SittingElf said:
Great idea for the parallels!
I wonder if you might consider putting most of the stuff on your Facebook page on your website as well.
There are a lot of people who DON'T use Facebook for numerous reasons...in my family's case for security reasons related to my wife's position in the Military and ISIS threats using Facebook for intel on military families.
I'd love to see the videos and submissions, but without a Facebook account, I can't.
Great contest!
Cheers,
Frank
You never fail to amuse Frank. Well, almost never... Don't you realize that the FOG is basically the same as Facebook, albeit for a tighter interest audience? It leaves the same type of online footprint as posting on FB and many many other places. So what I'm getting at is this: You claim to be interested in protecting data regarding your spouse for example. But the biggest security leak of information comes from your own numerous posts linking her to you and her position, where she's stationed, her rank etc, etc. I even remember you posting pictures of her in uniform not that long ago. I realize you're extremely proud of her accomplishments but you're doing it at a potential risk of discretion.
I just took a moment to actually test my claim while typing this. I just did two quick searches. One on the FOG while logged off using just your screen name and a broader one using google. In literally three minutes I found out all kinds of stuff: your full name, her name, why your screen name is what it is, your amazon buying habits, photos you took that include family, your residence address, resume, how much you paid for your house, property taxes you paid, etc, etc. And this is just from a casual guy not even logged on a forum, not some nefarious mystery guy that mines data for a living. Seriously dude, you should consider not linking her to you so openly and constantly on an online forum. After all, you don't want her to "court martial" you...
But I digress. I originally got on this thread to congratulate Emily on her well deserved win in the contest--that is, if she's by chance on the FOG and sees this. I suspect that she singlehandedly doubled the sales of the circle jig attachment for the jigsaw. I'm certainly planning on buying an extra one to the one I already have so that I could try her idea. I saw the contest too late to contribute but I'm sure that my little jig to hold the track saw at an angle to make a cove cut like some do using a table saw would have been disqualified. Perhaps I'll save it for next year's festool video contest: "Using the precious Festools to do cool things and void your warranty"