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
AI, the Social Mirror, and One Hand Clapping
AI is my “Friend” OK, we all know that AI is math. And. . ….
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…
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….
My 2023 Pocket Guide
TLDR Scroll to the Pocket Guide heading if you don’t want the anecdotal adventures; however,…
Some Thoughts on Life and Death
I will always think of her as the young girl who was an amazing gymnast….
Priorities
FiOS and Email (FiOS Blocks Port 25 for Outgoing SMTP )
Hello, We just switched to FiOS and my email client stopped working. Doh! So a…
Funky Rosslyn Sculpture
Dust Doesn’t Exist
About Dust People love to say “dust to dust.” We start as dust, we end…