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It's been a few years since I wrote about my challenges with async/await-based systems and how they just seem to not support back pressure well. A few years later, I do not think that this problem has subsided much, but my thinking and understanding have perhaps evolved a bit. I'm now convinced that async/await is, in fact, a bad abstraction for most languages, and we should be aiming for something …

I continue my quest for distraction, working on the impromptu doodle sampler I mentioned in my last post. I still haven’t decided what it will bear, but right now I’m leaning towards the single word “RESIST.” Time will tell, but I’m already looking at typefaces. Warm and fuzzy/ultratraditional/edgy and threatening? All nuance the message and are under consideration. In the mean time I go back to my mail and comment …

Episode 153 of The Informed Life podcast features a conversation with distinguished UX design consultant, educator, and author Joe Natoli. Recently, Joe co-authored the second edition of Leah Buley’s classic book The User Experience Team of One. That was the subject of our conversation. Joe shifted from another discipline (graphic design) into web design early on, as I did. Back then, there was no “UX design” – the field emerged …

Here are the best and most interesting articles, blog posts, videos, podcasts, and GitHub repositories I’ve run into over the last week (November 11, 2024 - November 17, 2024). Enjoy! Microsoft / Dotnet / Azure - Other Software Dev - Tech and Science - Leadership - Project Management / Agile - Social Media - Non-Tech / Random - Videos - GitHub Repos Here are some posts I’ve written in the …

It’s fair to note that Daidō Moriyama’s photography have found their true expression through print publications. The same can be said for many other Japanese photographers, given that in Japan the gallery system did not play the role it did in the West. For a while Moriyama even maintained his own private gallery, entitled Camp. Camp existed during the years when Moriyama’s own photography appeared to be on the back …

In one sense, the E.coli outbreak attributed to McDonald's has ended, as reported cases have dwindled to a drip. In another sense, it hasn't ended, because the number of cases is still growing. This is the challenge of foodborne disease outbreak investigations. It is still possible that the theory that onions caused the outbreak is a false lead. In the most successful investigations, scientists were able to isolate samples of …

You little son of a bitch ball! A wannabe ice hockey player (Adam Sandler) with a very short temper discovers that he’s got one of the most powerful golf drives in the world. Against his better judgement he switches to golf to try and win some money and save his grandmother’s house from being repossessed. There’s always been something a bit empty about Adam Sandler’s foul-mouthed every-man bit but with …

There’s a lot to love about Patsy’s, the three-generation family-run restaurant celebrating its 80th year on the far off-Broadway, low-rise block of West 56th Street off Eighth Avenue. This old-school Italian spot offers highly rated red sauce classics, old-school ambiance, and a connection to Frank Sinatra, who considered Patsy’s one of his favorite New York haunts (and in the early 1950s had the staff open one Thanksgiving, just because he …

The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore is one of the more popular landmarks in Florence and once you stand next to it you can see why. Built in the late 13th century into the mid-14th century, it’s one of the largest churches in the world. The exterior of the cathedral and its bell tower is clad in white, red, and green marble. Set against the blue Tuscan sky it’s …

I like writing Javascript without a build system and for the millionth time yesterday I ran into a problem where I needed to figure out how to import a Javascript library in my code without using a build system, and it took FOREVER to figure out how to import it because the library’s setup instructions assume that you’re using a build system. Luckily at this point I’ve mostly learned how …

Last week I wrote about the special features of Brahmā-vimohana-līlā. It was the last commentary Śrīla Prabhupāda wrote and the last pastime in the kaumāra-līlā phase of Krsna’s life. It emphasizes an essential siddhānta (philosophical conclusion) that readers need to understand before proceeding in their study of the Tenth Canto of the Bhāgavatam. Most importantly it shows Śrīla Prabhupāda’s almost superhuman and determined effort to complete it. While studying that …

Whenever I'm asked to talk about Ricochet Books, I make a point of mentioning Al Palmer's Sugar-Puss on Dorchester Street. The title never fails to raise a smile, and often bemusement. Montrealers of a certain age – mine, for example – remember Dorchester as a boulevard, not a street. My daughter has known it only as boulevard René-Lévesque, as it was rechristened in November 1987, two years after the former …

The retro arcade racer gets new content and features, as a big Autumn update arrives for Old School Rally. The Fall 2024 release adds split screen local multiplayer, which is a welcome addition for any racing game. Along with new stages, rally events, weather effects and the Pada B82 car, which is seemingly inspired by […] A Big Autumn Update Arrives For Old School Rally OnlineRaceDriver - Sim Racing News, …

1. A last look at an almost-forgotten Parisian apartment before it became a Museum Café at the Musée Bourdelle in ParisAntoine Bourdelle’s daughter Rhodia proved herself a dedicated guardian to her sculptor father’s artistic heritage, as the apartment she made of his studio above the Musée Bourdelle in Paris. In 1993, Word of Interiors paid a visit and photographed it before it changed hands and eventually became the musem’s Modernist …

Researching and tracking the latest slang can now draw upon statistical analysis of online data. As 2024 draws to its end and talk among lexicographers, culture journalists and language buffs turns to ‘words of the year’, I’m immensely grateful to Randoh Sallihall of Unscramblerer for providing me with his datasets showing lookups (Google searches) for the most popular recent slang expressions… Most searched for slang words in United Kingdom: 1. …