The Lost Cafe Schindler
An extraordinary memoir of a Jewish family spanning two world wars and its flight from Nazi-occupied Austria. Meriel Schindler spent her adult life trying to keep her father, Kurt, at…
Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory
Oskar Schindler's name and his role in protecting Jews from the Holocaust during World War II became known globally with the release of Schindler's List. His efforts are recognized by…
Meandering Thoughts #52
Anyone job searching knows a quality, well-written CV gives you the best chance of surviving the initial cull of applicants; conversely, misspellings and grammatical mistakes allow those hiring to quickly…
API Standards ARE Data Standards
"Amelia in Code" by donnierayjones is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Aside from those whom have ignored technology trends for the last twenty years, everyone else is aware of -…
Maintainable Code #1
This code snippet (FirJvmStaticChecker.kt:72) caught my eye while digging into Kotlin codebase: if ( container !is FirClassSymbol || container.classKind != ClassKind.OBJECT || !container.isCompanion() && containerIsAnonymous ) { ... } else…
Cool Photos #10
The Monolith, Vigeland Park, © 1999 Scott C Sosna, All Rights Reserved The Monolith is the centerpiece of Vigeland Park in Oslo, Norway. The collection of over 200 sculptures in…
Wawel Royal Palace
Courtyard of Wawel Royal Palace Zamek Królewski na Wawelu in Polish, the Royal Palace on Wawel Hill in Kraków, Poland was the residence of Polish kings and remains an important…
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…