IAM JSONEssaysanonymity / security / Tech Sunday6 Comments

Shades of Gray or, as I like to say, #666666, #333333, and #999999 Today I’d like to talk about anonymity. Should we have it? Why or why not? If you’d like to be anonymous, for good or ill, I’ll talk about ways you can achieve this. Hypothetical Situation One A ... more >

IAM JSONEssaysArghhhh / Books as Malware / exploit / talk like a pirate57 Comments

It was only a matter of time before we had to worry about our books delivering more than a great story well told. We humans can be damned devious. This Gizmodo article is pretty interesting, though a little thin on facts (see infra). Basically, it is possible to create a ... more >

September 16, 2014

GUEST OPINION: On Romance and Sacrifice by Zoey Brouthers

Guest ReviewerEssays / Letters of Opinion33 Comments

  [themify_box style=”light-yellow note rounded” ]Zoey Brouthers is an avid reader with degrees in Music who likes to have intelligent arguments. She has one self-published short story to her name and lots and lots of books on her shelves.[/themify_box] I love romance novels. There’s something for everyone, and with few ... more >

IAM JSONEssaysOpinions / Tech Sunday16 Comments

The other day, NPR had a segment about employment, tech, and coding. According to this piece, there will be upwards of a million coding job openings, set to go unfilled for a lack of employees with the requite skills. The bleeding heart cynic in me had a lot of reactions ... more >

IAM JSONEssaysBackups / Nightmare scenarios / Organization or the Lack Thereof / Tech Sunday31 Comments

Backups. You have them, right? Like, if it became necessary for you to restore your computer to the exact state it was in on August 1 at 10:19:04:154 AM you could, right? If you don’t have any backups from ever, or from last Tuesday, or from 10 minutes ago, you, ... more >

IAM JSONEssaysapps / Tech Sunday27 Comments

In this post, I’m sharing apps I use and like. I’ll even list apps I got all excited about and then …. :::crickets::: Because–and tell me if this happens to you–there are apps that sound like they will change your life from awesomeness, and then you get it and even ... more >