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…
Devoxx Greece 2025
I submitted multiple talks for this year's Devoxx Greece, and, happily, the reviewers selected Demonolithing The Monolith? Forget It! to be presented. I've given this talk previously (including other Devoxx-branded…
Computers IRL#5
An information kiosk at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece obviously woke up on the wrong side of bed on the day I visited. And no one to press <F1>…
Meandering Thoughts #41
Do tech-saavy children hear Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer and wonder why Santa just doesn't use GPS? Image Credits "Hermey & Rudolph" by In Memoriam: K!T is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Let’s Play Office!
Did you ever play School as a child, perhaps with your sister as a teacher and you and your siblings as the students? Or raided your mother's pantry for canned…
Paternoster Failure II
Twice I've attempted to ride a paternoster lift (elevator); twice I've failed. My first attempt was Stuttgart, Germany City Hall which has a working paternoster. Unfortunately, our arrival corresponded to…
Windows IRL #4
Everyone know I am not a fan of the Windows operating system - or more truthfully anything Microsoft - so it's always exciting to find their mistakes out in the…
Unexplained Career Trajectory
Technical recruiters and their firm are a mixed bag, to say the least. For ever recruiter who listens to their client and submits only qualified, viable candidates, (too) many tech…
Return to Office Insanity Part II
A follow-up to my previous post. Previously my employer emphatically declared a no enforced return-to-office policy, in whatever form, at least as long as the current VP ran engineering. Wednesdays…
Good News, Everyone!
Robot Santa, "Xmas Story", Futurama (1999) In Futurama's Xmas Story, Santa Claus is a robot whom judges (almost) everyone as naughty and attempts to kill them. As Professor Farnsworth explains:…