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Dec 44 min read

Grandma COBOL

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...

Nov 275 min read

The First Programmer

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...

Nov 136 min read

End of an Epoch!

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

Jan 2, 20224 min read

The Internet is on fire!

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

Jun 13, 20213 min read

Sometimes you need to be MEAN!

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

May 30, 20213 min read

Direct Objects!

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...

May 24, 20212 min read

It's been a long time!

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...

May 9, 20214 min read

Focal Fossa!

#TIL that a fossa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossa_%28animal%29) is more than just another name for Ubuntu 20.04 (ie, “Focal Fossa”...

Apr 11, 20215 min read

Coder Talkers

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

Mar 14, 20214 min read

Mind Your Language!

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

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...

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