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May 31, 2019

Best US Mobile Phone carrier in 2019: AT&T, Verizon, or T-Mobile?

Over the last year I’ve used AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon side-by-side in the US, and AT&T and Verizon in SE Asia, primarily the Philippines. Phones include Samsung S7E, Samsung S9+, iPhone XS, and a bunch of LG Aristo 2 burner phones. Conclusions: VZW wins in the US, hands-down: Verizon Mobile has the best phone and data…

Mobile Phone

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Mobile Phone

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Published in Secure by Design: Threat Models & Datascience-driven Cybersecurity

·May 6, 2019

Have your passwords been stolen? — Credit Karma now tells you.

I am a hacker (Breaker), investigator, and Defender against the dark arts in cybersecurity — so I always look for ways to get alerted to any passwords I use that are compromised. …

Security

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Have your passwords been stolen? — Credit Karma now tells you.

Security

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Published in Advice for Young Men

·Apr 30, 2019

5 Life-Changing Attitudes and Perspectives

Tuesday morning, 6am. Time to exercise and be thankful. Being thankful is critical to starting each day. I hope you remember this as you grow up, son: Family Status: Our family is roughly 7000 miles apart. Today marks the start of our 14th month apart, separated by US Immigration. The…

Gratitude

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5 Life-Changing Attitudes and Perspectives

Gratitude

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Published in Advice for Young Men

·Apr 29, 2019

The Ultimate Survival Guide for Stolen Credit Cards and IDs when Traveling Abroad

Does your work or fun take you through dark and shady corners of the world? Back alleys of Jakarta? Budapest’s wild parties and ruin bars? Undiscovered parts of Riga? Travel regularly to Mexico? Have you had your identity stolen or credit cards cloned and compromised, as a result? As a…

Travel

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Travel

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Published in Secure by Design: Threat Models & Datascience-driven Cybersecurity

·Apr 15, 2019

Cybersecurity / Information Security Essentials for new Professionals

With Sen. Elizabeth Warren proposing jail for CEOs for breaches — Cybersecurity is definitely mainstream. Demand for talent is likewise growing exponentially — 2019 is an incredibly exciting time to be in Cybersecurity! Basic Training for Cybersecurity However — increasingly I meet brilliant new people in cybersecurity that haven’t been exposed to Infosec fundamentals…

Cybersecurity

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Cybersecurity

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Apr 14, 2019

Synchronize all your files, folders and cloud drives across multiple Google / Microsoft / Amazon accounts

Do you have multiple online accounts and cloud storage services you want to consolidate? Synchronize file replication between folders or services online, on local hard drives, and/or with a NAS (network attached storage)? This guide explains how my wife and I do it: First — Pick one primary service. We…

Google Drive

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Synchronize all your files, folders and cloud drives across multiple Google / Microsoft / Amazon…

Google Drive

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Apr 9, 2019

Secrets to rapid fat loss and #Keto / Ketogenic diet success

Are you trying to decide if a Ketogenic or Carnivore style diet is right for you? I’m going to help you make your decision. This is what I looked like in 2013: Changing diet and exercise habits changed my life. In 2013 I was approaching 40 sadly: fat, flabby, weak…

Health

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Secrets to rapid fat loss and #Keto / Ketogenic diet success

Health

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Feb 26, 2019

2018–19 Update: A year of Yin & Yang, and losing unimportant baggage

Thus begins Chapter Three of the MSA Chronicles Slow updates?!: When this blog was started Mary and Arian thought (and were told) they were executing on a short, predictable timeline… That turned out to be a false assumption. Q: So what is going on with the Evans family? A: the…

Immigration

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2018–19 Update: A year of Yin & Yang, and losing unimportant baggage

Immigration

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Nov 7, 2018

The Kidnapped Child: Sage’s Story

MSA Chronicles Chapter Two To call this Sage’s story is slightly disingenuous: that hand that will write this story has just begun mastery of the pen. This is surrogate-backstory until the prose flows from Sage’s own hand: Mary has a bright and lively son named Sage whom just turned 8…

Immigration

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Immigration

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Sep 1, 2018

The Accidental Immigrant: Mary’s Story

MSA Chronicles Chapter One — Mary Grace Evans grew up in Baguio City in the Philippines; raised by two smart Filipino parents. She had an exciting early career as “DJ Rikki”, and a successful business career after that as a customer success trainer; manager; and accent-neutralization specialist. …

Immigration

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Immigration

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