They started talking about using full-body security scanners in airports a few years ago.

Even though they told us that the security personnel who would be viewing the completely nude images of airline passengers would be highly trained, and the imaging machines would not be capable of storing those images, many of us were outraged at the idea. [more...]

Regular readers of this Journal know that, at one time, I had to meticulously measure my blood glucose level and give myself insulin injections several times every day.

Though I had always been needle-phobic — throwing up and/or passing out every time I was ever given a shot or a blood test — I knew I didn’t want to have to go through that several times every day, so I chose to [more...]

If nothing else good comes out of all of the recent controversial privacy breeches and vulnerabilities on social networking sites, I’m glad to see that they have at least spurred increased discussion of the related issues.

I think that’s a very good thing, because it seems to me that much of the “discussion” up until now has been mostly a one-sided, self-serving soliloquy from the social networking sites — sites that [more...]

Almost 6 years ago, I began using Firefox, Mozilla’s free and open source Web browser in Windows, instead of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.

Since July of 2006, I’ve been using Linux full-time intead of Windows, but I kept using Firefox as my Web browser.

Needless to say, I’ve had a lot of experience [more...]

Over the past three decades, I’ve had the honor of helping probably tens of thousands of people troubleshoot and learn how to use their computers, including everyone from preschoolers to senior citizens to domestic violence survivors.

Helping to change others’ lives is very gratifying work.

I suspect that there are few people alive who [more...]