert on election security and a few other things. Slow photographer. RF nerd. Occasionally blogs at https://mattblaze.org/blog
So far, it’s working out pretty well, actually.
August 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
So far, it’s working out pretty well, actually.
This is not some borderline edge case. It’s addressed directly in Article II of the constitution. See www.archives.gov/founding-doc... for even more fun facts about how our government is organized.
August 31, 2025 at 5:27 AM
This is not some borderline edge case. It’s addressed directly in Article II of the constitution. See www.archives.gov/founding-doc... for even more fun facts about how our government is organized.
What working in election security is like, part 5693
August 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
What working in election security is like, part 5693
April 28, 2024 at 5:32 PM
My finished photo here: www.flickr.com/photos/mattb...
I took the eclipse as an opportunity for lanscape photography rather than astrophotography. But eclipses as best experienced firsthand, with all the senses.
I took the eclipse as an opportunity for lanscape photography rather than astrophotography. But eclipses as best experienced firsthand, with all the senses.
April 9, 2024 at 8:40 PM
My finished photo here: www.flickr.com/photos/mattb...
I took the eclipse as an opportunity for lanscape photography rather than astrophotography. But eclipses as best experienced firsthand, with all the senses.
I took the eclipse as an opportunity for lanscape photography rather than astrophotography. But eclipses as best experienced firsthand, with all the senses.
Today’s solar eclipse at totality, over DFW. Cloudy, but the job still got done.
April 9, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Today’s solar eclipse at totality, over DFW. Cloudy, but the job still got done.
Just a test to see if Bluesky does a better job not messing with image aspect ratios than the last time I tried this.
November 18, 2023 at 2:21 AM
Just a test to see if Bluesky does a better job not messing with image aspect ratios than the last time I tried this.
The statute appears to prohibit professional astronomy, including the prediction of eclipses. @kenwhite.bsky.social
October 14, 2023 at 9:39 PM
The statute appears to prohibit professional astronomy, including the prediction of eclipses. @kenwhite.bsky.social
My respirator filter (for the excellent Flo Mask Pro) after only a few hours use in the 200+ AQI we had last week.
June 11, 2023 at 11:30 PM
My respirator filter (for the excellent Flo Mask Pro) after only a few hours use in the 200+ AQI we had last week.
If an editor/headline writer/content manager (or whatever they're called these days) sees a headline that says "Martians Attack New Jersey Town", maybe find out if you should add "... in fictional radio program" BEFORE hitting "publish".
June 2, 2023 at 5:46 PM
If an editor/headline writer/content manager (or whatever they're called these days) sees a headline that says "Martians Attack New Jersey Town", maybe find out if you should add "... in fictional radio program" BEFORE hitting "publish".
To do my part, here's the Leake Street Tunnel (near Waterloo station) in London.
May 16, 2023 at 8:55 PM
To do my part, here's the Leake Street Tunnel (near Waterloo station) in London.
The phone-based COVID exposure notification system wasn’t supremely effective, but this mad rush to rip out every last bit of pandemic mitigation infrastructure is just stupid.
Still masking.
Still masking.
May 12, 2023 at 5:59 PM
The phone-based COVID exposure notification system wasn’t supremely effective, but this mad rush to rip out every last bit of pandemic mitigation infrastructure is just stupid.
Still masking.
Still masking.
Speaking of writer’s strikes, I’m glad my parents didn’t throw out our copy of Not The New York Times, produced during the 1978 newspaper strike. Still holds up, kind of a proto-Onion.
May 7, 2023 at 11:21 PM
Speaking of writer’s strikes, I’m glad my parents didn’t throw out our copy of Not The New York Times, produced during the 1978 newspaper strike. Still holds up, kind of a proto-Onion.
Just testing to see how this handles images.
Ugh, it seems to crop no matter what you do.
Ugh, it seems to crop no matter what you do.
May 6, 2023 at 7:16 PM
Just testing to see how this handles images.
Ugh, it seems to crop no matter what you do.
Ugh, it seems to crop no matter what you do.