Programming can be thought of as something that takes place as part of interacting with a culture - a culture with two very different audiences. One "audience" is the CPU, and the other audience is made of other programmers -…
Category: psychology
What books helped shape your political and moral opinions? A lot has gone into my reading list. Here’s a list of the things I think were most important, with a focus on fiction: Starship Troopers. Often derided as fascist, this…
This is my response to "What does everyone like about Vapor Trails?" To me, Vapor Trails is an amazing album. When I first heard it, it was a revelation: "Rush is back!" -- and I didn't even realize how much…
Education is going to have to change in the world of COVID-19. Here's what I think it should look like when things have stabilized. It's not really COVID-19 that's the motivator; it's just the proof that we should have changed…
One of the things I tell my kids all the time, in an attempt to help them cope, is “people are stupid; get over it.” For a long time they saw this as being cynical; in some ways they still…
Things I'm thinking about: RSS Feeds I've started using Newsblur again. I shut off Facebook a while back for various reasons (nothing drastic, just... tired, mostly), so my news has been supplied by a fairly limited set of channels. Newsblur…
Things I think about sometimes: I love the idea of being someone who might be described like "He only cares about the things that matter," except loving that particular idea means that I... care about things that don't matter. Darn…
Things I'm thinking and feeling: I really don't "blog" all that much. I record, I guess, and that's sort of a "web log," but I really don't expose much of my innermost feelings - it's like observations with a mirror…
Things I have travelled across: github-issues-maven-plugin generates a markdown file with a list of closed issues for a target milestone. Useful for creating release notes.The death of a child is always heart-wrenching. :( Rest in peace, little one, even though…
Things I'm thinking about wondering: One of the reasons I like Peter Gabriel so much is that, as a lyricist, he's willing to ignore rules that I try to, like, pay attention to. In "Big Time," for example, there's a…