Today I Learned

When one thinks about blood, one of the most obvious connections will probably be to vampires, especially if you are a fan of horror...

We have endless opportunities to learn, if only we take them. I recently commented on the survival of the learner (...

Back in the dark ages, before the World Wide Web, when dinosaurs roamed the earth and films were actual film and played on film...

In the classic Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Dodgers_in_the_24%C2%Bdth_Century ), Duck Dodgers...

People make mistakes. Lots of them. We’re very good at making them, but not so good at preventing them. It can be fun to go down the...

“What's in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other name would smell as sweet;” One of the most recognizable quotes in the...

... But not necessarily Blue. Yellow Submarine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Submarine_(film ) was one of those films which...

I have been spending most of my (relatively) free time working on PHP ( https://www.til-technology.com/post/it-s-been-a-long-time ), and...

#TIL that a fossa ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossa_%28animal%29 ) is more than just another name for Ubuntu 20.04 (ie, “Focal Fossa”...

Cognition ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognition ) refers to “the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding...

#TIL that Kali Linux ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_Linux ) was not named after the Hindu goddess Kali. This was actually a great...

WARNING - Some tech-speak and jargon below. I’ve tried to be clear, but follow my more-or-less actual stream of consciousness, so the...

The plaque above was my father’s. I saw it almost every day of my life when I lived with my parents, and it’s now in my home. (I also...

After commenting ( https://www.til-technology.com/post/d%C3%A9j%C3%A0-vu ) on how useful my prior familiarity with the C programming...

Today, I experienced déjà vu about déjà vu. How cool is that? I was going through Dani Krossing’s ( https://www.youtube.com/user/TheChar...

#TIL that the falling green code seen in the Matrix ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_(franchise )) movies is sometimes referred...

One of the rites of passage for anyone learning a programming language is the creation of their first program. For many, the first...

I have a confession to make... While I have worked in the Information Technology (IT) field for over twenty years, I am not a web...

A young woman – let’s call her Alice – had recently moved into her own apartment, and invited her parents over for Thanksgiving dinner...

First, a disclaimer: While I was a developer (many years ago), I worked mainly on back-end database applications (first with Oracle...