Today I Learned

The phrase “full of sound sound and fury, signifying nothing” is part of one of the most famous soliloquies in the English language. It...

Risk ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_%28game%29 ) is one of those games that seems to endure. It’s a simple game, which is probably...

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 (...

Back in the dark ages, before the World Wide Web, when dinosaurs roamed the earth and films were actual film and played on film...

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...

Nostalgia can be fun! My earliest experience with computers was with a Commodore PET ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_PET ),...

People make mistakes. Lots of them. We’re very good at making them, but not so good at preventing them. It can be fun to go down the...

“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...

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

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...

When people talk about things that are complex, they usually talk about rocket science, which is more generally referred to as “aerospace...

#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”...

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/...