Category: thought

XKEYSCORE is a piece of Linux software that is typically deployed on Red Hat servers. It uses the Apache web server and stores collected data in MySQL databases. File systems in a cluster are handled by the NFS distributed file system and the autofs service, and scheduled tasks are handled by the cron scheduling service. Systems administrators who maintain XKEYSCORE servers use SSH to connect to them, and they use tools such as rsync and vim, as well as a comprehensive command-line tool, to manage the software.

Your tax dollars at work lining pockets of spooks who download free open source software, cobble it together with spit and band aids, then use it to take your freedom away.

You may think you’ll miss that random app you downloaded seven months ago and have only used once, but you won’t. If you did, you could just download it again.

What we believe in.

Traveling light is all about being flexible and thinking just far enough ahead to be prepared for daily life. If I focus too far into the future, I’ll bury myself under burdens I don’t need to carry.

As stated, I love these “what I carry” travel posts but I like this one especially because Jason is my friend and I’m pretty proud of him.

Expectations aren’t wishes, they’re part of a straightforward equation: This work plus that effort plus these bridges lead to a likelihood of that outcome. It’s a clear-eyed awareness of what’s possible combined with a community that shares your vision.

This is important. Read the whole thing.

onethingwell:

Litenin is a very light and shockingly fast feed reader.

Litenin doesn’t display a feed item’s description, which makes it a bit too light for me, but it’s well worth a look if you tend to use RSS to skim headlines, opening browser tabs as you go.

I, too, require something just a bit more heavy but I love the idea and execution. Feels a bit like the original Notational Velocity to me. That’s high praise.

Jac and I headed into Winnipeg this past weekend for the 500th time. We have each lived in Winnipeg for a few years and we have spent many hours roaming the stores in Polo Park and St. Vital. Yet, despite all the time spent there, we’ve never once toured downtown Winnipeg or ventured through The Forks as a tourist.

So we tried it this past weekend.

As is usual from Joshua, amazing photos. But I especially loved his “insider as outsider” take on his home. Its a nice approach to a travel log that I would love to see more of. 

And yet the Dalai Lama approaches his information diet like he does his meditation — as a deliberate practice. In that sense, “meaning diet” is far more accurate a term, for he is remarkably deliberate about which aspects of the Information Age to fold into his meaning-making mission and which to sidestep.

I am working on having a more Buddhist approach to my information production and consumption so this was enormously helpful.

I love stuff like this. Anyone who has followed me a while knows I love to pack light. Seeing stuff like this helps me think about how I might refine my game.