If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!As the recent owner of an amazon Kindle ebook reader , I’m thrilled with the ability to carry and read thousands of books in a tiny little device. The screen is crystal clear and easy on the eyes. The wireless [...]
Archive for October, 2009
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October 21st, 2009
Change your stories, challenge your stereotypes [TED talk]
In a TED talk, novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells her story of growing up in middle-class Nigeria and confronting her own stereotypes. She talks about how the “stories” she grew up with impacted her perception of the world and how she’s seen similar biases in people and cultures around the world.
Her story challenged me to expand [...]
October 20th, 2009
Hacked!!! [lessons learned]
I’ve been a web hobbyist/enthusiast since the mid-90s and in all that time, I’ve maintained a fairly high level of trust mixed with a healthy amount of skepticism. That balance shifted recently my personal web site was “hacked.”
Let me explain what happened: My site is designed to keep family and friends up to date on [...]
