City of Heroes – Character bindfile customization guide

Thursday, December 18th, 2025 (No comments yet)

Entertainment, Geek Stuff

I wanted to create this video for a long time, but knew it was going to take a lot of work (and it did). But I’m happy with it in the end! It’s mostly the same for any of the servers, but I play on Rebirth (https://play.cityofheroesrebirth.com/public/) if you want to check it out!

City of Heroes – Making a generic Vulcan hero with Phaser rifle

Thursday, December 18th, 2025 (No comments yet)

Entertainment, Geek Stuff

I made a video explaining how to make a Star Trek Original Series Vulcan with Phaser rifle in City of Heroes. It’s fun to run around and blast things in character while saying on-theme things like “illogical” and “beam me up” 🙂

Ohmu-Rice – The best Ghibli/Japanese Food Mashup

Tuesday, December 10th, 2024 (No comments yet)

Ohmu-Rice! Two great things, mashed together!

I'd been thinking about this pun for a while – mixing the giant Ohmu from Nausicaä with Omu-rice (egg and rice omelets from Japan). I set to work designing it and think it turned out really well!

Check it out on Teepublic.com! The default link goes to the tan color, but I like the soft-green best.

Windows Group-By Menace SOLVED AT LAST!

Sunday, February 25th, 2024 (No comments yet)

Computers, Tips and Tricks

If I wanted it sorted by date, I would have DONE so!

Today, I had the misfortune of copying files from another computer on my network only to discover that they, and all folders below them, had been tainted with the Windows "group by" feature for some reason. I tried changing the view recursively, but that only changes between thumbnail or list view and doesn't affect Group .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]

16 Days of Christmas – NSA edition

Friday, December 8th, 2023 (1 comment)

Leadership, US Goverment

In preparation for my book, Are You Listening? Lessons in Waste, Abuse, and Mismanagement from the Agency .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]

Home network safety tip: keep most devices on the “Guest” network

Monday, November 27th, 2023 (No comments yet)

Computers, Safety, Security, Technology, Tips and Tricks

Malware from the manufacturer means bad times for everyone

It would be great if the .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]

Are You Really Pumping a Dry Well or Did You Find Your Purpose?

Tuesday, October 10th, 2023 (No comments yet)

"I think you're pumping a dry well here..."
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Time to re-evaluate my browser strategy. Time to be Brave

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023 (No comments yet)

Internet, Privacy, Safety, Security

Brave. The privacy browser

Keeping up with security and privacy topics .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]

2023 Job Hunting Guide – Layoffs, pain, and treading water

Friday, September 29th, 2023 (No comments yet)

Businesses, Tips and Tricks

In February 2023, I got stung by government security clearance shenanigans which, despite Herculean .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]

Removing bad LinkedIn jobs live with a browser plugin (and Indeed too!)

Friday, July 21st, 2023 (No comments yet)

A good tool, but it could be great!

In 2023, extreme layoffs sent people scrambling for new jobs. As a tough market with far too many seekers and not nearly enough positions, it became a daily grind to load up job options and apply. Best case, the online tools are helping you rapidly find good options – particularly when you're paying for the "Premium" feature.

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