"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." ~Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities First of all, fuck Dickens. Aside from giving us Elizabeth G's† brilliance, sometimes I wonder about his ability to influence civilization. But that's beyond me.…
But hey, they're not charging me by the letter, so I'll share it here: Terminal multiplexing gives you wings, especially when you're sshing into another server. To run it, try: tmux new -s mysession This will create a new session, where you can use…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…