Booting up your identity documents from scratchOr: How to start from nothing and get all the ID you ever need.Sep 2Sep 2
My SSN was found in the National Public Data Breach — Here’s what happened, and what needs to.This morning, I woke up to an email from the “Credit Wise” monitoring service from Capital One.Sep 21Sep 21
Electron Microscopy and an Experience with Meta AI and the Enshittification of The InternetI’m not a biologist, I’m just a computer engineer, but I recognize frustration when I see it…May 18May 18
Music Ads on Youtube, what are you doing?Every once in a while, while watching YouTube, I’ll get an ad that is, effectively, a full music video. And usually, it’s music I think is…Apr 2Apr 2
If I’m talking to India, it’s a scamI will occasionally find myself on the phone with someone in India for one of two reasons: One of them is legal, the other isn’t, and they…Aug 13, 2023Aug 13, 2023
Responses to being wrong on the internetSo, in response to my last post, a friend of mine who moves in the infosec world left me a wall-o-text on FaceBook...Jun 5, 2023Jun 5, 2023
We’ve had the web for nearly 30 years, it’s still garbageWe’re consistently running in version 0.9.6b. Is that b for beta? b for “release before ‘c’?”Jun 3, 2023Jun 3, 2023
Music Streaming: it’s the future nowBack 30-ish years ago, when CDs were stupidly expensive, I came home from my high school in Upstate New York, stopped off at the Nobody…May 2, 2023May 2, 2023
Why is getting Windows 11 running on Apple Silicon such a shit-show?Before I travel and don’t have access to my Intel Mac mini that can bootcamp and run Windows 10/11 on Intel Silicon, I’m attempting to get…Apr 2, 2023Apr 2, 2023
Things Apple Maps (and Carplay) could do betterPonderings on how the native iPhone mapping app both helps and hinders us.Mar 5, 2023Mar 5, 2023