This morning was very foggy. In my daily ferry trip to work I learned a little about marine technology. I had assumed that, here in the 21st century, ships, like the ferry I ride to work, used some combination of…
The problem A common development paradigm is as follows : Joe developer commits code into a feature branch Joe developer deploys that code on his own machine to see if it works Joe developer either continues committing and deploying or…
I am a big proponent and supporter of Lastpass. I’ve used for about 3 years now and have many hundreds of credentials in my Lastpass vault. At the moment I think it’s the best software out there for password management.…
There has been a lot in the news recently about how this whitehose.gov petition has gotten more votes than any other before it. I went and took a look at it and here is the text : Legally recognize Westboro…
On December 24, at the same moment that hundreds of Japanese witnessed the first appearance of the great dragon Ryumyo as they sped past Mount Fuji on a bullet train, the Prophet of the Great Ghost Dance, Daniel Howling Coyote,…
Sometimes I’m briefly shocked by the change in technology that has occurred in such a short time. I’m watching a video of an intro to git (a software version control system) and in it the guy, while describing how git…
Come out Saturday to Treasure Island to check out my Amateur Radio club participating in Field Day. Field Day is a yearly event where ham radio users around north america compete to establish as many connections with other hams around…
Here’s some cool stuff that I saw at the Maker Faire today : Forbidden Island : New (2010) game by Matt Leacock The Atari 800 : There was one in a booth at the faire and it reminded me that…