I remember being so excited when I first found out about Wikipedia by the idea that I could add all of my copious bits of knowledge to it, making it better. That feeling lasted for about an hour, before I realized that there really wasn’t much that I knew that the lazyweb didn’t already know, [...]

Coworker, English muffin in hand: I love how the butter gets in all the nooks and crannies. Coworker, passing by: That’s what she said.

I’ve been consuming TED talks at a fairly rapid pace for a year now, and they keep on coming. As I’ve been going along, I’ve been capturing brief notes on the ones that I’ve found interesting. Going forward, I’m going to post small batches here. This is mostly for my own reference, but maybe [...]

I almost forgot about this, which is strange because I released it all the way back in August and use it on a daily basis. JSLoad is the first piece of code that I’ve released to the public under an open-source license. The coolness of it may not be apparent to non-coders out there. In [...]

I’ve been receiving a number of security alerts from Goma, since many expect the government to move against various rebel groups (mostly FDLR) in the next few days. I’ve received standard warnings, before, but this batch were distinct in that they included specific expected troop movements and a map of Goma indicating evacuation points:

Fortunately, there [...]