Cultural Cataracts
A personal conversation about the challenges facing educational and cultural progress in the face of overwhelming ignorance and myopia.
Autodesk Moving to Rental-Only for Software
How a company made for artists is pushing a policy that promotes more starving artists instead of thriving artists
Autodesk is now making plans to stop selling perpetual licenses and move all future business to a rental-only model.
Jack Buckingham Retires after 31 Years in SWCS
Jack Buckingham was one of my teachers at Westland High School. This is a short feature on Buck.
October 13, 2004
October 13, 2004 newsletter. Chris Webb married Stacey Porter.
The Mask of Rogue 7: Chapter 2
Chapter 2 in the Mask of Rogue 7 science fiction series.
A Little About John Dalmas
A short overview of the life of my friend John Dalmas.
Voting with the ego.
Egoism may not be popular, but it's what's getting my vote.
Google's Dewey Update
Some thoughts on the latest upheaval to the search engine world and the so-called Dewey Update.
2013 in Review
Newsletter about 2013, including various losses in our family and other news.
PHP Traits for Implementing Interfaces
PHP 5.4 introduced traits. Traits are in many ways like code-assisted copy and paste. They are ways to mix code into a class without inheritance. But what are they good for? When should they be used?