Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 17:51:04 -0400
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [WSFA] "Internet evangelist"
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

This past Wed, at the National Library of Medicine, they sponsored a big IPv6
migration seminar. A lot of folks signed up, though I noticed a *lot* few
folks after the keynote speech was done.

The keynote speaker was Vint Cerf. (For those who don't know, he, along with a
co-worker, literally invented the Internet - they came up with tcp/ip.)

Along with his 23 honorary degrees, and awards from Obama and the Queen, these
days he's a VP at google, and one of his titles there is "Internet
Evangelist". I have to say, he fits that 120%.

He's all ecstatic about the Internet of Things (IoT). He thinks it would be
really *cool* to have all the medical monitors you're wearing beaming
real-time data to your doctor... and (I'm not making this up) your
refrigerator, so that when you get home, it might have diet menus ready for
you, based on *everything* in the fridge having an rfid tag....

He installed a Nest ('Net-connected thermostat) in his home. Not anything I'll
*ever* do - someone's keyed one side of my minivan; I really want aforesaid
kid to hack into my thermostat?

He even had a picture - this is *nuts* - of this guy surfing in southern
California... with a tablet *in* the surface of his surfboard, so he can surf
the 'Net while waiting for his wave... and the guy's apparently selling it as
a kit.

Guy, wake up and smell the salt air....

Anyway, thought y'all'd enjoy reading 'bout this.

mark "no Internet refrigerator with a screen on the door, thank you"