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02.04.2023

Witching May Die, But Not Litigation
So long as men are monsters, there will be litigation.
18.10.2022

The Airplane Test of Fluency
Linguistic fluency and focus in flight.
03.07.2022

The Unpreparedness Apology
To beautifully say, "I'm sorry, I wasn't prepared."
20.06.2022

Cultists of Science
Keep not to discovered untruths - cast them into fire.
18.06.2022

Strangling Deeds
Deeds live on, akin to children.
15.06.2022

Prepackaged Thought Cassettes
Think. If you don't, someone will, for you.
11.06.2022

大蛇に嫁いだ娘 - The Girl Married to the Giant Serpent
A slice-of-life romance between a young bride and a gigantic snake.
11.06.2022

Salted Correspondences
Let stones lie as they were.
11.06.2022

Vampiric Pathology
Supernatural dissections and dissectees.
10.06.2022

Teach Thy Tongue to Say: 'I Do Not Know'
Judgments as opinions, and wisdom upon the uncertainty of opinions.
08.06.2022

Counsel vs Client Perspectives
Advising fairness, and discouraging clients from litigation.
06.06.2022

To Teach or To Paint
A common plight one faces as a craftsman.
30.04.2022

Masters of A Fraction of A Dot
When be you so consumed with winning, above all else.
10.07.2021

Plants Are Maths
Cauliflowers grow mathematically.
04.07.2021

Learning D3 with P5/Processing
I know D3, and wonder if I should learn P5/Processing too.
03.07.2021

Learning Forever
Learning ad infinitum, notwithstanding tangents, with forever projects.
07.04.2021

Harangued Commitments
One should love the exasperated tone of the bench here.
23.02.2021

Counsel Citing Adverse Authorities
It's rare for counsel to cite adverse authorities.
29.09.2020

Rays of Circumstance
Shining light on circumstantial evidence.
29.08.2020

Magnum Norvig
The opus of clarity.
25.08.2020

Hamstrung Limitations
Abstractions by choice, not by ignorance.
25.08.2020

Triple Buffered Painters
Useful metaphor for buffering/rendering/switching canvases.
22.08.2020

Decoding Code Specimens
Dissect code like 18th century scientists do their biological specimens.
13.08.2020

Twitter Inspires Carmack
Get raged, or get inspired.
04.06.2020

Music and Neural Pathways
Musical memory can trigger motor neural paths.
04.06.2020

A Traveling Minstrel's Piano
Portable note-making.
20.05.2020

A Programmer & His Mechanical Friend
Harder isn't necessarily better.
14.03.2020

Sheets for People
Roll up the sheets.
05.03.2020

The Artificers' Duty of Care
An admonishment to professionals who issue statements with abandon.
13.02.2020

The Code Language Lawyers
Debating code of code.
05.02.2020

Nostalgic Raging Streets
Streets of Rage 4 hits home, and it hits hard.
29.01.2020

Code & Shame
Be critical with your code, and sometimes yourself.
14.01.2020

Third Time's A Charm
Strive for two, but best make time for three.
10.01.2020

Learned Lumber
You learn what you read and remember, not what you buy.
23.06.2019

Mood-Clustered Compositions
Why classification based on moods makes sense.
31.12.2018

Why Plain Text
Excellent justifications for use of plain text.
30.12.2018

Castles and Air
A clay of code made of thought-stuff.
14.12.2018

Recursion, Succinctly Put
The rules of recursion.
23.08.2018

Nostalgic Non-Memories
Pining over something that never happened, thanks to musical stimuli.
23.08.2018

Darwin's Details
Science (and the devil) is in the details.
21.08.2018

Roses as Time
The withering of roses, the ephemerality of time.
19.08.2018

The Brain-Attic
Mise en place: in vogue (potentially) since 1887.
19.08.2018

Saunter Not
Ne'er a time for sauntering.
04.01.2018

Java Almost Requires An IDE
An IDE as an-almost compulsory requirement is not a desirable language trait.
02.01.2018

Genuinely Technical Modesty
Humility in the face of proven expertise.
17.12.2017

To Know C
Those who know C, and those who actually don't.
16.12.2017

Sketch, Draft, Craft
Whatever your art (digital or analogue), we all experiment.
15.12.2017

The Python Paradox
The programmer who gets the better job learn the things they don't need for it.
15.12.2017

The Breakings of Julia
The low-level diving tinkerability of Julia.
12.12.2017

Innocent Until Proven Guilty
On the need to prove guilt, and of being innocent until proven otherwise.
07.12.2017

A Reputation Without Oil
Advocates known to be frank, honest and sound.
03.12.2017

Declarative, Imperative, Functional Sandwiches
Programming paradigms and sandwiches.
03.01.2017

Debugging: Twice As Hard As Writing Code
'Twice' is probably an underestimation.
09.07.2016

The Lawgiving Coder
Coders as creators of universes and law.
03.01.2016

Creators And Their Gems (Polished or Otherwise)
Not all work will turn out gems.
28.09.2015

Mocking the Law - Excessive Judicial Discretion
When judges should be chastised.
23.07.2015

The Line Between Gifts and Bribes
Gifts and bribes in Malaysia - the difference/similarity.
22.07.2015

Fair Judges of Fair Play
If only most litigants leave court satisfied.
20.06.2015

Mike Tyson on (His) Lawyers
As a lawyer, become your client.
15.06.2015

Supposedly Cultivated Tastes
The condescending and insecure feel superior by rejecting what others like.
12.06.2015

He Conquers Who Endures
The meaning/usage of 'vincit qui patitur'.
31.05.2015

Judges Should Not Fear Criticism
They should welcome it.
17.12.2014

午・午年
Horse years.
18.07.2014

Keep Learning Songs
Learn songs like a starving man at an all-you-can-eat buffet.
05.07.2014

Jack Hamm on (Artistic) Practice
On the virtues of practice (and of what/how to).
03.01.2014

Write With Vigour
Write, cut, write, cut.
29.11.2013

美しい - Beautifully Woolly
Love for sheeps make beauty.
29.11.2013

勉強 - Straining Studious Strength
Pushing through learning.
29.11.2013

ガラケー Garakei Evolution
The Galápagos keitai.
28.11.2013

ケチ - Scroogean Niggardliness
Parsimonious misers.
11.11.2013

下戸 - Lower House
Of houses, families and drinking inclinations.
03.07.2013

Craft Versus Discipline
The difference between crafts and disciplines.
04.07.2012

When To Not Use Data Structures/Algorithms
Just because you can, doesn't mean you have to.
25.09.2010

汗牛充棟
Books which make oxen sweat, and which touch ceilings.
28.08.2010

身から出た錆
Of rusty swords and personal fault.
26.08.2010

雷
Cry of god - of thunder and gods who wear loincloths made from tiger skin.
20.08.2010

堰かれて募る恋の情
Love laughs at locksmiths.
16.08.2010

Lost Nuances in 'Ivan the Terrible'
In Japanese: 'Ivan the Thunder Emperor'.
15.08.2010

海老
Old People of the Sea
14.08.2010

豹変
A panther's change.
14.08.2010

百花繚乱
A hundred flowers blossom riotously.