I was not of particular privilege as a child. Well enough – cleaned, clothed, fed, taught. Comfortable but no thought to luxury or excess. This, I’m sure, had a very positive effect on my development, responsibility, and ambition. Well, maybe the ambition. It’s served me well in many respects, but it has also created a
Every now and then my home network goes crazy – but only those machines wirelessly connected to it. Apparently someone is saturating the bandwidth with attempts to brute-force a connection to the WAP, despite being encrypted. I’m not too surprised, honestly. Before I rerouted off the default ports for SSH I was averaging 60,000 unauthorized
I had a much longer post drafted up to go, full of typical introspection. I found near the end, however, that it led me to self-centered conclusions eager to place the responsibility of my happiness on others – simultaneously fingering them as the culprit for any current dissatisfaction. I’ll take this to mean that either
OK, here goes: “I read webcomics.” That’s “reed” not “red” – active verb, present tense. Not many of them, mind you. There are quite a few of them out there, but very few that have managed to keep my fancy despite introduction to a broad range. These are the ones which keep me coming back
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