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First week back in school

August 25, 2014

It’s been 7 days since I started back at school. It’s going to be something, for sure.

This will be the first of many future updates about my personal life. I figure it’s been a bit long since I had any good news. The past month hasn’t been too interesting for me, but it’s nice to look back at recent events and assure myself that I haven’t just been rotting away for a month.

Everyone Should Learn Code

June 6, 2014

There are a number of reasons why people in today’s society need to learn some kind of programming.

Use PGP Encryption

June 6, 2014

Protect the privacy of yourself and your colleagues with public key encryption!

Why I use the GPL

May 5, 2014

The GPL receives a significant amount of criticism for the way it claims to be a free software license yet imposes a number of restrictions and requirements upon the users and developers of GPL software.

Why I joined the FSF

April 29, 2014

As of today, I’m officially an associate member of the FSF.

Switching Julie

April 29, 2014

A few weeks ago, my classmate wanted something better for her laptop. She was complaining about how slow it was while we were working in the lab together. I idly bragged about “what I could do with a computer,” and she asked how much I would charge to fix hers up.