It starts with this piece of good-intention paving for the current https:// roads to hell: So we’re introducing a heartbeat, a transmission which seeks to …
You want me to WHAT my phone?
So while our Microsoft Exchange Server has always been a tad pissy with my Android phone, my employer has reconfigured it recently to up the ante: …
rubix rhymes
That’s the state of my rubix 4-cube, which I recently re-noticed, hiding behind a vase. The core was not too bad, but the edges were …
The Jaron Lanier effect
The Jaron Lanier interference pattern was bound to ripple its way back into my awareness, sooner or later. I blame this squarely on how long …
Scribblenauts, and the law of requisite variety
When I came across the game scribblenauts – or more specifically, when enraptured, evangelising s’nauting colleagues at work jumped me and made me partake – …
Malicious engineering
Quivering there in the shadows of an axed registry, lying low, this little app has to hide itself, feed itself, load itself, talk to its …
Analytics : retro-fitting measurability – part 2
In my previous post on analytics and retrofitting measurability, I talked about the first two phases of getting to grips with metrics and analytics in …
Analytics : retro-fitting measurability – part 1
Measurability operates over an incredible range. It’s the ‘gravity’ of the metrics universe. Why do I say so? Because it is a quality attribute that …
Playing in a sandbox: what every software developer should be encouraged to do
Updated 2019 : lolz… the modern ubiquity of git, config and env files makes this whole post laughable 🙂 Updated: 2009-12-24It amazes me how often …
re-understanding computing
I was reading this blog post on the expanding notion of what computing is, over at Broader perspective. I like the inclusion of ideas from …