As A New Year Approaches, The University Of Notre Dame's John J. Reilly Center For Science, Technology

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

Had to update my weebly with some of my favorite quotes,  like this one:

Changes in technology and in how information is shared both further and faster are transforming how organizations operate. Thomas Malone, of the MIT Sloan School of Management, shows how the changes in organizational structure mirror changes in how human society has organized and operated. His presentation illustrates that these changes can be primarily tied by a single factor, the cost of communication, and he presents present-day examples to show what the organization of the future may look like.

New Jersey bars Tesla from selling cars directly

Still, Texas and Arizona show us sales go on when Tesla dealers are “banned.”

This one made my jaw drop, seriously???? 

Star Wars, Kidneys, and PT

I just signed up for the Star Wars Virtual Half Marathon and created a campaign to raise money for the American Kidney Fund :)  

Dialysis saved my life.  Help me raise some money to help the AKF make a difference to others in need.   

I experienced Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) when I was in the hospital this past fall.  I had double pneumonia and sepsis.  I was kept sedated and placed on an ECMO machine while receiving dialysis.  I spent 6 weeks in the hospital.  I am very fortunate that I've regained kidney function and no longer need dialysis.

Right now, if your kidneys fail you the only options are dialysis or transplant.  Dialysis is very expensive and the current waitlist for a transplant is about 7 years.  

During the rest of February and the month of March, I will combine the miles I do with my love of Star Wars and a campaign to help support others still on dialysis.    

I’ll be sharing updates on my progress here and on Flickr & IG...  

If you’d like to contribute to my campaign, please visit my AKF page.  Thanks!!

Scientists getting <3 on Twitter

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#ActualLivingScientist is trending on Twitter

Reclaim Your Privacy

Edward Snowden Explains How to Reclaim Your Privacy via The Intercept It’s a long read, but worth reading..  for those that want the cliff notes version, I pulled these from this article: Step One:  Tor Software to use to browse the web anonymously Step Two:  HTTPS Everywhere Forces your browser to use https (think *secure session*, like the kind of connection you want when you are shopping or banking online) Step Three:  Duck Duck Go Search engine that doesn't track you (set as the default of your browser) Step Four:  KeePassX Password manager, use in conjunction with 2-Factor Authentication [// I think this is great for websites in general but banking, credit card, email and other "mission critical" sites-- I'm still a little skeptical about relying on using a key system for these sites] Step Five:  Signal Encrypted instant messenger & calling without having to change your number

July 4th

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