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Octogenarian
My earliest memory.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Two Lyricists on Crack
Two trips to the well of tech history and some ambiguous advice on writing. Plus a poem.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Autumn Leaves
No one here gets out alive.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Rhymes and Reason
A tech blog anyone can learn from.
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February 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Big Ideas, Fact-Checking, and Reading George Carlin’s Mind
Lee Felsenstein and his decades-long campaign to recreate the public square in cyberspace.
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January 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Writers Gonna Read
A confession.
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January 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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My last blog post of the year is about books.
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The Glass Dagger, The Algorithmic Bridge, Charged Bodies, and Knopf
It’s Book Week, plus I’m wrapping up 2024 and taking the ribbon off 2025.
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December 30, 2024 at 10:40 PM
My last blog post of the year is about books.
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Wonder why Trump threatens to attack allies? Because he is scared to death to show actual strength. But he can scream and yell at allies because it makes him LOOK strong to MAGAs and he will never have to actually prove it.
Again, he’s a frightened boy looking for dads approval
Again, he’s a frightened boy looking for dads approval
December 28, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Wonder why Trump threatens to attack allies? Because he is scared to death to show actual strength. But he can scream and yell at allies because it makes him LOOK strong to MAGAs and he will never have to actually prove it.
Again, he’s a frightened boy looking for dads approval
Again, he’s a frightened boy looking for dads approval
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Solaris was my favorite dev environment.
December 27, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Solaris was my favorite dev environment.
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Whoever this is, they’re tragically right.
December 13, 2024 at 6:21 AM
Whoever this is, they’re tragically right.
My latest blog post is a short one about the classical cyncicism of dogs.
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κύων, or in English, dog
A shabby dog story.
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December 9, 2024 at 3:41 PM
My latest blog post is a short one about the classical cyncicism of dogs.
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A simple experiment you can do is buy a server, set up a website with nothing on it, then look at the access logs. All day, every day, there are random systems just blasting vulnerabilities at every device on the internet. Analysts call it "background noise", executives call it "cyber attacks".
December 6, 2024 at 2:15 AM
A simple experiment you can do is buy a server, set up a website with nothing on it, then look at the access logs. All day, every day, there are random systems just blasting vulnerabilities at every device on the internet. Analysts call it "background noise", executives call it "cyber attacks".
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Please read this from @davidfrum.bsky.social.
"It is a very ominous thing if our leading forums for discussion of public affairs are already feeling the chill of intimidation and responding with efforts to appease." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
"It is a very ominous thing if our leading forums for discussion of public affairs are already feeling the chill of intimidation and responding with efforts to appease." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Sound of Fear on Air
It is an ominous sign that Morning Joe felt it had to apologize for something I said.
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December 5, 2024 at 2:40 AM
Please read this from @davidfrum.bsky.social.
"It is a very ominous thing if our leading forums for discussion of public affairs are already feeling the chill of intimidation and responding with efforts to appease." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
"It is a very ominous thing if our leading forums for discussion of public affairs are already feeling the chill of intimidation and responding with efforts to appease." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Nothing says “lead the Pentagon” like mommy making phone calls for her very good boy.
December 4, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Nothing says “lead the Pentagon” like mommy making phone calls for her very good boy.
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President of South Korea rn
December 3, 2024 at 5:30 PM
President of South Korea rn
December 2, 2024 at 10:48 PM
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The Grandpa Henry Stories
Possibly true.
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November 28, 2024 at 10:35 PM
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A passionate fan from Montana
Was touched to his core by Santana
And claimed Jimi Hendrix
Removed his appendix
By playing the Star Spangled Banner.
Was touched to his core by Santana
And claimed Jimi Hendrix
Removed his appendix
By playing the Star Spangled Banner.
November 28, 2024 at 5:38 PM
A passionate fan from Montana
Was touched to his core by Santana
And claimed Jimi Hendrix
Removed his appendix
By playing the Star Spangled Banner.
Was touched to his core by Santana
And claimed Jimi Hendrix
Removed his appendix
By playing the Star Spangled Banner.
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In 55 days, this building will become the epicenter of corruption on our planet.
November 26, 2024 at 1:11 PM
In 55 days, this building will become the epicenter of corruption on our planet.
Dad, an Ethereum miner
And mom, a Savile Row designer
Had kids named Bespoke and
Non-fungible Token
And opened a twee faux-pho diner.
And mom, a Savile Row designer
Had kids named Bespoke and
Non-fungible Token
And opened a twee faux-pho diner.
November 24, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Dad, an Ethereum miner
And mom, a Savile Row designer
Had kids named Bespoke and
Non-fungible Token
And opened a twee faux-pho diner.
And mom, a Savile Row designer
Had kids named Bespoke and
Non-fungible Token
And opened a twee faux-pho diner.
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Finishing a book involves mixed emotions. You're delighted to reach the destination but miss the joyful journey that got you there.
The final beta release will be in a day or so, then a final tech review, and off to production.
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The final beta release will be in a day or so, then a final tech review, and off to production.
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Cruising Along with Java
Get up to speed with the changes in the Java language from version 9 to 19 and apply the amazing features in your application to improve its design and quality.
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November 21, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Finishing a book involves mixed emotions. You're delighted to reach the destination but miss the joyful journey that got you there.
The final beta release will be in a day or so, then a final tech review, and off to production.
pragprog.com/titles/vscaj...
@pragprog.com
The final beta release will be in a day or so, then a final tech review, and off to production.
pragprog.com/titles/vscaj...
@pragprog.com
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There's a reason it's called a career ladder and not a career elevator: put one leg up and forward on to the next position while executing the responsibilities of the current position for a successful transition.
November 23, 2024 at 7:28 PM
There's a reason it's called a career ladder and not a career elevator: put one leg up and forward on to the next position while executing the responsibilities of the current position for a successful transition.
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I had the chance to review a couple of these and they're always fun. Definitely recommended.
It's the weekend - take a little time to play! Brain Teasers, Challenges and some fun side projects.
And, they're all 40% off with Black Friday checkout code turkeysale2024 -- only at pragprog.com
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November 23, 2024 at 11:02 PM
I had the chance to review a couple of these and they're always fun. Definitely recommended.
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It's the weekend - take a little time to play! Brain Teasers, Challenges and some fun side projects.
And, they're all 40% off with Black Friday checkout code turkeysale2024 -- only at pragprog.com
medium.com/pragmatic-pr...
And, they're all 40% off with Black Friday checkout code turkeysale2024 -- only at pragprog.com
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November 23, 2024 at 8:34 PM
It's the weekend - take a little time to play! Brain Teasers, Challenges and some fun side projects.
And, they're all 40% off with Black Friday checkout code turkeysale2024 -- only at pragprog.com
medium.com/pragmatic-pr...
And, they're all 40% off with Black Friday checkout code turkeysale2024 -- only at pragprog.com
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Ahead of accepting the Committee to Protect Journalists’ International Press Freedom Award, Alsu Kurmasheva spoke to MT about her experience in prison, the prisoner swap, life since being released and raising awareness for her imprisoned colleagues.
Freed U.S.-Russian Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva: ‘Our Work Right Now Is to Be a Witness to History’ - The Moscow Times
Alsu Kurmasheva, a longtime journalist for the U.S.-funded RFE/RL news outlet’s Tatar-Bashkir service, became the second U.S. journalist to be jailed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine when she was de...
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November 21, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Ahead of accepting the Committee to Protect Journalists’ International Press Freedom Award, Alsu Kurmasheva spoke to MT about her experience in prison, the prisoner swap, life since being released and raising awareness for her imprisoned colleagues.