DeleteMe, please stop the nonsense: data brokers are not doxxing people
Data brokers selling people’s data is not doxxing, and claiming otherwise makes you look stupid and greedy.
Author Archives: jik
Boston election Nov. 4 2025: District 9 endorsements
Vote for Michelle Wu, Liz Breadon, Henry Santana, Marvin Mathelier, Ruthzee Louijeune, and Julia Mejia!
How you actually should respond to that “183 million credentials leak”
What a recent Forbes article got wrong and what it should have told you instead.
Why websites shouldn’t indiscriminately block VPN users
I convinced a state senator that government websites indiscriminately blocking VPN users is bad. Here’s the case I made, which you can use yourself to keep fighting the good fight.
Yet another Synology Drive Client for Linux data-loss bug
If you create a directory on one client and then put files in that directory on another client, those files won’t be synchronized to your NAS. This is bad. The only workaround is to not use the new version of the client.
Cursed motorcycle trip to Philadelphia
A dead battery, an initially misunderstood jump-start process, a shady towing company, and some poor decisions made this trip challenging and taught me a number of important lessons.
Comics Aggregator: GoComics.com was broken, is now fixed
Overnight last night, GoComics.com was modified to deter bots, along with some other changes which broke the Comics Aggregator‘s ability to fetch comics from there.
How to stop Google from invading your privacy and others’ when you share links
“share.google” links are evil. Here’s how to get Google to stop spitting them at you.
About that time my motorcycle chain derailed while I was riding the bike
I’m fine, my bike is fine, and the bike and I got home in one piece thanks to the kindness of my guardian angel Frank.
Can’t log into Costco website, their technical support is useless
I spent nearly four hours of my time proving this isn’t my fault. I’m still doubtful that Costco will do anything to resolve the problem.