DSL Validations: Operators
Operators provide a value for validating properties as a single unit: think of a multi-part conditional check in an if statement. The most obvious operators are logical AND (&&) and…
Civilian Casualties
Image: Vyacheslav Prokofyev/picture alliance/dpa/TASS While the Crocus City Hall was still burning, speculations had begun about who was responsible: Russians whom blame Putin for the death of Alexei Navalny; protesters…
Audi Crooks
Friday night, Iowa State's Audi Crooks scored 40 points, leading Iowa State to a comeback 93-86 win over Maryland in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.…
DSL Validations: Child Properties
Note: This is part 2 of (an expected) 4 part series. Part 1 is found at DSL Validations: Properties. Part 1 introduced the concept of property validators, providing the building…
DSL Validations: Properties
Note: This is post 1 of (an expected) 4 part series. Links to future posts will be added here when published. Whether you aware of it or not, you likely…
Analog Time in a Digital World
My daughter is teaching her sons/my grandsons how to tell time on an analog clock after realizing they had no idea what the hands on a clock meant. I'm not…
Those Were The Days?!?
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…
Meandering Thoughts #20
My name Scott Sosna is not common, largely because Sosna is not very common in the US: the only other person I know of is a financial advisor in New…
Random Learnings #26
In the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament, the first two rounds are hosted by top-four regional seeds. Though not guaranteed, the home court advantage does increase teams' chances of making it…
Map Research at NYPL
My growing interest in maps, especially older places I've been to or read about, has be searching out maps to buy or examine. Hanging in our upstairs hallway is an…