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I read a comment on a post to Security Monkey's blog that I just have to try:

It's easy to catch a fly with one's bare hands. The comments above are inaccurate. A fly jumps STRAIGHT UPWARDS before he flies off in any direction, no matter where the threat is coming from. Just clap your hands about three inches above a perched fly. No matter where he is sitting he will jump straight up into your hands and be destroyed.

It's a trick I learned at age 13 at Boy Scout Camp. Try it.

If only security bugs were that predictable.

Even more spectacular... just pass one hand very rapidly through a point three inches above the fly and grasp at the moment you pass directly above him. You'll have captured a fly with one hand, to the amazement of your fellow workers.

It works every time (after a few practice swipes.) Just don't forget to wash your hands afterwards.

With the move now just over a month ago, things are slowly getting back to normal. I am settling in to the routine of the new job, I also hope to get a little bit more time to do some overdue maintenance.

Phase one of the move has been mostly completed. The house was empty and clean on Wednesday, we removed the plants that we intend to keep on Thursday and we handed over the keys to the old house last Friday.

We need to register at the new town within five days of that, and than phase one can be finished entirely.

Phase two of the move is progressing. Unpacking boxes and assembling furniture will take at least another week, but progress is being made slowly, but thoroughly.

I am started my new job tomorrow, and I am looking forward to that.

We are moving to a different house, in a different city. What a pain in the neck, as my father-in-law would say. Although I always knew that we had quite a bit of `stuff' in the house, I never quite fully realized how much it really is.

We're now in the process of boxing up what we want to keep, and getting rid of what can really be gotten rid of. Because our time is fairly limited, we're not doing as much selection as we would like to, and "we will go through the boxes when we unpack".

Doing the whole cleaning-patching-painting thing in the new house once more makes you remember why people generally do not move unless they really have to.

Anyway, those people that need to know will get a notification soon with our new contact info. If we forgot you, please do not be upset and get in touch with us to get our new contact info.