Beyond the Rhetoric

The Internet is everywhere, except that it’s really not. There are going to be circumstances where you won’t have that pervasive access to the web and, if you’re anything like me, you may start to feel at a loss. It’s like suddenly being without a limb. Thankfully, there are offline equivalents or suitable alternatives to [...]

For better or for worse, I have a really hard time disconnecting from the matrix. The Internet is at once the source of my livelihood and a major component to my daily lifestyle. And so, before heading across the Pacific Ocean to Australia, I did a little bit of research about getting a prepaid plan [...]

While I was down in Portland, I did a little random shopping and somehow ended up buying the Garmin nüvi 1390LMT. It’s not that I really needed a new portable GPS navigator, but I convinced myself that this unit (at the price that I paid) was worth buying. You see, up until then, I had [...]

The Internet is filled with endless supplies of information (and misinformation) and it can be difficult to filter out the bits that you need. You could use a series of Google search tricks, but it’s also important to keep other online tools (and reference sites) in your toolbox too. And so, I thought I’d share [...]

Everyone is getting hacked these days. Sony had their servers hacked. Regular people get their bank accounts hijacked. That’s why it is so important that you do everything that you can to keep yourself safe. And if you’re anything like me, that means protecting your Google account and Google 2-step verification is one way to [...]