Author: matt

  • DIY GoRuck style zippers

    A good friend gave me his Targus sling bag a while ago. The bag was in perfect condition, except that the plastic on zipper pulls were breaking, most likely due to age or a design defect. I didn’t bother too much about it for a long time, but after a while the lack of something…

  • Ordered a GoRuck GR Echo backpack

    This definitely isn’t something healthy, but I’ve been checking out various bags recently. I lusted a long time over the Cote & Ciel Isar Rucksack, and finally bought one recently. It’s a great bag and I love it, but I’ve also been getting an itch for something a little smaller that I can carry around…

  • Single Malt Whisky

    I’m not particularly fond of Whisky, but I have been trying single malt whisky from time to time. I guess it’s something of an acquired taste. There’s no finer substance than single malt whisky. There’s enormous pleasure in a fine glass of single malt whisky. It’s not the pleasure of a new iPhone, or a…

  • On the Cote et Ciel Isar Rucksack

    Introduction & reviews I’ve been wanting to get the Côte & Ciel Isar Rucksack for a while, and I eventually bought one while I was traveling in Hong Kong. I don’t intend for this article to be a review, rather just my views on the bag. If you’re looking for a review of the bag,…

  • Should the CIA target Apple?

    Should the CIA target Apple?

    Something worth thinking about. There is spying that we denounce, such as the mass spying revealed by Snowden, but there is also some that we should come to expect, whether we agree with it or not. Because That’s Where the Intelligence Is — As a taxpayer, if the CIA and every other U.S. intelligence agency…