Meandering Thoughts #51
My grandparents spent their final years in a retirement community in North Carolina which provided all levels of care, from light-touch living assistance (activities, events, meals, cleaning) to complete nursing…
Meandering Thoughts #50
This BBC article dissects how tennis line judges are being replaced by electronic line calling at professional tournaments - this year, Wimbledon - and asks how future umpires, who started…
Meandering Thoughts #49
I don't understand how it works. It's not how I would have done it. The code is absolute crap. It's over-architected. All too often software engineers drop these phrases as…
Meandering Thoughts #48
My wife and I visited Missouri Mouse Antiques, a local antique mall, searching for a door stop. As we browsed, my wife saw a hanging, macrame (?) lampshade and commented…
Meandering Thoughts #47
Yesterday, the Oklahoma City Thunder won the NBA championship, many articles stating their first in franchise history when in fact the franchise won the 1979 championship as the Seattle Supersonics.…
Meandering Thoughts #46
Am I showing antisemitic tendencies if I visibly cringe when the Minnesota Twins' organist plays Hava Nagila and wish she would immediately stop? More likely it's my general disdain for…
Meandering Thoughts #45
The classic movie Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? topped the Independent's list in 20 movie romances that were actually completely toxic. Unsurprisingly, an excellent, dark movie staring a real-life couple…
Meandering Thoughts #44
I'm in Norway to attend and speak at NDC Oslo and - typical of tech conferences - plenty of random entertainment for the attendees. What did I find? Pinball! Of…
Meandering Thoughts #43
In April, I attended Devoxx Greece at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre: great conference, great venue, blah blah blah. What I can't understand is two UK-styled outlets are installed…
Meandering Thoughts #42
When the lights go down in the California townPeople are in for the eveningI jump into my car and I throw in my guitarMy heartbeat in time with my breathing…