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On the 2016 Election
What can I say that hasn’t been said already? So I’ll just encourage anyone who’s opposed to the idea of a Donald Trump presidency to join the millions that have already signed this petition: www.change.org/p/electoral-college-electors-electoral-college-make-hillary-clinton-president-on-december-19 It may have only a … Continue reading
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Blink and You’ve Missed It
Original Publication – August 27, 2015 This is interesting: Doesn’t seem like it’ll be too much longer now. I seriously doubt the Deputy Commissioner of Taxation plays games. Original notice here. Update – October 25, 2015 This is also interesting: … Continue reading
An Open Letter to Cory Bernardi
Re: Orwellian Influence in Public Discourse You should resign from politics immediately, you disgraceful, homophobic bigot. There, now that I’ve got your attention, let’s get one thing straight right from the start. When someone attacks you because of how you … Continue reading
So where are they now?
I don’t keep in regular contact with iApps Pty Ltd or its current employees. For obvious reasons, I’m generally not on speaking terms with that organization. When I must speak with them, I try to keep things as terse, matter-of-fact, … Continue reading
Cleaning Out My Closet – My Last Days at iApps
Introduction For anyone stumbling across this, I was employed as a senior-level Software Architect at iApps Pty Ltd from November 2010 to October 2013. By the time I left, I had climbed to ‘Chief Architect‘ status. And it’s time for … Continue reading
Ultimaker 2 Tips an Tricks
3d printing is a delicate affair. It relies upon very precisely controlling at least a dozen different variables. When everything is in perfect balance, awesome things can happen: But allow even one parameter to drift too far out of line, … Continue reading
Ultimaker 2 – First week and initial impressions
Long story short, I decided it was time to pick up a 3d printer. I’m not normally one to jump on the bandwagon or become an early adopter for the sake of being an early adopter, but I’ve heard enough … Continue reading
Employee Equity and Startups – A Primer
Anyone who takes a job with a startup should be well educated with respect to matters related to employee equity, both to make sure they understand the risks they are taking on and to ensure that they do not wind … Continue reading
Social Reputation; A Tale of Two Websites
I was recently introduced to Mixtent, a social website with the goal of assigning a reliable professional reputation to its users across a number of distinct skills. For more background information, here is a TechCrunch article from Mixtent’s launch in … Continue reading