Today I Learned

Pen test? That’s when you try to identify who’s who in this photo of the famous magicians Penn & Teller ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

#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...

For anyone not familiar with it, Mind Your Language ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_Your_Language ) was a British sitcom running in...

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...

Uh, no. Not that kind of rule. More like the Tears For Fears song ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4zA0xnBEJU ), but not quite that...

More, actually, but not with Sgt. Pepper... When I got my first coding job, in the 1990’s, I was working through a certificate in...

With thanks to Huey Lewis ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6uEMOeDZsA ) and Weird Al ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KvgQIBcdRk )...

It’s nice to look back and be satisfied with a decision you made. Decision-making is part of our lives, from literal life-and-death...

Starting a project can be hard, especially when you have limited time and other work on your plate. It’s also hard to force yourself to...

Switch? No, not that kind. We’ll get to it. As we enter 2021, many people are talking about how horrible the past year was, and how...

Most “technology people”, whatever they do, seem to be the de facto technology support for everyone they know. In my own case, back in...

In his classic series, Martial Arts and Ways of Japan (Weatherhill, 3 volumes, 1973–1974), Donn Draeger ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

#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...

“It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.” Often attributed to Mark...

Cryptography makes the world go ‘round. With apologies to Broadway ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Makes_the_World_Go_%27Round_%28...