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Iced Coffee Engineering
Over the past week or so it’s been pretty warm here on the Canadian West Coast. That’s led me to want to drink a lot more iced coffee than usual. The downside of this being, of course, that take-out coffee is way more expensive than at-home coffee. So it was time to find a home-grown […]
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Using Analogue Tools
For the last four years I’ve been a fountain pen user, some might even say an enthusiast. I’ve been using very old technology to help me navigate my otherwise very modern and digital world. Why? Because it makes me think… and it’s fun. I never grew up with fountain pens. I understand that there are […]
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WSL Manual Install
If you happen to be in a situation where you would like to take advantage of Microsoft Windows subsystem for Linux but don’t have access to the Microsoft store, there is hope. The one largest caveat is that you need to have permission to install the windows subsystem for, without that the rest of this […]
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Simple Ain’t Easy
Simple and easy — These are two words that the English language allows people to confuse and that often become the source of misunderstandings of all sorts of sayings, advice, instructions and all manner of other communication. What’s the difference? Easy is a measure of difficulty. If something is easy to do, it doesn’t require […]
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Agile Resolutions
We’re coming up to the end of the year again. I’m already starting to see the conversations starting about one of my most hated holiday season traditions: New Year’s Resolutions. Why am I such a grinch about self improvement? Why be opposed to people making a change for the better? I’m not, and I’m not. […]