Today I Learned

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...

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...

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...

Today, I experienced déjà vu about déjà vu. How cool is that? I was going through Dani Krossing’s ( https://www.youtube.com/user/TheChar...

Uh, no. Not that kind of rule. More like the Tears For Fears song ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4zA0xnBEJU ), but not quite that...

More, actually, but not with Sgt. Pepper... When I got my first coding job, in the 1990’s, I was working through a certificate in...

With thanks to Huey Lewis ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6uEMOeDZsA ) and Weird Al ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KvgQIBcdRk )...

It’s nice to look back and be satisfied with a decision you made. Decision-making is part of our lives, from literal life-and-death...

Starting a project can be hard, especially when you have limited time and other work on your plate. It’s also hard to force yourself to...

I find it interesting that, even (especially?) when our work focuses on careful planning or a disciplined approach to problem-solving,...

In the classic “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy ), a...