Today I Learned

The start of school is often a busy time, but it gave me a bit of time to think about my high-school experience and led me back to...

This might look like a standard cup game, but it’s actually a very interesting test. I won’t spoil it for you – give it a try. ...

Well, the illustration above IS normal, but that’s actually a bit unusual. It’s “normal” to assume that everyone has the same...

When one thinks about blood, one of the most obvious connections will probably be to vampires, especially if you are a fan of horror...

We have endless opportunities to learn, if only we take them. I recently commented on the survival of the learner (...

In the classic Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Dodgers_in_the_24%C2%Bdth_Century ), Duck Dodgers...

“Get Off Of My Cloud” ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sWqmMAvmdU ) is the hit song by The Rolling Stones ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

“What's in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other name would smell as sweet;” One of the most recognizable quotes in the...

I finally have a semi-usable version of a Kanban tool running. I built it on the so-called “LAMP” ( https://www.til-technology.com/post/...

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...

Pen test? That’s when you try to identify who’s who in this photo of the famous magicians Penn & Teller ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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...

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...

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...

In his classic series, Martial Arts and Ways of Japan (Weatherhill, 3 volumes, 1973–1974), Donn Draeger ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

#TIL that the falling green code seen in the Matrix ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(franchise )) movies is sometimes referred...

One of the rites of passage for anyone learning a programming language is the creation of their first program. For many, the first...

Data is, like, literally radioactive. I was going to comment on the distortion and misuse of the word “literally” and comment that its...