When I was a bird person.
When I was 13, Mom brought home an Umbrella Cockatoo. His name was Babe and he didn’t last long. We had know idea what we were doing and were in over our heads. I think we gave him back to the pet store.
Read MoreThe time I put a microchip in my hand – and why.
In mid-February I saw a video posted on YouTube by The Modern Rogue that caught my interest. In this video, the hosts discuss RFID chips and their use in penetration testing by security experts. The video is worth watching. In it, one of the hosts has a small, rice-like microchip implanted in his hand. I had seen this done before, years ago, in a news special about bio-technology. I remember thinking at the time, that having a microchip, no matter how small, implanted in your hand would have to be so painful! And really, what use would it have anyway? Well friends…
Read MoreBastion – A Bittersweet Video Game
Eight years ago, my wife got sick. The following six months brought us a maelstrom of doctors, surgeons, fear, grief and life-changing consequences. To distract myself, I embroiled myself in a video game.
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