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Reflections on Ambition, Attainment and Fulfilment
essay

Reflections on Ambition, Attainment and Fulfilment

Henry David Thoreau famously said; “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.” and at the risk of accidentally and inadvertently “outing” myself as a middle-aged man, not merely a middle-aged man but also a Cis, White, Middle-Class, Man living in one
28 Jul 2021 9 min read
Esoteric Monster
poetry

Esoteric Monster

“It’s a difficult time fer us, now You know?” Said the ghoul as he made shapes With his toe, in the snow. I tried to stay calm as he spoke Not look unnerved by his shattered visage Strips of rotting flesh seeming to trickle Down the side of his
10 Mar 2021 1 min read
Credit Where Credit is Due
programming

Credit Where Credit is Due

(Image: Barbara Liskov in 2010 | see credit below) I am suitably (I think) proud of my professional life, in so much as though I am not the best programmer (I know I have worked with and will continue to work with people far more talented than I), and yet I
18 May 2020 7 min read
politics

Complexity is a good thing...

> "You know I've noticed a certain anti-intellectualism going around this country ever since around 1980, coincidentally enough. > I was in Nashville, Tennessee last weekend and after the show I went to a waffle house and I'm sitting there and I'm eating
16 Nov 2015 7 min read
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