I was bummed the other day. Watching The Hitchhiker's Guide from 2006 made my brain burn with expired tropes, as well inspiring heartache from the passing of both Alan Rickman and Douglas Adams. The book itself was one of the unifying elements I had with my father--a bizarre nexus of…
It's never easy to change, but sometimes we have to. I've decided, probably for the 9th time in the past 18 years, to try learning Python again. I can already do some silly manipulation, get the drift of arrays, and can print out relevant data points. But I'm not comfortable…
in 2019, I started seeing a therapist. I did because, in my wife's words, I was getting out of control. She wasn't wrong. I had been abusing myself. Getting into fits of rage over nothing. I hated my job, feeling like everything that I attempted was turning into an abortive…
My wife & I are sitting at LaGuardia airport after a couple of days in Connecticut with some friends. Personally, I am running on approximately 3 hours of sleep, so my thoughts may be a little confused and ramshackle at this point. That part is fine. As always, the important thing…
At least, you shouldn't consider yourself one. The other day, I was getting my oil changed in Jefferson Park and having a conversation with a fellow client who had come by to get lubed. While discussing the lockdown and general WFH malaise, she asked me what I did for work.…
So it's a month and 5 days later. I didn't stick to my plans quite as rigidly as I would've hoped to, but... I learned a good deal. I know how HTML works better now, which definitely helps me manage this site overall. Going through all those variated tutorials at…
When I was young, one of my friends had a dad who was a programmer. Perl, to be specific. My dad, back at home, spent his days on the phones convincing strangers to buy a product he had been briefed on. But this guy, from my perspective, created entire worlds.…
So, quick observation. I'm never going back to WordPress. Yes, it works. But it's haggard with age and frankly hazardous to use. I'm not sure if you've read my previous articles, but I was getting an average of two hacking attempts every day from the People's Republic of China. Sometimes…