According to the news on Triple-J this morning, some churchy type over here has stopped their senior citizen’s Tai-Chi classes because “it’s a practice deriving from the Buddhist faith, and goes against Christianity” or some such. That’s some industrial grade stupid right there. Here is a brief list of other… Read More
Tell me if this sounds familiar: Someone wants to do X, but you know that X is a boneheaded thing to do. You quickly email them saying they should do X because of Y. It’s quite straightforward, you think, and that should be the end of it. Only it isn’t,… Read More
A. and I are looking to buy a new house, so I did a bit of a ring around this morning to get some info on home loans. The contract between two banks was dramatic, so I figured I’d share it with you. Plus it’s fun to rant. I have… Read More
To phrase this another way: Do you have backups? That work? Are you sure? Having proper backups is your insurance policy against theft, fire, accidental damage, etc. for all of your photos, code, blogs, letters to your parents, whatever. If your house burned down today, what would you lose? Learn… Read More
In many ways, I wish I’d never learned how to write documentation. I wish they’d never covered the software development lifecycle at uni. I wish I’d never read The Elements Of Style by Strunk and White. I wish I’d never learned the basics of graphic design. Ignorance is bliss, as… Read More
