Global Stocktake
The Giant Dog-Pile Economy Turd
#DogPileEconomy I am not a fan of the “Dog-Pile Economy.” I think it is as…
De-carbonizing Fashion
Last week, even after Earth Day 2024 came and went, SOSV continued, like so many…
Happy Earth Day
Of course, everyone knows Earth Day is far more than one day. Like a birthday,…
Acumen
Another Spiral Around the Sun
Life is a Spiral Long ago I took a sociology class, and my professor would…
Hiding in Plain Site: My Little Pony and a New Theory on the Illuminati
What? It is the attention economy. An economy a truly advanced species should be well…
The Debby-cation Silver Lining
Nerding Out
Trekking Through Python’s “DLL Hell”: Versions, Packages, Virtual Environments
PYTHON DLL HELL On my local system (Ubuntu of some flavor), I had Python 2.7….
Overcome the Bitbucket Authentication Blues
TL;DR Although it was my fault, GitLab has been completely unhelpful getting me back into…
Finding Tomcat Version on Linux
OK, there are a bunch of different ways, but it depends how Tomcat was installed….
Interactive Brokers Trading
Ooooo, I am tipping my hand. Ha! One of the things that annoys me is…
De-carbonizing Fashion
Last week, even after Earth Day 2024 came and went, SOSV continued, like so many…
War of the Worlds. . . [sigh]
So, today I got my hands on another outdated movie: Spielberg’s War of the Worlds. …
Courting Fullpack Trickster in the US (Part 2)
Technical support from Trickster didn’t respond. I guess I am not surprised, but then again,…
The Dark Side of Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing is the whole new buzzword… but what about Dark Cloud Computing? What is…
Toilets Before Spaceships
Many folks have heard this phrase… “he’s so poor, he can’t even afford a pot…