Biology insists and common sense says that I've started to become that old fogey I use to laugh at in my younger days. ... THIRD YORKSHIREMAN:Well, of course, we had…
March 2020. We anxiously watched COVID spread, first through Asia and then Europe before it really impacted the United States. Second week in March retail businesses started closing and office…
https://www.flickr.com/photos/17963290@N00/6520777613 I recently created a small DSL that provided state-based object validation, which I required for implementing a new feature. Multiple engineers were impressed with its general usefulness and wanted…
Functional testing is fairly straight-forward and easy-to-understand: does your software behave as designed, or, perhaps, as your users expect? Examples of functional testing could be: Are the items selected correctly…
I recently bought a Mac Mini M2 to replace my 3-year old Mac Mini M1. As to be expected, Apple's packaging is a work-of-art, totally unnecessary yet impressive and subtle.…
Question: what item, if lost or stolen, would most affect whatever trip you're currently on? Notwithstanding extreme travel where you are cut-off from civilization - perhaps crossing the Sahara - most daily…
As a technologist, I'm always interested in learning about the underlying technologies. Once, I intently watched an airplane's entertainment system go through a Linux reboot. I recently added new use…
I'd hope to work on my flight from Amsterdam Schipol to Minneapolis/St. Paul International, but seemed doubtful as I was on the aisle with someone to my immediate right. Early…
I have been in your shoes: it is very intimidating to get in front of strangers and speak about your passion: technical topics where others are stronger; opinions that are…