I was re-reading Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon again last night (for about the 5 millionth time) and I thought I’d share this lovely passage, which really, um, speaks to me. 😉 “It is trite to observe that hackers don’t like fancy clothes. Avi has learned that good clothes can actually be comfortable – the slacks that… Continue reading Clothing
Silliness from the Past
Way back when burning CDs was still a novel thing, I used to derive great pleasure from compiling custom CDs and creating full artwork and whatnot for them. (Click on any of these images for the full-size image.) This is one of the very first ones I did. The idea was, suppose my life was… Continue reading Silliness from the Past
Outlanding in the New Jersey Pine Barrens
I found a new place to go Outlanding! It’s a bit of a drive from where I am (about an hour and 45 minutes), but it’s BIG and has all sorts of trails of all different types and best of all… it’s legal to go there! Of course, I’m talking about the Pine Barrens here… Continue reading Outlanding in the New Jersey Pine Barrens
Geek Quiz
What era geek am I? I took a quiz to find out.
On Surveillance
Surveillance is power. When surveillance become ubiquitous, we place utmost faith and trust in those performing surveillance to use that power justly. And as we all know… power corrupts. If we wish to become a surveillance society, we must have checks and balances on surveillance, just as we do with other forms of government power –… Continue reading On Surveillance