A quick tip for moms and dads who like to go to Lollapalooza or other outdoor festivals: Don't get rid of the changing pads that came with your diaper bags even when your kids are potty trained. Keep them as a seat for outdoor festivals like Lollapalooza rather than lugging around a full sized blanket. … Continue reading Lollapalooza tip for moms and dads (Works for other festivals too)
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NSA XKeyscore is the latest privacy invasive technology revealed by documents leaked by Edward Snowden. According to the leaked documents Xkeyscore allows the NSA to search "nearly everything a typical user does on the internet" including the content of emails, websites visited and search history. Previously the NSA has asserted that they only collected "meta-data," but … Continue reading NSA XKeyscore can search nearly everything you do on the Internet
Trayvon Martin was lucky. At least he caught national attention. At least people were outraged at his killing. But he is not the only shooting victim in this country. Far from it. Consider, for example, a couple of people in Kansas shot for walking down the sidewalk. The man was shot multiple times for that … Continue reading Pregnant woman shot and killed after racial confrontation
I didn't expect to cry when I saw Sheryl Sandberg at BlogHer. I haven't even read Lean In, the book by the Facebook COO about what women have to do to succeed. I haven't even read many of the articles about Lean In. I tend to be turned off my mass movements. Still, I cried … Continue reading “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” My Lean In epiphany
"I was hacked." It's an overused phrase. It's what people say when their email address is used to send spam. It's what people say when they lose control of their social media accounts (or sometimes as a lie to cover up inappropriate posts to social media). It's what people say when their web site has … Continue reading Stop saying “I was hacked,” raise security awareness instead
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