It’s all a matter of perception
The story is told of a man who becomes convinced that he’s dead. At first, his family tries to logic: “Look, you’re walking and breathing and talking. You can’t possibly be dead!” Failing that,...
View ArticleThe Royal Nonesuch – almost
In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn, Huck and Jim hook up with a traveling group of actors who are, to be kind, less than honest. To me, the most memorable stunt they pulled is in a...
View ArticleThe costume isn’t fooling anybody
When I was in military school, we were expected to wear our uniforms at all times when we weren’t in the barracks. We had the daily uniform, a uniform for working out (PT gear), dress uniforms, etc....
View ArticlePowershell
We do a fair amount of batch processing at work, and I have some fairly involved scripts that are combinations of Windows batch files and VBScript. Both languages are wonky in the extreme, and I’ve...
View ArticleHash codes are not unique
It’s surprising how often I hear (or see written) a programmer saying, “…and then I’ll compute a unique hash code that I can use for a key.” The term “unique hash code” is a red flag indicating that...
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The Fiscal Cliff
I think this is the first cartoon I’ve ever attempted to draw. It’s certainly the first one I’ve ever published in any form. And, yes, I do need to improve my drawing ability. I’m working on it . . .
View ArticleCode review on a 30 year old program
I mentioned yesterday that I’d run across a program that I’d written in 1982. I spent a little time looking it over and thought I’d post my impressions of the code. You can download the program itself...
View ArticleRubber soles won’t save you
It’s thunderstorm season again. The overly cautious are telling everybody about the dangers of lightning, and the brave and clueless are spreading misinformation. Dangerous misinformation, at that....
View ArticleMerging sequences with LINQ
Last time, I introduced the concept of merging two sorted sequences and showed that the standard two-way merge is superior to the naive combine-and-sort method. The code I presented in that post was...
View ArticleWhat’s all the fuss about?
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that states may not discriminate against same-sex couples when issuing marriage licenses. There are many people who are up in arms about this, but their arguments don’t...
View ArticleLeadership and development teams
When he can, a leader will explain to his subordinates the reasons for his orders. Not because he has to, but because he knows that people usually do a better job when they know why they’re doing it....
View ArticleThe Royal Nonesuch – almost
In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn, Huck and Jim hook up with a traveling group of actors who are, to be kind, less than honest. To me, the most memorable stunt they pulled is in a...
View ArticleThe costume isn’t fooling anybody
When I was in military school, we were expected to wear our uniforms at all times when we weren’t in the barracks. We had the daily uniform, a uniform for working out (PT gear), dress uniforms, etc....
View ArticlePowershell
We do a fair amount of batch processing at work, and I have some fairly involved scripts that are combinations of Windows batch files and VBScript. Both languages are wonky in the extreme, and I’ve...
View ArticleHash codes are not unique
It’s surprising how often I hear (or see written) a programmer saying, “…and then I’ll compute a unique hash code that I can use for a key.” The term “unique hash code” is a red flag indicating that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Fiscal Cliff
I think this is the first cartoon I’ve ever attempted to draw. It’s certainly the first one I’ve ever published in any form. And, yes, I do need to improve my drawing ability. I’m working on it . . .
View ArticleCode review on a 30 year old program
I mentioned yesterday that I’d run across a program that I’d written in 1982. I spent a little time looking it over and thought I’d post my impressions of the code. You can download the program itself...
View ArticleRubber soles won’t save you
It’s thunderstorm season again. The overly cautious are telling everybody about the dangers of lightning, and the brave and clueless are spreading misinformation. Dangerous misinformation, at that....
View ArticleMerging sequences with LINQ
Last time, I introduced the concept of merging two sorted sequences and showed that the standard two-way merge is superior to the naive combine-and-sort method. The code I presented in that post was...
View ArticleWhat’s all the fuss about?
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that states may not discriminate against same-sex couples when issuing marriage licenses. There are many people who are up in arms about this, but their arguments don’t...
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