Tag: life

Watch Technology Institute


I announced this on my YouTube channel. For the three people on the planet still reading this blog, I've been accepted for the Fall 2025 cohort of the Watch Technology Institute (WTI). This is a full-time two-year horology program. Unless something hyper-weird happens, this officially completes my leaving software engineering for more fertile pastures. I … Continue reading Watch Technology Institute →

Goodbye to software engineering


I'm leaving my software engineering career on Sunday. I’ll stop considering myself a software engineer and I'll shut down my consulting business. I got hooked on computers in my Junior year of high school, and I've been working in computer hardware and software since 1977. Although these were distinct careers, they had a lot of … Continue reading Goodbye to software engineering →

LPT: Mental health


You want a way to feel like you're juggling too many balls to remain sane? Easy. Just schedule a major kitchen remodel, purchase of major appliances, job search, and surgical hospital stay to all happen in the same week.

“The Holdovers”, college, and not holding over


I just watched, "The Holdovers," starring Paul Giamatti and Dominic Sessa. It's set in a fictional boarding school, Barton Academy, located in New England. It's a great film. Bittersweet and funny and thoughtful. It gloriously manifests the look and feel of New England in the early 1970s, and American Cinema in the early 1970s. Just superb. The film's themes and … Continue reading “The Holdovers”, college, and not holding over →

As you go


If you’re even slightly introspective and empathetic, you reach a time in your life when you realize your shortcomings. And then you try to correct them. At a later time, you acknowledge your shortcomings and shrug them off. You accept them.

Senior citizen icons


When you get to be a certain age, marketers and graphical designers use this kind of imagery to represent, "you the consumer." excuse me while I fetch my pills Here's imagery to express my appreciation of this.

The best farewell gift evar


The Coffee Meets Bagel backend team held a farewell dinner last night. Two of us were being fêted. I got a really cool gift. The best gifts are heartfelt. They say, “We know and appreciate you as a person. Here’s what you meant to us." The accompanying card said, "Congrats on reaching escape velocity!" This … Continue reading The best farewell gift evar →

Idle hands surfing for memories


Occasionally when I’m bored, I’ll search the web for past friends, girlfriends, teachers, or employer news. Sometimes I find a heart-warming nugget. Last night I stumbled upon a Facebook group about my elementary school, West End Elementary. It had do-you-remember posts about teachers, some of which spilled over into discussions about junior high and high … Continue reading Idle hands surfing for memories →

Work and friendship


I have difficulty with the intersection of friend and work relationships. Camaraderie, friendship, co-worker, buddy, acquaintance, ally… The rules, or even just reasonable expectations, are amorphous. The safest course is to maintain an ethical wall between them.