Category: Blog
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Broken Angels by Richard K Morgan
Broken Angels is a worthy successor to Altered Carbon. The only common factor is the story’s subject; Takeshi Kovacs. We find him on a new world with new people around him at the center of an entirely new conflict. It does a good job of escalating the story in an artful way. If you liked…
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OAuth Password Redirects
It’s frustrating and insecure to use htpasswords to secure a web server. Even if you use very long passwords, it would still technically be possible to bruteforce even with something like fail2ban given sufficient client IP addresses. Unfortunately for some applications like WordPress, PHPMyAdmin or many other legacy applications, there just isn’t a better alternative…
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Psychological Resilience and Humor
“Michelle Tugade, Barbara Fredrickson, and Lisa Feldman Barrett (2004) found that the superior coping of resilient individuals came from their ability to use positive emotions to spring back from negative emotional experiences. Using measures of cardiovascular activity, the researchers discovered that resilient individuals were better able to regulate their responses to stressful situations (for instance,…
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Cheap Global Data And Voice Is Easy
The Phone Before my recent trip to Europe, I bought a Pixel 2 which I have to say is the best phone I’ve ever had. The pictures are stunning, especially in low light. The phone is fast. It holds a charge all day and charges very quickly. I also got a really great wallet case…
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Something Awful Happened
Trigger warnings for assault, sex, violence, drugs, alcohol, etc. This has been really hard to talk about. I’ve started to tell this story several times and stopped, feeling unready. A couple weeks ago, I was at Kitkat Club in Berlin. This is sort of a clothing-optional dance club where it’s totally fine to have sex…
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2018-04-09 – Post-Eurotrip Reflections and Goals
It has been some time since my last update. Not a lot has changed. If anything, my goals have condensed and become more focused. It bears repeating as many of them have fallen to the “someday” list. Complete IGETC ✔ Complete Assist ✔ Get an Associates in Social Justice from Sierra I am very excited to say…
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Lifespan and Physiological Limitations
“At birth and in early infancy, the brain’s 100 billion neurons have only minimal connections. The infant brain literally is ready and waiting for the experiences that will create these connections. During the first 2 years of life, the dendrites of the neurons branch out, and the neurons become far more interconnected; infancy is a…
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I Brought Too Much Stuff, And Other Lessons
I brought just one single small Jansport backpack for this trip. I am very happy that I made this choice. There were numerous times where it made everything so much easier. Doing laundry once during the trip was no hassle and cost just a few euro. Two out of the three hostels I stayed at…
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Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona is this idyllic party city on the mediterranean coast. Miles of sunny beaches (some nude) are fronted by enormous nightclubs and bars. Every homeless person wants to sell you a beer for a single euro at all hours, and you can drink in the streets. It’s basically the perfect place for a getaway. I…
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Thoughts On Race In America
I have spent the last week getting to know people from all over the world: refugees from Iraq and Iran, students from Ghana, a Korean-German cheeseburger artisan, a Turkish telecom businessman, room mates from Germany and Italy and Spain and Austria. One thing that hasn’t come up even once is race. In America, the issue…