[Waiting On Wednesday #7] Trojan Horse: A Novel by Mark Russinovich (2012)

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book, recommendation, technology, war, world issues

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.

Trojan Horse (2012)
by Mark Russinovich
Publication Date: September 4th 2012
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
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It’s two years post-Zero Day, and former government analyst Jeff Aiken is reaping the rewards for crippling al-Qaida’s attack on the computer infrastructure of the Western world. His cyber-security company is flourishing, and his relationship with Daryl Haugen intensifies when she becomes a part of his team.

But the West is under the East’s greatest threat yet. The Stuxnet virus that successfully subverted Iran’s nuclear defense program for years is being rapidly identified and defeated, and Stuxnet’s creators are stressed to develop a successor. As Jeff and Daryl struggle to stay together, they’re summoned to disarm the attack of a revolutionary, invisible trojan that alters data without leaving a trace. As the trojan penetrates Western intelligence, the terrifying truth about Iran is revealed, and Jeff and Daryl find themselves running a desperate race against time to reverse it – while the fate of both East and West hangs in the balance.

Like Zero Day, Trojan Horse is a thrilling suspense story, a sober warning from one of the world’s leading experts on cyber-security, Microsoft’s Technology Fellow, Mark Russinovich. Trojan Horse demystifies the dangerously realistic threat of a cyber-terrorism attack on the Western world, while chronicling the lengths through which one man and will go to stop it.
-synopsis from Goodreads.

My Thoughts:
Trojan Horse is the sequel to Marks first novel, Zero Day (I can’t believe the entire library system in Hawaii doesn’t even have a copy.) Fighting with technology? Totally my thing!

Do you have a book that is making you count down to its release date? Leave a comment, I would love to know.

[Music] If He Can Sound This Good While Drunk, Can You Just Imagine Him Sober?

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alcohol, arabic, asian, drunk, good music, jhameel, korean, music, recommendation

I hope to you see you again in working condition!

Last month my laptop crashed on me, so I sent it back to HP for repair (thank God it’s still in warranty.) I have to resort to my old desktop–just how did I survive off 1GB RAM a year ago? Whenever I have three programs running at the same time, my computer starts lagging big time. Now every person I watch on YouTube is stuttering, and every song I play turns into a remix.

 

And because my laptop’s music collection was lost after its crash, I set out to hunt for good music to replace my lost collection.

I had Jhameel’s The Human Condition album on my IPod for a while; his smooth voice is like melted chocolate. Then I found Jhameel (جميل)…singing drunk–with Spongebob Squarepants underwear.

 

And I fell in love with his voice again. Honestly, I think I might like his voice better drunk than sober. Now, I don’t know how to critique vocals (even though I am classically trained in piano.) Every time I watch American Idol or The Voice and the judges start raving about contestants, I am like, “Oh, that guy just sounds average…” But I know this guy makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Oh, and he is supposed to be some really smart guy who can speak five languages and graduated with honors from UC Berkley in two years with an Arabic degree (who in the world studies Arabic?!).

Apparently he sings drunk for every 1000 Facebook likes, so of course I went to Facebook to like him, for the sake of hearing him sing drunk again. The best part is, you can download his music for free–legally–off his website.

Excuse me while I drown in his euphoric voice while devouring a good book.