Is there a more welcome refuge from the troubles of modern life than the laundromat - that electromechanical chapel of enforced contemplation? I find them very relaxing.I haven’t had occasion...| sheep.horse
They say traveling broadens the mind. I am on an extended vacation in Europe, seeing wonderful new vistas, trying new foods, meeting interesting people, connecting to strange Wifi networks...... and...| sheep.horse
It has been over a year since I released Voyage of the Marigold, my similar-but-completely-legally-distinct homage to old-school Star Trek - high time for a retrospective post mortem. This post...| Andrew's Blog
I was using Apple Pages today while lying on the couch and noticed I was getting pretty hot. Pages was using vast amounts of CPU, heating my laptop and thus...| sheep.horse
One of the formative books of my youth was The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll in which Stoll famously tells the tale of how tracking down a 75 cent accounting...| sheep.horse
When I received this email from a very nice reader I knew exactly what they were talking about and it was very much not what I want. Cell phone cameras...| sheep.horse
As a developer I use Google dozens of times a day for technical documentation. For the last 20 years it has been an incredible resource and I have always been...| sheep.horse
There has been talk about Section 230 being repealed or replaced. The intent of the law was to protect owners of “Interactive Computer Services” (ie websites, especially those that publish...| sheep.horse
Normally I see nothing wrong with skeuomorphism in computer interfaces but even I will admit this is deeply silly even by my standards. The project was born in the depths...| sheep.horse
I saw this on mastodon today. It is not often that a pithy sentence encapsulates my feelings on a subject so well. It was a thought like this that led...| sheep.horse
This is not a review as such, more a note of appreciation for a fine series of books that have given my wife and I many happy hours. I am...| Andrew's Blog
Micropayments, microbilling, microtransactions, call it what you will; it is one of those ideas people say they want but actually do not. In particular, micropayments are not a viable replacement...| Andrew's Blog
After a magnificent summer the days are getting cooler, the leaves are turning and there is a definite autumnal feeling in the air. Perfect weather for long tours on our...| Andrew's Blog
There is golf at the Olympics. This is a mistake for many reasons but primarily that golf is a bad and very boring game. But what always surprises me is...| sheep.horse
A common complaint amongst the old guard bloggers is that the old web as we knew it is dying. This is false.The old web has actually been dead for many...| sheep.horse