Liz Denys

My partner and I don't always decorate for Christmas, but when we do, we love to hang stockings to fill with little notes, candies, chapsticks, stickers, or other small snacks and trinkets we pick up over the course of December.

I wanted curtain tiebacks that were functional for my curtains hung inside window frames, but unfortuantely, the current trends are designed around curtains mounted outside window frames with large, bulky metal tiebacks - not so great for my craftsman fra…

I became vegetarian in February.

When I saw the Library Blanket Joelle Hoverson designed for Purl Soho, I immediately fell in love.

Tracy Jenkins's For Like Ever poster is an iconic piece of "the millenial aesthetic."

I've never been to Sqirl, but ever since I ordered their puffed millet 'nola on a whim, I've been obsessed.

Popular Twitter parody account @BabyYodaBaby is currently suspended for "platform manipulation and spam" according to their Instagram.

A new episode of Loose Leaf Security is out to remind you to cover your webcams when you aren't using them, and it features my favorite episode art yet: Covering your webcams Liz and Geoffrey take a look at how attackers compromise webcams and discuss why…

Three more episodes of Loose Leaf Security are out, a series about authentication and password managers: Using a password manager effectively In a deeper exploration of password manager browser extensions and features for sharing as well as a survey of al…

Two more episodes of Loose Leaf Security are out, a series about securing your personal finances: Credit and debit card security An important part of your personal digital security is making sure your credit and debit cards are secure.

Getting started Web stuff & RSS Podcasts are distributed via RSS feeds that people can subscribe to.

From October to December of last year, I saw a lot of shows at the Brooklyn Academy of Music - specifically, I saw all 26 of the Next Wave Festival productions.

The latest Loose Leaf Security is out, a handful of Geoffrey and my own security adventures, including concerns about Twitter's "favorites" evolved into "likes," and some juicier news stories: Security stories: surveillance databases, unlocking apps, unex…

Four more episodes of Loose Leaf Security are out, a series about securing your laptop and desktop computers: Physical attacks to your computers and disk encryption Liz and Geoffrey are back with a look at physical computer security - just how much trouble

When you create a new Google Doc, you have the option to share it with others to view or edit.

If I actually wrote about XOXO 2018 last weekend like I had intended to do, I would have tried to write an article titled "XOXO strives to be what the internet should strive to be," and I probably would have never finished it.

Making sure your digital photos aren't leaking your location or other information is one of the most important technology-related privacy issues influencing your physical safety, so make sure to catch the latest episode of Loose Leaf Security: Digital pho…

The previous Loose Leaf Security series on safely surfing the web was pretty dense, so Geoffrey and I filled the latest episode of Loose Leaf Security with a bunch of our own personal security mishaps: Security stories: lost phones, a compromised computer,

Three more episodes of Loose Leaf Security are out, a series about safely browsing the web: The history of the Web and an introduction to browser security The web can be a scary place - but once you get to know it a little better, it doesn't feel as scary.

Cocoa brownies are pretty magical, i.e. particularly good at staying soft and gooey, and Alice Medrich's ingredient list is nearly flawless.

Two more episodes of Loose Leaf Security are out, a series about phone security: Securing your phone We take our phones everywhere and trust them with a lot of sensitive information, but have we put enough thought into how to secure them?

The second episode of Loose Leaf Security came out today, about two-factor authentication and account recovery: Two-factor authentication and account recovery Last time we talked about strong passwords, but what if there was a better way to secure your ac…

I just launched a new project with Geoffrey Thomas: Loose Leaf Security, a podcast about making good computer security for everyone.

I just added Open Graph support to this Pelican-generated site so pretty previews would show up when people shared my posts, and I figured I'd share the fairly tidy way I went about it in case other people were interested.

Dealing with impostor syndrome isn't fun, but playing Dungeons & Dragons is!

A little over a month ago, Kristen Visbal's Fearless Girl statue was placed face to face with Charging Bull statue in Manhattan's Financial District: Moody Man's photo of Fearless Girl Anthony Quintano's photo of Fearless Girl facing Charging Bull But she…

Until today, my website was fragmented across a number of static pages and two WordPress instances.

In a rush of hubris, Slack published a full page ad taunting Microsoft Teams in the New York Times: That feeling when you think "we should buy a full page in the Times and publish an open letter," and then you do. 💫 pic.twitter.com/BQiEawRA6d — Stewart Bu…

There's a push to remove Peter Thiel from Facebook's board, and Mark Zuckerberg doesn't care about the threat he poses.

Liz rides the subway is a series containing thoughts I have on the subway.

Content warning: police murder of black people We need to talk about potentially triggering videos and social media.

Liz rides the subway is a series containing thoughts I have on the subway.

Appearances can be deceiving.

A little over a week ago, an unnecessary dick joke was sent to a mailing list I'm on.

As we all know, men's rights activists are grossly misunderstood.

As we all know, the patriarchy is just a figment of feminist imagination.

As we all know, intent is an ancient eldritch power!

Content warning: rape, anti-abortion rhetoric On June 26, I left Richard Rodgers Theatre with an embarrassingly big grin - after all, I had just experienced Hamilton.

Liz rides the subway is a series containing thoughts I have on the subway, mostly as an experiment to get me to write more.

Liz rides the subway is a series containing thoughts I have on the subway, mostly as an experiment to get me to write more.

An elf stands on an arch, attempts to cast a spell, and freaks out when he is unable to cast it, or...

The modern world really loves to use little algorithms here and there to help us speed things up.

Liz rides the subway is a series containing thoughts I have on the subway, mostly as an experiment to get me to write more.

I love screen.

Liz rides the subway is a series containing thoughts I have on the subway, mostly as an experiment to get me to write more.

Twitter recently changed "favorites" to "likes".

I remember the first time I reflected on "doing good": I was watching the final scene of a sitcom I grew up with, Boy Meets World.

Uber was robocalling me about Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to place a cap on the number of vehicles they could operate in New York City.

I cringe at having to describe myself or write my own bios.

If you look up the registration details for my personal (and currently non-commercial) website, you'll see Registrant Name: WHOISGUARD PROTECTED Registrant Organization: WHOISGUARD, INC.