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Professional computer geek and linguist living in Germany, doing infosec stuff and being the freakiest mother ever.
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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Out for delivery…
In a blatant display of the fact that half of my brain is only 12 years old (and the other half is 60, so it all averages out), let me just say that my Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! is currently on the truck … Continue reading
The life of a professional X (for many values of X)
Once upon a time, I was a professional X, where X is a number of different things, depending upon which part of my life we’re talking about and where the jobs were. And now that Mr. T is almost nine … Continue reading
Wii Update!
Oh noooooo… Apparently, my Wii is on the way already! The questions I had last night still persist in terms of the Wii Fit, as my status is now “backordered”, although trolling through various user forums to see what this … Continue reading
Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!! (Er… ?????)
So, um… I’m getting a Wii after all. And a Wii Fit. Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!! (Maybe) Ok, so I’m a couple of years behind the curve, and I swore I wasn’t going to give in, but… Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!! I haven’t had a game … Continue reading
We’re back, and I’m…
Exhausted. Sorry about the travelogues – they stopped first because I was so busy in London, and then when I got back because I was absolutely seething about a couple of things that happened that are probably going to have … Continue reading
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Attention Rod (not the puppet Rod, but Dr. Rod):
N.B. This is an out-of-sequence post from London. Attention Dr. Rod, whose last name I will not use for privacy’s sake: Do you remember what the Internet is for? I never got to find out in L.A. or Vegas, but … Continue reading
Travelogue, Day 15, Part II: Brussels
Much later (and shamelessly copied, in part, from the e-mail I sent Christian): Got in to Brussels fine, got drenched in a couple of wonderfully cold rain showers, walked around a lot, experienced a great deal of the wonders of … Continue reading
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Travelogue, Day 15 (I think), Part I: Wuppertal to Brussels
Ok, so trying to write this thing every day only means I tend to leave interesting things out and blather about whatever mundane things have happened, yesterday excepted. Also, I find I’m writing a bunch of entries at once, because … Continue reading
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Meme Break
(Out of sequence with the travelogues, since I leave Brussels this morning but still haven’t posted about getting here) Reading RSS feeds this morning, this one came up with a lot of my friends, so I just had to try … Continue reading
Bad Grammar and Low-Quality Writing Alert!
When I make the mistake of going back and looking over what I’ve posted while on-the-road, as it were, I cringe at some of the obvious grammar mistakes and poor wording that shows up. I’m writing mostly on the fly … Continue reading
