“We are currently clean on OPSEC” ~Unknown “Stop trying to make fetch happen.” ~ Regina George Part 1: Yap Playing well with others is a core competency. As my child advances through preschool, I’m beginning to hear noise about the other kids (never mine!) and their tendencies to bite, poke,…
I augmented this post from a Reddit comment that I made earlier today in /r/experiencedDevs; in case you’re a subscriber and this whole spiel sounds familiar, it’s the same story. It happened to me. I would sooner be broken on the wheel than plagiarize something that actually…
"The entire Russian empire is ruled by ten thousand clerks!" ~Tsar Alexander II, final words Why did I choose this life? Well, for starters, I was born into it. Then, a lot happened. I walked, grew up, ran, swam, got spat on, turned on a computer, learned to…
What follows is mostly fiction. But also some fun. Enjoy it at your own risk. Rigbault dragged the body up the hill. Or what was left of it. Eldridge had been reduced significantly since his latest battle with the Dragon. Now, the Dragon was not a dragon per se. He…
Why write less? Strunk & White always said to make sure you eliminate every unnecessary word. And I agree; the purpose of communicating should be clarity first and foremost. It's not an easy standard to maintain; first, you've got to gather all the grain (your thoughts)…
Just had a scare. Which is appropriate, Halloween being proximate to this time of year. Trying to upgrade the platform for this website, it became unresponsive. Pages did not load. The site was unresponsive. There were issues with dependency versioning. And so on and so forth. Thankfully at the end…
My Latin is not good, which is why I gave this article its title. But maybe it's useful to be able to write great works. I choose to be humble here and say that such things are above me. But maybe this can be used as a sort…
The princes are prostrate, crying 'Peace!' [...] Plundered is Canaan with every evil; Carried off is Ashkelon; Seized upon is Gezer; Yanoam is undone; Israel is laid waste-its grain spoiled; kHarru has become a widow of Egypt. All lands together are pacified. Everyone who was restless has been bound.…