Today I Learned

So, it’s HER fault! :) I recently wrote about why Y2K was such a big deal. To summarize, one major reason was the cost of computer...

The exception that proves the rule . We’ve all heard the phrase, but I think most people use it without understanding it or knowing where...

Artificial Intelligence is- Hey! Come on! I haven’t even said anything yet! Ahem. As I was saying, Artificial Intelligence is a term that...

Let’s talk about the end of the world, shall we? Or maybe not. Fortunately, some stories of impending doom are overestimated, and some...

I found the image above when searching for a good image of fire, and it seemed just about perfect on multiple levels. Buster Keaton...

... But not necessarily Blue. Yellow Submarine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Submarine_(film) was one of those films which became...

I have been spending most of my (relatively) free time working on PHP (https://www.til-technology.com/post/it-s-been-a-long-time), and...

Short post this week. It’s Victoria Day weekend in Canada, but that’s not the reason. In fact, I spent most of my (relatively) free...

Code talker (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_talker) is a name given to military personnel who used a “little-known” language to...

For anyone not familiar with it, Mind Your Language (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_Your_Language) was a British sitcom running in...

After commenting (https://www.til-technology.com/post/d%C3%A9j%C3%A0-vu) on how useful my prior familiarity with the C programming...