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The nsfw quotes of Notepad++
Someone I work with noticed an, um, unexpected tag line while Notepad++ updated itself. Since Notepad++ enables its auto-updater feature by default, anyone using it - businesses, government entities,...
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The storm before the calm
Life is full of storms, everything from light showers to squalls. Little ones, big ones. Storms we create, storms we're swept up in. Some we're ready for, others that catch us by surprise, forcing us...
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The Law of Demeter, a practical example
Our manager organized a book club at work, and we're currently running through The Pragmatic Programmer - the original, not the 2nd edition published last Fall. If anyone is reading that, I'd love to...
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10 corporate sites from the 90s that your gram could've made
The best thing about web design in the 90's - other than Netscape 2.0 badges, trailing mouse cursors, and blinking marquees - was that anyone could do it and look as professional as anyone else. Those...
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The unappreciated gift of maintenance
Ask most homeowners whether it's more fun to add a new deck or restain an old one, install a new kitchen or revamp the outdated one one, lay down new carpet or shampoo the old, buy a new car or pay for...
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When being connected is not
One of the more common things we read about technology these days is just how disconnected all this connectedness is making us. I bet a good psychologist could shed light on all the complex reasons for...
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Keep the plumbing out of my living room
When it comes to writing software and deciding where to store files for your users, Windows makes it easy by setting certain areas of the system aside, and grouping them into two general...
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Weekend Review #1
A thought that occurs to me, from time to time, is how the course of our lives seem to follow Heisenberg's uncertainty principle:[W]e cannot measure the position (x) and the momentum (p) of a particle...
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Buying, building, and something in between
In our neighborhood, homes built in the 70s had 2-car garages in the strictest sense only. They could fit 2 cars as long as you like crawling out your windows Dukes of Hazzard style. Trying to fit in a...
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The first website is still online (again)
Back in the 90's, everyone wanted their own little corner of the web, and thanks to geocities, tripod, and angelfire, anyone could. Like, literally anyone. You could just jump in and.. make a site....
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Your fast, my slow
Do you ever wonder if some end-user is sitting at their desk right now, eye twitching spasmodically while a screen you helped write takes 30 seconds to load, cursing your name and the names of your...
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What's a word cloud and how do I make one?
You've most likely seen word clouds before, like in the sidebars of various blogs, even if you didn't know what they're called. Those odd pictures with lots of words, in different sizes and colors and...
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Weekend Review #2
It's tough to believe we're in June already. Maybe part of the reason it doesn't feel like it's nearly summer is because our summer rituals haven't really started! Amusement parks aren't open and...
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Surviving or Thriving?
Our collective response to the wuhan coronavirus was like hitting the brakes, pulling the emergency lever, and slamming the transmission into park, all at once. It worked, and we stopped, but there's...
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Microsoft respects our privacy, shows it by invading our privacy
If you have new software and want to let people know while simultaneously respecting their privacy, there's a long list of things you might do. Send an email you obtained licitly and respect opt out...
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