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2023 Reading Log Last updated: Feb 24, 2023 The Tiger by John Vailiant. Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham. The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas ...

EU 261 Regulations

Well, this is a first. Our flight from DUB to EDI was cancelled because….of a late delivery of a new aircraft. Maybe, it is not such a special reason for more frequent travelers, but this is the f...

Bsides Tampa

This weekend I got a chance to attend the Bsides Tampa 10th anniversary conference. It was my first cybersecurity conference. The material was great, but there were 2 sobering truths to me: TH...

It's Electric

I made a switch from a gas car to an electric RWD vehicle. I’ve never driven an electric vehicle before and only been in one once. After a week of ownership I have a few thoughts. I totally get it...

Invisalign week 10

OUCH! My teeth hurt! 10 weeks down, 60 to go. This 10th tray is kicking my butt. My molars are not sore at all but the front teeth are very, very sensitive on this one. 10 weeks in I found myself...

Systems Disconnect

As an Apple user, unless you’re not paying attention, there are a lot of disconnects in Apple software. Just think of the recent mishap with accepting iCloud terms. The ones I notice the most dail...

Bicycle

I will remember today forever. When I was a kid, I learned to write a bike early. If my memory serves me right, I skipped the training wheels phase and went straight into an adult bike around 5 ye...

OneDrive Vent

This is going to be a short rant. Why are Office and OneDrive apps so unoptimized? If you download Office installer it constantly nags you update the Office apps. Daily. Even when you select that...

Invisalign week 4

A few weeks went by since the start of invisalign start. Here are a few confirmations and observations. First of all, just like with anything, humans are adaptable and get used to everything. A...

When did pints get smaller?

A friend of mine from Scotland always jokes about the number of microbreweries in the US: “microbreweries are huge here!”. Micro..huge…get it? But you know what is not huge in the US microbrewerie...