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Perhaps the main reason for staying in Phoenix over winter was to attend baseball spring training games. The first one we attended was our Seattle Mariners vs the San Diego Padres, playing at the spring training facility that they both...
Ian Cobiella Have I Been Good to You Opening w...
When I was visiting my buddy, he pointed out that he had a 24” LCD monitor in the garage that he was throwing out. Sometimes it wouldn’t turn on, he explained. I don’t remember what he said after that, but the monitor ended up in the...
Almost ten years ago, I moved from WordPress to Jekyll. It felt like time for another change, so I have now moved the site to Hugo. There was no particular need for it, build times weren't too bad, but it is nice to see how much faster...
Bokklubben World Library [en.wikipedia.org]
An interesting idea; start your work surface with nothing: The next time you begin your workday, try this: clear your work surface completely. Close all browser tabs. Create a fresh page in your notebook. Open only the one file you need.
It’s been a fruitful week for synthwave fans who love well-crafted pop songs from talented Scots fowk. A week after we got a new FM-84 track, out comes the inimitable Michael Oakley with the massive single “World of Promises” (with...
I wasn’t feeling inspired by this week’s topic, since the only answers that leaped to mind for deceased authors I wish were still writing were Tolkien and Le Guin. I […]
Over the years, I’ve learned that being a Technical Program Manager (TPM) is a bit of a strange hybrid role. You’re expected to understand the tech well enough to contribute meaningfully, but you’re not the one writing and deploying the...
One of the recurring hobbies of the programming community is to self-righteously self-flagellate about how we don’t do Real EngineeringTM like those other engineering disciplines do, with their blueprints, and licensing processes for...
“Like a snail I have lived in a small shell, which I found snug and comfortable, yet longed to desert often to inhale outside atmosphere. Each time I thrust my tentacle out, I felt it touching something unfriendly and drew it back to the...
Oh we here at Set Side B try to make all kinds of posts, but among my personal favorite kind are finding some deep dive into some aspect of a game’s inner workings and presenting it. These days, for multiple reasons (such as ease of...