Smart Home and Privacy
I got sucked into home automation without considering the privacy implications because that was back before I know how bad internet privacy was. It was also something my wife was […]
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The Internet as a Town
Maybe I’ve been looking at this all wrong. Could it be that the metaphor we should be looking at this as is more like a town than our papers? If […]
Privacy as a Privilege
As I’ve already written about, I don’t trust the big tech companies and I’m not comfortable with being the product. Unfortunately the solution is to spend money and like many […]
The cost of online services
Developing, maintaining, and supporting online services costs money. If you look at how much paid email mailboxes cost, they seem to average around $5 per user per month. Online office […]
Santa Claus is just creepy
The song “Santa Claus is Comin’ To Town” puts it well with: He sees you when you’re sleeping He knows when you’re awake He knows if you’ve been bad or […]
Remember the reason for the season
It’s axial title. That’s right, because our world’s rotational axis isn’t aligned with the sun, those of us in the upper latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere get very cold short […]
Lighthouses > Churches – Mr Deity and the Old Testament
Mr Deity & the Old Testament This is the last episode with Larry (Jimbo!) on the show… On to other great things, I hope. Brian, thanks for all you guys […]
Grief, anger, and ethics
Everybody’s familiar with the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. What I’ve found with my recent experience is sometimes you have to go through it more […]
I will miss my nephew
Sometime around 2:00 AM on October 31 my 21 year old nephew went to bed after having a little too good of a night. We know the approximate time because […]
A sad update
Last week at about this this time I was in Portland at the ICU with my 21 year old nephew on life support when he was formally declared brain dead. […]