Thomas Mertz

Essentially eternally 12 years old

Travel

  • We live in a world where the assumption of privacy has been non-existent for quite a long time. Whether its autocracies, corporations or some third entity you should take steps to safeguard your data and protect your communications. Even in existing liberal democracies we’re seeing an increasing slide towards authoritarianism and fascism, and it is…

  • About a year ago I bought a car that I have been eyeing ever since I first saw it. The 2006 Honda Civic hatchback with the space shuttle facelift that relaunched the Civic in Europe. It’s an astonishingly cool car, and I was very lucky. The one I found was in mint condition, and loaded…

  • You: Lovely infectious laughter, brunette, travelling with your friend. Me: tall chubby red bearded supergeek. We started laughing about the Chinese gentleman who thought we were waving at him when we were yelling at him to take a step backward, so a young mother could get into her seat next to her child. We never…