I Pushed the “Easy” Button :)

A couple of years back, frustrated by the challenges of running my own WordPress site, I decided to give Pelican a try.

I love you Pelican, but I’m struggling.

Happy 2017 all! A little over two years ago, the WordPress instance I had been “maintaining” to run my blog was hacked by a bunch of script kiddies. Not like I’m excusing them or anything, hacking someone’s hobby domain feels rather like walking into someone’s yard and, if you’ll forgive me for being crass for […]

The Zen of Shaving (Safety Razor Edition)

So as I think I’ve mentioned before here, I co-host a podcast. Each week on the show we do what we call “picks” – we each showcase two or three things we like and can recommend. It could be a book, software, beer, whatever we feel like. That week in particular Tobias picked a safety […]

The Three Rs

No, I’m not talking about reading, writing, and ‘rithmitic, I’m talking about the three Rs that are critical in creating and keeping a software organization strong. The three Rs in this case are Rigor, Resources, and Raison d’etre. Let’s take a look at each of these in turn. Resources I begin with resources because when […]

Bacon + Microwave = Jerky :)

If you’ll indulge me for just a few moments I want to say a few words on a topic that’s near and dear to my heart: Bacon! I’ve encountered more than a few people who think that cooking bacon in the microwave is the way to go. Far be it from me to dictate anyone’s […]

Democratic Primary 2016: I’m committed to Bernie, but concerned.

2016 Democratic Primary – I’m Committed but Concerned When push comes to shove, let there be no doubt about the fact that I think we, as one of the wealthiest societies on the planet, should be doing everything we can to help the poor and under served enjoy a standard of living that gives them […]

A few random thoughts on keyboards

I’ve recently been very underwhelmed with the keyboards Apple ships with their computers. They’re trying to make them all feel like laptop keyboards, which is an idea I rather disapprove of. In particular the recent Apple Keyboard has such shallow key travel it’s very easy to fall into the bad habit of pounding the keys, […]