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Month: February 2017

Book Review: “The Rise of the Rocket Girls” by Nathalia Holt

Posted on2017-02-28Leave a comment

Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book details the history of women at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It focuses on how their accomplishments helped send the United States to the planets, and how their Read More …

CategoriesBook ReviewTagsBook Review, books, Goodreads, recommendations

Some Poetry

Posted on2017-02-13Leave a comment

Recently I came across an old notebook of mine which I had used for doodles and creative writing.  I had some poems in there that actually sounded pretty good, so I thought I’d post them here for people to read.  They are free-form and don’t rhyme.  Here they are, I hope you enjoy. Slate The sky, Read More …

CategoriesPersonalTagscreative writing, personal, poetry

How strong is your password? Keeping your data safe

Posted on2017-02-032017-10-24Leave a comment

Sometimes, when I login to my computer, my friends notice that it takes me a (relatively) lengthy amount of time to input my password.  They are quite surprised when I inform them that my password is over 20 characters long.  They want to know why I have such a long password and how I remember Read More …

CategoriesAdviceTagscomputer, security, technology

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