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Category: Thoughts

  • My Oven Doesn’t Need WiFi

    My Oven Doesn’t Need WiFi

    The number of everyday objects where engineers decide to inject wireless capability seems to be increasing daily. My oven doesn’t need WiFi.

  • A Bad Day at Wrigley is Better Than a Good Day in Prison

    A Bad Day at Wrigley is Better Than a Good Day in Prison

    When I say that a bad day at Wrigley is better than a good day in prison, my only prison experience is entirely based on The Shawshank Redemption.

  • Advice for the Passionless

    Advice for the Passionless

    I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the nature of passion and work and how we try so hard to combine the two.

  • 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…

  • $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…

  • 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.