The tools we use have a profound (and devious) influence on our thinking habits, and, therefore, on our thinking abilities. — Edsger W. Dijkstra Every now and again I come across some discussi...

A reader asked me recently how do I use custom domains for my email needs and I promised to write a short blog post about this. Promise fulfilled! So, why do you need a custom domain for email in ...

I love email! Shocker, right? Especially in this day and age, that is dominated by social media and instant messengers. I’ve got my reasons for this and I’ve covered them to some extent in the past...

If you’re thinking without writing, you only think you’re thinking. – Leslie Lamport I came across the quote above a few days ago on Twitter and it resonated extremely strongly with me. I’ve a...

That’s one article I’ve really struggled to write. For the past 2 weeks I’ve been totally consumed by the horrible war in Ukraine. For many years I believed that we’d never see another war in Europ...

Bitcoin reminds me of what Oscar Wilde said about fox hunting. He said it was the pursuit of the uneatable by the unspeakable. – Charlie Munger I’ve long been extremely skeptical of crypto1, r...

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about music and the role it played in my life over the years. I think I’ve been pretty passionate about music ever since I discovered MTV and VH1 on cable television...

Today I finished reading a book for the first time in a couple of months. As a matter of fact - I barely did any reading in the past couple of months. That rarely happens to me, as I’m the type of ...

Occasionally I need to figure out which Debian package some file comes from (e.g. because I want to remove a redundant package or find related packages). There are a couple of ways to do this in De...

These days almost everyone on Twitter seems to be playing the word game Wordle, including me. You’ve probably seen many people around you sharing images like this one: Most of the time the 5-let...