Adam Thiede

Filesystem format interoperability, and why it matters. Be mindful of your disk formats!
Checking filesystem format of a disk. A companion to the Filesystem Format Interoperability guide.
Phone recommendations for all kinds of people; covers both smartphones and dumbphones.
Freedom, what it means, and why I love it.
Alternatives to Google: a small list of alternatives to Google stuff. No excuses!
Software I use and recommend. An incomplete list of software I endorse, and some things I don't.
New User's Linux Guide. An intro to Linux for the new or curious user.
General InfoSec advice for regular people. Assumes usage of Windows. Version for macOS here.

A secure, modern communicator . Many words on what I want out of an omnipresent communication device, and why current smartphones don't work.
A rant on modern software, mainly programming languages that include and encourage the use of built-in dependency managers.
On casual users and Linux desktops and why it is, in fact, not crazy, but actually the opposite - it's the most sane choice.
Why I dislike texting and how it effects you.
A letter to my child's teacher about iPads in the kindergarden classroom.
Fireworks: proposing an alternative to consumer-grade self-lit fireworks on July 4th.

Improving the Plot of the Star Wars Prequels: a highly detailed refactoring of the plot to make Anakin's story more compelling. Less politics.
Proposal for Government Transparency (work in progress). Application of the Free Software principles to government. It is intentionally brutal, and I don't believe it would work. It's my idealism at its finest, and not meant to be taken too seriously.
Are Computers Demonic?: a response to an in-person writing prompt. It's probably not for you.
Make-Up is for Liars: I'm sure lucky I don't have any female readers.
Gaston's Egg Consumption Analyzed: I don't know why I did this.