Gwen Bell - ∞

Open Heart Techery | 2014 August


2014-08-07 | Are you a human? Do you use a computer? Do you send and receive email messages? Answer yes to all three, read this: Email Self-Defense.
2014-08-07 | The Secret to Growing Older
2014-08-07 | Something alive.
2014-08-07 | Technology Won't Save You
2014-08-06 | The experiment continues. You know why? Because I'm having fun, and it seems you are, too. So, if you send a number between now and the end of the week, I'll endeavor to call it. Cannot believe it's only Míercoles. So much already happened this week!
2014-08-05 | Gonna extend this call thing another 8 hours. Y'all intimidated or something? Or did you forget to pay your phone bill this month?
2014-08-05 | Talked with first person to take me up on the offer for a call, minutes ago! Energizing! Then, I ran back into the apartment building, the power went out and a mega storm is rolling in.
2014-08-05 | Wild Idea.
2014-08-05 | New profile pic. New tag. Why? Because it's Tuesday, it's gorgeous, and I heard the first British politician, Lady Warsi, just resigned to stand up for what she believes in. Huevos.
2014-08-04 | Chills to tell you this. I've worked through burnout (3 months of blah) and metric tons of sadness (the past few years have had their fair share). And now? I can write, and am writing, and loving this work in a deeper way than ever before. Thank you. You being the faeries the readers the g-rents the clients the [..] the Linux and the open source sorcerers. Here's Survivalist Linux a companion to yesterday's Spanish. Take it to the woods with you if you go.
2014-08-04 | First message of the day? Received someone's first successful PGP signed email. She was proud, I think. I was thrilled. Told y'all in that last letter you're smart enough to figure it out.
2014-08-04 | Wow. I can't remember a time in my life the funnies have been this decidedly un.
2014-08-03 | No shit. Look who just made 9 on the T&L list of Top 10 Best Cities in the World. I'll give you a hint: I live in it. Not only that, I wrote about it today. Having been to half these cities, I think D.F. deserves higher than 9th, but...give it time.
2014-08-03 | Y'all telling me you want to move to México. New piece: Survivalist Spanish
2014-08-02 | New experiment, new piece: Mindful Shopping
2014-08-02 | I was in Brooklyn around this time last year when Wale's The Gifted came out. I was so into Yeezus I didn't pay attention, except for Bad. I'm getting it now. All except for Rihanna's Bad. It is Tiara Thomas' Bad, 100%.
2014-08-02 | Remember when I told you I hate the phrase, "mistakes were made" -- now I know why I hate it so bad: Mistakes.
2014-08-02 | 125 cursos universitarios, online y gratuitos que inician en agosto. !Ándele!
2014-08-01 | New profile photo.
2014-08-01 | Mysterious Google barge destined for the scrap yard.
2014-08-01 | Economics through a Stoic lens.
2014-08-01 | The New Yorker stories you should read before the paywall goes up. Added to Appreciations.
2014-08-01 | Pre-dawn work. Silence. Houjicha. Trueno still fast asleep. Oh to be a pezalito! That said, I reckon it gets boring.


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