Touch Puuhonua's Writings

Some Mildly Technical Writings

Musings on Immortality: Prospects for significant extension of the length of human lifespan by taking advantage of likely upcoming scientific and technological developments. An introduction to the topic which does not require a technical background.
Choosing an Operating System: Supporting my friends in choosing a computer system which strikes the best balance among usability, power and security. Written primarily for my friends who are thoughtful but not computer experts.
Separate identities protect our Internet privacy: It might be worth the trouble to separate your online activity into more than one identity or persona.
iPod/iPad/iTouch - iNope!: Unlike the Macintosh, Apple's new mobile platforms are not designed to empower you.
Taming Facebook: Facebook can be awkward to use and dangerous to our privacy and online security. Here are some of my practices which you may find useful.

Bootstrapping to Augmented Intellect: How a small group of software geeks might put together a collection of software tools which would extend their capacities.
Tech Notes: Software Toolkits: An overview of the nature and power of Software Toolkits written to inspire the formation of a local Software Tools Enthusiasts Group.
Tech Notes: PostgreSQL Beginning to Meta: Notes on learning programming and metaprogramming with the Extensible Object-Relational Database System PostgreSQL.

Are You A Gender Criminal?: An article I wrote for an LGBT (Queer) Newspaper back in the 1990s.
My 2005 Health Breakthrough: How I got my full health and mental alertness back.