A blog from a science nut, computer geek, sometimes philosopher, and a human. Based out of Denver, with a love of Antarctica, I seem to wander the world so who knows where I'll be in 6 months.
A quick reminder to change your passwords regularly. There are more up to date guides, but password guide I wrote years ago is still fairly valid. Also it’s worth looking at my post on revisiting your personal security. Last night after watching a movie, I noticed I was logged out of gmail, which isn’t odd, … Read more
Part 3 of 4 which I wrote in Gisenyi while I had time and no internet. The DRC is still on my mind today as I talk about the IDP camps outside of Goma. While in Goma, we also visited one of the six official (and one unofficial) Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps. It was … Read more
Part 2 of 4 which I started writing in Gisenyi while I had downtime and no internet. Specifically I’m talking about Goma, as we spent a day in Goma which pressed it mold into our memory. Yesterday, Thursday May 21st, we spent a day in Goma, DRC, which is literally a few hundred meters away … Read more
I just spent a few minutes rehashing my thoughts, then signing up for debix identity protection. I wrote a post a while back about personal security, which is part of the reasoning behind this. I’m not overly likely to run into credit issues in Rwanda or Burundi I don’t think, but I’ve had problems in … Read more
A few weeks ago, in purchasing a new phone and looking for the best deal on the internet, I was taken in by a phishing site. Additionally, Angela, my girlfriend in South Africa, left her USB thumb drive in a library and returned to find it missing. A few weeks later she was accosted by … Read more