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Trying to put words to what I think makes me a great engineer.
How can our individual actions move the needle on a massive, complex, and systemic problem like climate change? How should we act in order to make the necessary impact? How *must* we act? What is our personal obligation to maximize the...
A Banyan tree down at Mauna Lani. Hurricane Lala barrelled past Hawaii this past weekend and left a trail of mayhem in its wake. Here on the island, more than 60,000 households, including this one, are without power and there was a good...
This text is well worth your time… (I have, for this blogsnip, retitled it from a phrase in one of the early paragraphs, apologies, but some of this is excellent, and all of it is, well, dedicated work – much appreciated – check out the...
other things said heightier Yesterday :: Monday, 17th August 2026
"Mr. Trump seems to have a real fear of boredom. Even at his age he is restless; when there’s peace and quiet he seems to become anxious, as if he can’t tolerate normality. He shows little faith in quiet progress, as in: Set good policy...
Perfume PossePerfect Storm Posse, my darlings! It’s still Weather Talk because WEATHER! My neck o’ the woods has been experiencing bucketing rain for the past two weeks, it’s so sodden that you can actually hear the ground squelching!...
I missed blogging yesterday for ${reasons}, but that won’t stop us from having a Music Monday today, right? Or does it? Can it really be a Music Monday on a Tuesday? I suppose I’ll lean on the fact that it’s still Monday in Alaska, or...
Being a coder, it’s easy to get distracted building a complex pipeline to write a book. Like Chris who under-engineered his book, I used a simple approach for Street-Smart Coding Manifesto: Outline each chapter idea on post-it notes....
Below Deck Med deckhand Max Salvador is back, ready to save the boat from jellyfish attacks—but what about impossibly demanding guests?! Here's my recap of episode 11.
Only recently have I been branding myself as an extrovert. Or more specifically, an "American Introvert", which apparently is still extroverted on the global scale. I don't like putting people in boxes; "the introvert", "the extrovert",...
Part 3 of the 20th Anniversary Series of Posts.The 20th anniversary was on Thursday, Aug 13.First, the blog stats as reported by Google. I've my doubts as to some of the numbers and you should know I tend to respond to comments so the...
I've been working in the construction industry for more than 20 years now. It's a traditional sector, very much male-dominated. But that has never deterred me from it. I also went to engineering school, and the majority of the students...