For awhile now, I've been aware of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (the EFF), and I make good use of a fair number of their projects. The following is not an exhaustive list:Privacy ToolsHTTPS EverywherePrivacy BadgerI also follow a fair…
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Late one evening, I was having dinner with some vegan friends of mine at Comet Cafe in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Comet is a relatively punky-style small diner in the Lower East Side. We stopped in Milwaukee for dinner after spending…
Why I Committed Social Suicide
Originally published on Medium, 17 November 2017. I deleted all my social media accounts, and I think you should, too. Allow me to explain why. Social media, for me, was one of the biggest sources of anxiety and depression in…
Base64 Encoding in Python 3.5.X
Recently I've been working on a backup script to backup a folder to a Backblaze B2 bucket.[1] If only I had known I was about to spend an hour working on four silly lines of python code... Backblaze's documentation…
Block Sponsored Posts on Nextdoor with Pi-hole
I occasionally use Nextdoor to list items for sale, or to see what's going on in my neighborhood and surrounding area. I have to say, I like Nextdoor since it allows me to connect with my neighbors in a relatively…