What is the equivalent of a NOP in your programming language of choice? State the NOP-equivalent and the language. If it’s NOP in assembler, it doesn’t count. #programming

Observed: “His upper body was chiseled and wide. His legs, however, were those of a kid who loved cherry pie too much.” #writing #character

“I have a secret I want to share. If I knew what it was, I’d have to kill myself.” #writing

Remember when people talked about the “blogosphere”?

“The sign on the door read: ‘Danger! Do not enter!’ They were obviously, trying to hide something important.” #writing

I made a pass through all the files I have stored on iCloud. I moved a bunch of stuff to my NAS. Spring-cleaning is hard.

“I love life. I love laughing at it.” #writing

Do people still do “Zoom” meetings? If so, why?

“Thursday: wet, dark, long. Everyone wears green because of “tradition”. No one questions it. Doing so is tantamount to heresy. The only good green is the green of the plants which still hide from the cold. I walk slowly, watching every step, uncertain Friday will come.” #writing

“If I told you you could go back in time once–just once–and you had the chance to prevent your own birth to save the world, would you?” #writing

“Life comes in a little bag. In among the toffee and chocolates without wrappers are grains of sand. The sun is hot today.” #writing

I miss doing project mgmt. I don’t miss the politics and bickering and the meetings… Oh, right. That’s project mgmt.

I can’t decide between Rust and Nodejjs tonight.

I’m doing the Irish thing.

It’s almost time.

Phew! Another pass through my thriller complete. Now, I don’t feel like doing anything. I guess I’ll eat something. Next pass will be a major rewrite pass. That’s for next week, I think. #writing

Happy National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day Yes, it’s a thing.

Good morning. It’s your time. Take some of it back. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

“Life runs on bills.” #writing

It looks like tomorrow is supposed to be St. Patrick’s Day.

Photo up: photosaday.weebly.com #photography

I can’t type today: “companies”

Somehow, I doubt this… Company’s don’t cold-call. #publishing #writing #film

When you enter a town and everyone you encounter wants to kill you, and only you, means you are either in a bad video game, or a bad novel. #writing #gamedev #failure

It just hit me that the US wants to make “Daylight Savings Time” permanent instead of “Standard Time” which would be easier on the world/conversions. It’s all about marketing “savings” as a good thing. #marketing #failure