Overview This post covers simple, symmetric key encryption using Dart. If you don’t know much about encryption and you’re looking for a basic “password” encryption solution, this is the post for you. Problem You need to encrypt and later decrypt some data with a password. So I had these problems recently. Dart has some greatContinue reading “Simple Encryption In Dart”
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Simple Encryption In Rust
Overview This post covers simple, symmetric key encryption using Rust. If you don’t know much about encryption and you’re looking for a basic “password” encryption solution, this is the post for you. Problem You need to encrypt and later decrypt some data with a password. So I had these problems recently. Rust has some greatContinue reading “Simple Encryption In Rust”
Rust, Mutexes, and Mutating Data in Re-entrant Mutexes
An explanation of Rust mutexes, re-entrant mutexes, and how to mutate data in re-entrant mutexes
The Worst Month Of My Life
I was in Cusco, Peru, in late April, with around 10 days left before I planned to head north to Ayacucho, then Lima, and finally to Ecuador. Cusco is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful cities I’ve ever seen, but I was looking forward to moving on. Then, around 1:30am on a TuesdayContinue reading “The Worst Month Of My Life”
Ramadan in Cusco, Peru
My experience spending Ramadan in Cusco, Peru
Rejection
Once upon a time I used to write for fun, but I thought my old posts were long lost. I found one today, from around 2009! Maybe I’ll find more. But for now, here’s the thoughts of a 29-30 year old me … Do you know what hair is? The sort that sprouts out theContinue reading “Rejection”
Getting Started With Tokio
A quick guide for getting started with Rust and the Tokio Asynchronous Runtime
The Bolivian Visa Extension Nightmare Ends
The conclusion of my bad visa experience in Bolivia
The Bolivian Visa Extension Nightmare
The nasty experience of getting a visa extension in Bolivia
13 Lessons I Learned Road-Tripping Across Bolivia
Some of the lessons I’ve learned so far road tripping around Bolivia by motorbike
How to Cross Into Bolivia By Land Border
The painful experience of crossing from Argentina to Bolivia by land border, as a foreigner
And Some Days Just Suck …
I’d been in Bariloche, Argentina for 4 months. I really like that town. It’s not exactly quaint, but still small enough that I remember it as such. I went down there to wait for the borders to open so I could finally leave the country but Covid got worse and the frontiers remained shut toContinue reading “And Some Days Just Suck …”
Slow Days And Entertainment For Long Term Travelers
Some ideas on what to do on those days when you want to take a break and just do nothing productive
How To Live On The Road Indefinitely
If you’re thinking about long term travel, especially by adventure motorbike, this post is for you I left South Africa on 13 March 2019 and arrived in Uruguay a day later. Six weeks after that my motorbike arrived and I’ve been traveling through South America ever since. The plan was to just see Patagonia, butContinue reading “How To Live On The Road Indefinitely”
A Back Roads Trip Across South Africa
A drive from Cape Town to Pietermaritzburg through farm roads and mountains. And with Kudus in the mix!
Ciudad Del Este, Paraguay
My visit to Ciudad Del Este, Paraguay. A hectic, shopping-oriented city in one of the most unlikely parts of the world
Falling In Mud
The story of a horrible day riding through mud, falling, and generally being miserable. This is the not-fun side of adventure riding
Using State Machines For Simplified Message Processing
A problem developers face is extracting messages from a byte stream. This post covers a strategy for accomplishing that task. This is not a problem typically found in higher level coding spaces. Much of modern development has been relegated to the realm of HTTP and web servers, or other middleware such as message queuing systemsContinue reading “Using State Machines For Simplified Message Processing”
The Most Beautiful Road In The World
The beautiful ride from Coyaique to Los Antiguos via the Carratera Austral
That Day In The Snow
My hectic ride in the middle of a snow storm, leaving Villa Pehuenia in Patagonia, Argentina. It was my first real ride in the snow.
Boring Adventures 