Category: HowzItWork

So you need a VPN?

Don’t worry. I’ll keep this short. The 3 primary reasons for wanting a VPN are access to region-limited content, information security, and obscurity. Depending on which combination brings you to read this, there are a few good options which I…

Block Twitter timeline photos

Here’s the custom filters for Adblock/Adblock Plus. Add -> twitter.com##.stream-item:not(.open) .tweet .media UPDATED DEC 17, 2013! (blocks normal *single* images) Add -> twitter.com##.stream-item:not(.open) .tweet .multi-photos UPDATED MAR 28, 2014 (blocks new multi-image tweet images) Also Add -> twitter.com##.stream-item:not(.open) .tweet .js-tweet-details-dropdown UPDATED…

How to be stupid

I have always highly valued the approval and acceptance of others.  Yet, despite my best efforts, I say stupid things on occasion. Ok, a lot. Sometimes, however, someone calls me on something stupid that I’ve said.   My immediate reaction,…

Guns, Banks and Cocoa

When I think of Switzerland, I think of 2 things; Banks and Cocoa.  I haven’t visited Switzerland yet.  That’s unfortunate and odd, considering I only live a few hours drive away, as an expat American in Germany.  I plan to…

Sounds fishy to me, too.

A recently funded project on Kickstarter.com received $700,000 to produce an iOS controlled pan/tilt/zoom mount for an iOS device, presumably not the same iOS device you’re holding because that would be stupid lazy even for an iOS user (like myself).…

PMP World

“PMP World” Sung to music of Primadonna Girl by Marina & the Diamonds. Projects rule the World, yeah Unique creations, temporary work A sponsor’s charter starts the ball Initiates the project, funds it all Might seem like there is too…

It’s my phone goddamn it!

I don’t care about intellectual property, copyright, trademark, DMCA, end user agreements or international marketing zones.  I just want to use my goddamn phone. I want to use it how I want to use it. I want to use where…