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Non-primitive obsession
When it comes to programming, there’s a lot of “rules” about refactoring. Ideas about “code smells”. Stuff you shouldn’t do. Stuff you should do. [...]
Yet another Rant about User Interfaces (Windows 11 Edition)
I recently noticed changes to Task Manager in Windows 11. Perhaps the systems I have Win11 on updated and this was the newest update. I don’t know. I don’t [...]
Another Keyboard Post
I’ve written about products from Unicomp previously- specifically, the Unicomp Ultra Classic, most recently Here. Unicomp is the company who now makes the [...]
The BCVAULT NAS
For some time, I’ve been using my primary desktop as an informal NAS. It has two 4TB Drives which serve as mass storage(one WD Red and a WD Blue), and I’ve [...]
Nintendo and Emulation
Somebody contacted me on reddit in regards to some of my older comments on the platform, and it sort of got me thinking that I write a lot of crap on there [...]
More thoughts on the fall of UX Design
Recently, I found a old Thinkpad T40 for around 10 bucks at the Thrift Store. I’m always a sucker for Thinkpad’s so I picked it up. I’ve already got a [...]
Microsoft’s return to it’s 1998 Anti-trust roots
Recently, I saw a tweet that gravely concerned me. It described a new feature being added to Task Manager. Edge Tabs are handled by separate Edge [...]
The Epson Receipt Printer Adventure Part 1: Pretending Text is a Receipt
Since the software that I contribute to as part of my day job involves printing to receipt printers, I’ve been keeping my finger on the pulse of eBay and [...]
Operating System for “Programming”
Over the last few years – more than a decade, really – it seems that, somehow, *nix- and Linux in particular, has been tagged as being some [...]
The failures of Windows 10 “Dark Mode”
“Dark Mode” settings have started to be a big ticket concern for the last few years. Applications and Apps have started to add “Dark Mode” Visuals as an [...]