New game: let’s make a jukebox musical. Rules: Pick any of your music libraries, as long as you can play all of YOUR music on shuffle. (No playlists. No channels. Live the shame of the music you own!) You can skip any music without words for free. You get 10 skips. This is your new…
Author: helloscriptkitty
Do Talk Politics and Religion
One of the first thing every American learns is that we don’t discuss religion or politics in polite company. We don’t talk about them at the dinner table. We don’t discuss them at family gatherings. This was a HUGE mistake. Instead of being polite, America has forgotten how to be politely disagree. We have forgotten…
Just Re-Vote Already
As Brexit crashes towards a no deal hard exit, poles are showing a majority of Britons would like a second “people’s vote” to settle the matter. I am perplexed by the argument that a second vote would be ignoring the will of the people. If you vote twice, then you will just keep re-voting and…
Why I Say “Happy Holidays”
First of all, I do wish people a merry Christmas, but usually on Christmas day. I also appreciate Christmas well wishes from others; but, I appreciate pretty much any well wishes: happy Chanukah, cool Yule, or even a plain old “Have a nice day.” I celebrate a lot of holidays. Being from the middle of…
You’re Interviewing Wrong: Telling the Talented from the Talkers
Originally posted to LinkedIn on March 25, 2015 Slim Pickings A recent Forbes posting blew up the age old question, “Why don’t more people work as programmers?” (http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2014/10/31/why-dont-more-people-work-as-programmers/) Forbes claims that we have plenty of programmers, just a shortage of qualified ones. Most hiring managers I know would agree. We see tons of good resumes,…
Big Data Is Not Enough
Originally posted to LinkedIn on Aug 25, 2014 You Don’t Want to Need Big Data Janitors When Big Data hit the scene, technologist told us to throw away our databases, our spreadsheets, and our models. This was a brave new world where simply having tons of data would answer everything. A 2008, Wired article prognosticated “The End…
My Day At Bletchley Park
Bumph Place I think that I shall never see A sight so curious as BP, This place called up at war’s behest, And peopled by the strangely dressed; Yet what they do they cannot say, Nor ever will ’til Judgement Day. For six long years we have been there, Subject to local scorn and stare. We…
The Future is Fluid, But It Always Has Been
All things have properties; however, they are not innate to the thing. Rather, properties are how an item relates to the rest of the universe. An item is dark because of how it interacts with light. A thing is heavy because of how it interacts with gravity. A particle is fast because it speeds…
Tweed Kilt
This was one of the projects born from having something in your stash for years, and finally spotting the missing piece in a discount bin half a world away and years later. A long time ago, I had bought a roll of brown, plaid wool on discount. I wanted to make a kilt that didn’t look…
Let’s Fix Tron Legacy
One of my biggest Pet peeves is terrible movie that could have been good, movies that were sunk by simple, easy to fix problems; movies that could have been classics instead of bombs. Movies that seem to exist only to infuriate the fans. Let’s fix Tron Legacy! First of all, Tron Legacy had a lot going for…
Shirts for Introverts
Concept Sketches For most introverts, a hoodie becomes your default uniform. It’s not that your typical engineer/introvert/gamer doesn’t want to look cool — hoodies are cool, function is fashion — but it is nice to have some options. Comfort might be a dirty word in fashion, but it is so easy for things to…
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