SW/Web developer: ~12 years of C# (yay!) & ASP .Net MVC, Java (blargh!), Python (woot!) experience. I'm currently hitting faucets and writing for crypto to stake/invest . | I work part-time with animals. Sadly, my cerebellum and medulla oblongata aren't Einsteinian in proportion. However, I possess a Brobdingnagian vocabulary and get by with being a barbigerous logophile. I can probably write you into bed, if smashing Capitalism and Patriarchy turns you on. Kink is political!
14 Mar 2026 4 minute read 9 comments Great White Snark
It's been five years and some months since my ex left me. For at least a couple of years after the fact, I felt like I didn't want another relationship. I miss a lot about that relationship (like how good it was for my confidence), even though it was...
5 Nov 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark
Online privacy isn’t dead. But the tech giants make it a pain in the butt to achieve. With these incremental tweaks to the services we use, we can throw sand in the gears of the surveillance machine and opt out of the ways tech companies attempt to...
27 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has launched a new Website, called "Take Back CTRL". The home page has the following text: Don’t Let Tyrants Co-opt Tech Technology is supercharging the attack on democracy by making it easier to spy on peopl...
20 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark
This month, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is compiling a list of tips on how to minimise your online footprint. They add a tip each weekday. So far, they have written twelve out of twenty-two tips: Tip 1: Establish Good Digital Hygiene Ti...
16 Oct 2025 2 minute read 3 comments Great White Snark
Over the past few to several years, I've gradually migrated away from using Google's services, because I don't like handing my data to a Big Tech company that uses that data in ways of which I don't approve. However, I'm still using YouTube for video...
14 Oct 2025 1 minute read 3 comments Great White Snark
For a while, I've been meaning to completely get rid of my Google account. (Yes, I still have one, which I still use for YouTube and anything that I think is likely to send me spam — although I also have a Proton mail address for that too.) As always...
28 Sep 2025 1 minute read 2 comments Great White Snark
It's only been two days without family dogs, compared to my entire life with them. Already, I'm noticing dog-related habits of mine that are unnecessary, such as closing gates behind me and driving up the driveway slowly in case there's a dog on it....
26 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark
The last of my parents' dogs is dead and they are devastated, having decided that they're too old to have any more dogs going forward. The vet came around and stopped his heart this afternoon. It's been almost a year (nine months) since his partner p...
25 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark
Sometimes, I feel the need to yell obscenities and see what reactions I get, just for fun. It's not Tourettes, because I can control it and there are no tics, but I still have the urges. Currently, I'm compelled to yell "boobs" at random moments (and...
15 Sep 2025 3 minute read 12 comments Great White Snark
First off, let me state that until about 48 hours ago, I had no idea whom Charlie Kirk was, nor for what he stood. However, that changed when I heard the news of his death and some of his "conservative" extremist political ideology. While I'm not cel...
