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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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Author Archives: Krista
Adieu, Facebook, Adieu
I swore I was never going to get involved with Facebook. For a long time, I resisted. This was partly for privacy reasons (though ironically, one of the people who in the end convinced me to sign up through multiple … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Tech drivel
Tagged A.D.D., Facebook, friends, Internet, privacy, social media
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Grammar Biatch: “operating system–specific” (preceding a noun)
I spend an awful lot of time editing other people’s technical text. Some of it is my job, some of it is service (reviewing for journals), and some of it is out of the goodness of my black, black heart. … Continue reading
Gettin’ all weird on y’all
With apologies to the entire southeastern United States for the title Seems like the only time I post these days is when something that’s been brewing in my head for months or years comes together as poorly-written prose, but I … Continue reading
On forgetting, forgiveness, and having a number of cheeks less than five
I think I’m finally ready to write this. I’ve tried many times before, but I think it’s finally ripe. (For values of ripe that do not include “sweaty and unwashed”, thankyouverymuch) This started as a larger post about something bigger, … Continue reading
Exactly one way to skin a cat
Disclaimer: I like cats. I am not advocating skinning them or any other cat-unfriendly activities. Also, this is me whining about Germany. If such things bother you, move on. It occurs to me that there is almost certainly no German … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Musings
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The great data shuffle of 2011…
So… there are some changes: I’m done with the GOOG, at least as far as leaving the email there. krista at kgrothoff dot org OR krista at cerias dot net, please. Yes, I know I can’t put the genie back … Continue reading
Conversations with a three-and-a-half-year-old
Torsten <playing trains>: What will happen if the train driver sits on another train driver? Me: The other train driver will probably get mad and tell him to get off. Train drivers aren’t supposed to sit on each other. Torsten: Unless they want … Continue reading
First bicycle, day 2
This is Torsten and Christian taking off for a bike ride on Torsten’s first real bicycle (with training wheels). He got it yesterday, and today took a 5 km ride (clip is only about 18 secs long, but may take … Continue reading
Asturias
I’ve been listening to David Garrett’s feisty, impassioned interpretation of Isaac Albéniz’s Asturias on and off for about the past two hours. Mostly, this was because it suited a scene I was writing. Part of it was simply because I … Continue reading
