Author: DJ Billings

  • Why Cybersecurity Feels Like Bullshit

    Why Cybersecurity Feels Like Bullshit

    After the gazillionth data breach in a few short years, with the same experts and agencies always weighing in, I wanted to write a little something about where things stand from a layperson’s point of view.

  • Owning a Home is… Expensive

    Owning a Home is… Expensive

    We’ll likely look back on this time and think, Wow, I’m really glad we drank all those cocktails every night.

  • Reading right now

    Reading right now

    I don’t remember a time when I didn’t have a stack of books I was reading. I’ve  been a library hound from a very young age. Even today, wandering the stacks at our local library gives me joy. Even if I don’t know what I’m looking for, there’s something about seeing so many books that…

  • François

    François

    Saw this character at the French market yesterday. I don’t know if he is French, but I suspect there was a purposeful intention of looking French. I just had to draw him when I got home.

  • You Gonna Eat That?

    You Gonna Eat That?

    This one is from the doodle archives. It makes me smile every time I run across it.

  • $180

    $180

    To say we’ve had a lot going on with our house since we moved in is like saying the 2024 political climate is somewhat polarized. There’s been a lot to deal with, and a lot to learn. Today’s was a comparatively small issue and a pretty quick fix. By a long shot, the least expensive…

  • Rescued LG Monitor for TRS-80

    Rescued LG Monitor for TRS-80

    I’ve been looking for a dedicated monitor for one of the TRS-80 CoCos (Color Computers) I picked up a couple months ago.

  • Daydream Believer

    Daydream Believer

    I daydream a lot – that’s how I get my ideas. If I’m sitting in a café, I’m not on my phone because I want to hear my mind. I think that those periods of small solitude that we are really losing are so important. — Patti Smith

  • Bats!

    Bats!

    We have bats in our attic. And not the baseball kind.