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Voyages 2024

Voyages 2024

We cast off in a few days for a two month voyage. Here’s how to follow our route.

Cat Boats

Cat Boats

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Are boats the housecats of the sea?
More About VPNs

More About VPNs

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A downside to using a VPN and what you can do about it.
Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

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Merry/Happy/Joyeux whatever from us to you.

Not a Christmas Card

Not a Christmas Card

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Back in the day, I used to write a long letter at this time of year, print maybe forty copies, and mail them to friends and relatives. Did it take a lot of time? Yes. Was it expensive? Yes – International postage is not cheap. Did anyone read it? Who knows?
Flying Piano (reprise)

Flying Piano (reprise)

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What goes in through the bedroom, comes out through the bedroom.

And so it was for our 7’ 4” Falcone piano. The difference was that Martinson Piano Movers used a crane on the way in and a forklift-like machine on the way out.

Although the forklift seemed to be a

VPNs Are Your Friends

VPNs Are Your Friends

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You’ve probably seen articles recently about how evildoers can scam, skim, and snoop your private information for their financial benefit. Besides encouraging you to wrap yourself in a cloak of paranoia once appropriate for a Cold War spy – “no one is who they seem to be” – these articles inevitably
Farewell Old Friend

Farewell Old Friend

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Just a brief post to note the departure of our Porsche Boxster S. I always thought it was weird to express love for any kind of a thing, but after eighteen years of ownership and any number of memorable road trips, I was very fond of this car.

But time

Done at Last

Done at Last

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Between early March and last week, we’ve had workers inside or outside the house almost every day except for the period when all construction was suspended due to COVID-19.

Our first project was to remodel both of our downstairs bathrooms. I can’t show the results because the iPhone

Not Dead Yet

Not Dead Yet

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We walked down the street this morning to have a look at the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, or as locals call it The CHAZ. More on this in a moment.

What is a Domestic Terrorist? There’s no hard and fast definition, so let me give you my answer.

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