Recently on Security Now! they did an entire episode dedicated to embedded RFID tagging.  I wrote an email in response to that episode with some thoughts about the security of RFID, and my email was selected for this past week’s Q&A episode!  Take a look at the video after the jump to hear my question …

I’ve resurrected my use of Tumblr & will be using it from now on to post items of a more random & informal nature.  I’m using it with a new domain: cconover.me.  I’ll post things that I think are cool, weird, fascinating, exciting, or anything else I feel like sharing, as well as stuff I’m …

I recently learned of a clever plugin for WordPress that embeds tweets in an attractive, fully functional manner into a WordPress post with just tweet URL.  It’s called Blackbird Pie, and it appears to work really well.  All you have to do is install the plugin & it adds a button in the native editor …

Isn’t technology great?  The San Francisco Giants won the World Series tonight, sparking riots all over San Francisco.  Obviously I’m nowhere near there, but because of the Internet I can see & hear all the excitement in real time.  Here’s how you can too!

I was recently watching an episode of Top Gear that happened to have a feature comparing the E90 M3 to the Lexus IS-F.  In it, Jeremy Clarkson says a few different times that the M3 is the best sports saloon in the world.  Ok, BMW people (and others too, if they’re honest) know this already …

A new service has shown up online geared entirely towards license plates – or rather, the cars & drivers to whom they belong.  The basic premise is that people ought to be able to connect with fellow drivers/human beings through something unique & universally understood: the license plate on our car.  BUMP is trying to …

About two months ago I started using a service called LastPass, based in large part on the review and recommendation of Steve Gibson on Security Now.  He explained in-depth why LastPass is safe, effective and a much better solution than maintaining passwords yourself.  Intrigued by this product that Steve seemed so enthusiastic about (and given …

Recently I got a video camera, a Canon Vixia HF200 to be exact, for use with Conover Media & Wheelspin TV.  I’m headed down to Spartanburg, SC this coming week to the BMW Performance Driving School, where I’ll be doing a special episode of RoundelTable as I tear it up around the track & learn …

This was in the parking lot this morning as I was walking into work, and I couldn’t help but notice that one special word on the trunk lid: “DIESEL”.  Is this really a MINI Cooper S convertible with a Diesel engine, here in the U.S.?  The only Diesel MINI I know of that’s slated to …

So, Apple had one of their now-famous events today.  They unveiled a bunch of things, including a touch screen iPod Nano, a new iPod Touch with front-facing camera & FaceTime, and a new iPod Shuffle (which doesn’t really look any different from the old one).  The thing that everyone was waiting for leading up to …