I've been cleaning up some of my subscriptions and RSS feeds lately (possibly for a digital decluttering like I did back in April 2019", but more importantly because I have over 200 feeds in my RSS reader (rss2email) and it's become difficult to see what all is in there. One …
read moreHas nobody seen a horror movie before?
At the end of the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street Nancy, the protagonist, turns to Freddy Krueger, the murderer, and declares that she's not afraid of him anymore. This, she believes, robs Freddy of his power. A bewildered Freddy lunges at her and disappears. We then see an idyllic …
read moreFans: Stop giving companies free labor - they don't want it
There's a story going around the net about how CBS is being awful to a group of fans. The folks at Stage 9 created a virtual tour of the Enterprise D in startling detail. I saw videos of this project and was stunned at the level of accuracy they put …
read moreGetting older? Buy a laser printer
(This first appeared on Mastodon but it bears repeating)
As you get older you will need to print more things in your life.
Buy yourself a good laser printer.
Not an ink-jet printer; an honest, hard-working, toner-driven black-and-white laser printer.
Toner doesn't dry out and you'll be able to get …
read moreTech Interviews and Hazing: What's the difference?
While discussing technical interviews with folks on different social networks I've come to the realization that tech interviews are a lot like my experience with pledging to a fraternity and it's hazing rituals.
While I was at college my friends decided to pledge to a fraternity. Being a smaller school …
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