Before & After & Inbetween

I've changed my primary email address, my synced online calendar and task list, my preferred search engines, and the OS on my computers. Not because the U/NSA and their pet-Brits along with New Zealand, Australia, and Canada(?) -- I've lost track who all's interested in my on- and offline life besides my own government -- but because through this ongoing scandal, I learned about a lot of alternative services and I'm a curious person.

( longish, hopefully informative rant with reasons )