On being mortified
There was a post over on the DivergentRays blog about mortifying things one has said or done. The example given of seeking out a kitty to pet at a social…
Throwback: Still quantified
I was just beginning to explore the concept of health monitoring or self-quantifying back in 2013 when I wrote about my use of the Fitbit Flex. I was hoping that…
Organoid Intelligence
I read an excellent article on Wired the other day on the topic of organoids and thought I'd share a bit about it here. Even the basic concepts of this…
Thirty one
As of today I have achieved the old school / traditional goal of Blaugust: posting 31 times in the month. My current count across my three blogs, not counting this…
About /now
One of the posts I came across during Blaugust was this one by David Somers aka Omz13 about Nownownow. It piqued my interest but less for the discussion of Nownownow…
Python comes with batteries included
Another Blaugust post, another bit of inspiration comes my way... Juhis posted on their blog about Python's philosophy of "batteries are included". This is a design philosophy I can respect,…
What I won’t talk about here
An excellent post on Roger's blog, Contains Moderate Peril, delved into the subject of what topics individual bloggers may self-censor. The short answer for me is I don't block myself…
Blaugust Group project: Dungeon crawler Carl achievements
This post reflects my participation in the following Blaugust group project: NOTE: this post delves into some details of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series that could be considered spoilers. Some…
First rain…
We have had no rain in the Castlegar region since early in July: almost a month of totally dry weather. This was made worse when a high pressure zone moved…
Quarterly health checks
My wife Irene has cancer. It is stage 4 breast cancer, so we have a lot of things to worry about despite the excellent care and good results she has…