just like everything else they’ve ever done, microsoft reverse engineered java, broke their contract with sun, threw them out of the house, renamed everything, and claimed they invented it. windows nt is clearly was an unholy comingling of windows, ibm… Continue Reading →
on this day in 1611, explorer henry hudson, his son john and seven others were cast adrift in a small open boat, abandoned by mutineers in the bay that would later bear hudson’s name.
like many other countries in western asia and eastern europe, saudi arabia was formed from a province of the former ottoman empire after world war I. its outlines were drawn by the western powers at versailles on the same map… Continue Reading →
you want to hear something funny? well, I guess you’re not actually going to “hear” it, but anyway… when I’m at work, sometimes I’m working alright, but I go down these side tracks and wind up working on my tools,… Continue Reading →
today’s fun fact: VeriSign runs the domain name system for the .com and the .net domains. VeriSign also sells about half of the net’s SSL certificates… VeriSign can issue a certificate for any one of their customers. It is claimed… Continue Reading →
back from the beach this afternoon. its a rough adjustment. check me on this: its april, and today our thermometer in the car registered 100 degrees. that’s just not right. especially when one is nursing a bit of a sunburn…. Continue Reading →
the thing I liked about perl, and what eventually made it possible for me to learn was that the documentation was simple, and I was able to hammer it into a usable form from within emacs, using (perlfunc) and (perlmod)…. Continue Reading →
I was reflecting the other day on this company meeting we had one time at my old company. It was poorly planned and organized, and it was hard for folks to get into the room. They were just going to… Continue Reading →
I used to worry a lot about work. before that, maybe I didn’t worry enough, and then I worried too much. you know how it is. but nearly thirty years’ experience in this business — and you’d better believe its… Continue Reading →
People like Bill Clinton say you can’t fight for your agenda unless you’re in office, and you have to be better than the next guy if you ever want to win office, because its combat. But the truth is you… Continue Reading →
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