A few weeks ago, I read the new reports based on tweets made during the diversion of a flight, on…
Unexpectedly Joining the Distributed Workforce
After an unusual set of circumstances, my company has shifted its IT and software development staff into a distributed workforce…
Real Password Security, Using the KISS Principle
Keep It Simple and Stupid! If you hate those extremely over-complicated password requirements which paranoid corporations are embracing, you will…
Use Meaningful Method Names in WebAPI (.NET)
<rant> I don’t know if it comes from laziness in changing a default name from a template, or a misunderstanding…
Paper currency… its final countdown has begun
You might think I am writing about Cryptocurrency… but that would miss a much bigger picture. Back in 1999, as…
The Call for a Constitutional Convention
It’s time. The United States Constitution, in Article V, has a clause describing a Constitutional Convention which the states may…
A Common Template Approach to Iterative Tests in NUnit 3.0 and Microsoft Unit Tests
NUnit and Microsoft Unit Tests use an approach of attributes on a method to identify a test which is expected to…
The endless reincarnation and death of the Fair Tax effort
Prager University has some good videos, which people will occasionally label as right-learning. And I agree with them… occasionally. Today,…
So, what did you learn at the Electoral College?
When it comes to certain people in the Government, it would seem nothing. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), who is leaving…
Google Fiber (Internet and TV): A Tech User’s Impressions
One of the benefits of living in Kansas City is the availability of Google Fiber as my high-speed internet provider.…