Feb 14, 20214 minIt was twenty years ago today!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...
Feb 7, 20214 minI want a new mouse!With thanks to Huey Lewis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6uEMOeDZsA) and Weird Al (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KvgQIBcdRk) for...
Jan 31, 20215 minKanban POCIt’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...
Jan 24, 20214 minKanban IpsumStarting 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...
Jan 3, 20214 minSeason of the Switch!Switch? No, not that kind. We’ll get to it. As we enter 2021, many people are talking about how horrible the past year was, and how...
Dec 27, 20204 minThis pi tastes funny!Most “technology people”, whatever they do, seem to be the de facto technology support for everyone they know. In my own case, back in...
Dec 21, 20207 minInfoSec as a Martial ArtIn his classic series, Martial Arts and Ways of Japan (Weatherhill, 3 volumes, 1973–1974), Donn Draeger (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do...
Dec 13, 20205 minData 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 minHello, 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 minFiat 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...
Nov 15, 20204 minKnow the rules before you break them“It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.” Often attributed to Mark...
Oct 25, 20205 minInfoSec Basics - What is Cryptography?Cryptography makes the world go ‘round. With apologies to Broadway (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Makes_the_World_Go_%27Round_%28196...
Oct 18, 20206 minInfoSec Bullshido – Zero-day“Zero-day” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-day_%28computing%29) or “0-day” (also pronounced “oh-day”), is another term that we hear...