As my fetish for all things radio frequency consumes more and more of my life, I find myself fantasizing about dropping hardwired internet connections and going mobile-only. There are two providers with "city towers" near…

On a flight to San Francisco from Singapore, curiosity started me wondering about the comparison and contrasts of the two cities. Granted, Singapore is also a nation-state, but I'll focus on the city aspect of…

Finally catching up with my growing "save for offline" reading list. First a few books: And then, the online articles: "I’m a 37-Year-Old Mom & I Spent Seven Days Online as an 11-Year-Old Girl. Here’s…

Growing up, Thanksgiving involved family, food, and repetition. Every year, the family would gather to make various kinds of pasta, "the gravy", and meatballs. We did this from scratch with flour, egg, water, grinding meat,…

A great piece on the imperfect victim in Katie Hill, https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/katie-hill-media-coverage-perfect-victim. Chanel Miller, http://www.chanel-miller.com/, is another example of a victim who doesn't fit some predetermined, bland stereotype of the perfect victim. In my own, very…