Richard Sprague

The water in our Beijing apartment looks, smells, and (yes I risked it) tastes just fine. But is it safe to drink?  Nearly everyone I know -...

If you’re trying to find me, and you looked at this blog hoping for some updates, you’ve been disappointed.  I’m still updating, even more...

The verdict is in: I’m pretty happy with my Cloakbox VPN router .  I love being able to surf as though I’m on a computer in San Francisco or...

The internet is a chaotic place, where packets of information swim all over the world, ready to be scooped up, peered at, or blocked by anyo...

Long ago, I used to make fun of people who complain of back or muscle problems. Lazy complainers I said. Then about seven or eight years ago...

I'm a veerrry long-time Mac user.  I had one of the first 128K Macs.  I dropped out of college for a while with some friends to develop ...

It’s the Summer Solstice, longest day of the year, first day of summer and all that…and what do we get? A hailstorm! The kids and I went...