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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
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
Boy, are we in trouble…
Child has us all figured out. For example, child has figured out that Mama and Papa’s carefully-crafted “you’re in trouble” façades are, in fact, just that. Or at least he’s figured out how to change “you’re in trouble” to “you’re … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday
Us. In autumn.
My pumpkin and a pumpkin
We don’t do a lot of “American” things (or German ones, for that matter), but sometimes, we give in and pass on a few of them The result: Ok, so it’s early… we had the pumpkin. So what. Compare the … Continue reading
Today only! My own personal, unsurprising comedy of not-so-much-errors-as-accidents
WARNING: This post contains whining and rambling. I am core dumping after the end of a long and not-very-nice-day. This is a stream-of-consciousness, tired post, so you probably don’t want to read it. I am going to write it anyway. … Continue reading
