One of the hard parts about sharing one's opinions online like I do is that it's very easy to fall into the trap of mostly complaining about things. — Matt Birchler

The ugliest part about tech is the lingo, the language, the words that we use to describe our work and each other. It’s all super gross to me! For example, the way we describe the different kinds of work. In this world there are managers and “ICs”—individual contributors. Those are the folks who, ya know, get stuff...

Posted by NIGHTEN on July 14, 2024 We were stuck in an airport for several hours now. I was already supposed to arrive the day before, and I didn't know at the time, but I would have to wait another 9 hours before reaching my destination. The weather was terrible, and the plane wasn't even there yet, so an elderly...

Understated looks from Sekonda’s Wingman Case dia.: 42mm Movement: quartz Water resistance: 30m Strap size: Man’s size, 22mm Category: Pilot style Price: £30.04 (£44.99 RRP, where specified) Available from: Amazon UK My wife said I should get back to playing golf. To my way of thinking, I did. I bought a watch....

A look at dynamically batch loading RAG resources with EmbedJS.

That's odd I though - does Mousehole actually have cobbled streets? As lovely as it is with Stargazy pie, traditionally eaten on Tom Bawcock's Eve, and the last person to speak Cornish as their first language to live there, Dolly Pentreath, but I'm not sure it is known for its cobbled streets. Mousehole no longer...

I keep meaning to put these scripts somewhere I can find them and then I don't. So here, I am putting it here - and tagging the crap out of it. Stupid brain. This script is basically how I automate finding and updating my external/WAN IP address. Easy. I tidied up and expanded my previously apothegmatic code using...