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My websites and apps are behind the Cloudflare firewall. I use the web application firewall (WAF) to block anything and everything that shouldn’t be coming through. One periodic request was the quarterly re-issuance of Let’s Encrypt
Eating Google’s Takeout from GMail
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For better or for worse, Google’s constant nagging about my shrinking storage space worked. I had already dropped most of their other products but have been using Photos to share images, and Mail has been my
Dream Work
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I was still traveling so I missed the AALL announcement about this artificial intelligence (AI) keyword glossary (members only). It was a project I had worked on, so of course, I was glad to see it
A Chance to Mold the Profession
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I’ve just finished Shaping the Bar by Prof. Joan Haworth. I think it’s a must-read for law librarians in any work context. As I moved recently from a public law library to an academic one,
Dearly Departed
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I’m at the end of my first full week at a new role in Chicago. I had been in California at a public law library for just over 2 years and it was time to move
The Distraction of Magical Thinking
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I am sure I am not alone in my experience with magical thinking in law libraries. I’m sure it’s not unique to law libraries either. We operate in an environment where the people who oversee our
The Warp And Weft of Resilience
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I had an epiphany while sitting in an AALL conference session. As is often the case, I had heard something and it had sparked a thought that distracted me for a moment. I’ve posted here before
Hold the Reins
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My brother was a Russian hostage. That is now in the past but I am still processing it. But as his release started to appear on the horizon, and I was preparing for the media, I
Tailor Your Outcome
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It is not uncommon to lump similar people together, based on their job titles, or similar organizations, based on their outward facing appearance or context. I tend to avoid this. Even statements as simple as “library
Dueling Authenticators
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Multi-factor authentication is now a permanent part of life. Unfortunately, it is implemented in so many different—and not always secure—ways that it can require a lot of tools to manage. I had done pretty well until