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Apr 25, 20215 min read
Turtles all the way down!
Cognition (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognition) refers to “the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding...
Apr 18, 20215 min read
Not a Hacker!
#TIL that Kali Linux (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_Linux) was not named after the Hindu goddess Kali. This was actually a great...
Apr 4, 20216 min read
More Adventures in Networking!
WARNING - Some tech-speak and jargon below. I’ve tried to be clear, but follow my more-or-less actual stream of consciousness, so the...
Mar 21, 20216 min read
The Right Tool for the Right Job!
The plaque above was my father’s. I saw it almost every day of my life when I lived with my parents, and it’s now in my home. (I also...
Mar 7, 20215 min read
Computer languages - Setting the stage
After commenting (https://www.til-technology.com/post/d%C3%A9j%C3%A0-vu) on how useful my prior familiarity with the C programming...
Feb 28, 20213 min read
Déjà vu!
Today, I experienced déjà vu about déjà vu. How cool is that? I was going through Dani Krossing’s (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheCharm...
Dec 13, 20205 min read
Data Basics – What is a database?
#TIL that the falling green code seen in the Matrix (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(franchise)) movies is sometimes referred...
Dec 6, 20202 min read
Hello, World!
One of the rites of passage for anyone learning a programming language is the creation of their first program. For many, the first...
Nov 22, 20204 min read
Fiat LAMP!
I have a confession to make... While I have worked in the Information Technology (IT) field for over twenty years, I am not a web...
Sep 20, 20205 min read
Attack of the Process Zombies
A young woman – let’s call her Alice – had recently moved into her own apartment, and invited her parents over for Thanksgiving dinner...
Aug 16, 20204 min read
TIL Technology
First, a disclaimer: While I was a developer (many years ago), I worked mainly on back-end database applications (first with Oracle...
Aug 9, 20204 min read
Starting a blog – the end of the beginning
We’re actually getting to the origins of this blog - not exactly full-circle, but near enough. As I have mentioned, COVID-19 led me down...
Aug 2, 20205 min read
Shut your Pi-hole!
So I have a Raspberry Pi. Now what? My initial plan (as it was the reason for getting it in the first place) was to set up a Pi-hole...
Jul 26, 20204 min read
It’s easy to get a good keyboard, right? Er, right?
Traditionally, I have done most of my typing on my company-issued laptop. In the office, I have a docking station with a monitor and a...
Jul 12, 20202 min read
Adventures in Networking (III) – The Great Unboxing
Continued from https://www.til-technology.com/post/adventures-in-networking-ii Everything has arrived, so it’s time to start unboxing. ...
Jul 4, 20202 min read
Adventures in Networking (II)
So, one thing to decide to set up a home network, but quite another to actually do it. To start with, we didn’t have Ethernet wiring,...
Jul 1, 20203 min read
Adventures in Networking (I)
These days, people say that every story is a COVID-19 story, and my recent adventures have been no exception. Right around the time we...
Jun 27, 20202 min read
Learning from doing
It’s a bit frustrating, making newbie mistakes, but that’s the purpose of this whole experiment. It’s the difference between “book...
Jun 16, 20201 min read
Oops!
Well, that didn’t work quite the way I thought... #TIL that embedded HTML in the Wix editor actually creates a frame, in which the linked...
Jun 16, 20202 min read
A little refinement...
As a bit of a change of pace, I want to focus on a few of the “little things” that are really not so little. Even a personal blog can be...
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