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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.
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