It is all too easy to succumb to the lure of Shiny Object Syndrome (SOS) when the true path is always laser focus on one’s vision.

I really love this image of Atlas carrying an Enso.  Does anyone know the artist?

For fun, just installed Free Pascal, the GDB debugger and Lazarus 1.6.0 onto my Mac. First I downloaded and installed, fpc-3.0.0.intel-macosx.dmg, fpcsrc-3.0.0-20151207-macosx.dmg, and lazarus-1.6.i686-macoxs.dmg from SourceForge.net. When initially launching Lazarus, the GDB debugger could not be found.  The best guide for installing GDB on OS X (which works for El Capitan) was from Neil Traft […]

I’m wondering if the Chinese Year of the Fire Monkey will be good luck for Embarcadero’s FireMonkey Time will tell…

In an effort to always learn, doing a post-mortem after any endeavor can be very helpful.  I’ve found it’s best to keep the post-mortem as simple as possible and answer only three questions: What worked? What didn’t work? What should be improved next time? That’s it.

I think this cartoon from DevOps is spot on—unit tests often give a false sense of quality. Source: DevOps

I recently completed 108 days of Yoga following the Ultimate Yogi Challenge.  This DVD set is like the P90X of Yoga.  I lost 10 pounds; can touch my toes with straight legs; have less lower back pain; and overall feel more tone.  I highly recommend the program. The Ultimate Yogi

Two monks were washing their bowls in the river when they noticed a scorpion that was drowning. One monk immediately scooped it up and set it upon the bank. In the process he was stung. He went back to washing his bowl and again the scorpion fell in. The monk saved the scorpion and was […]

Source: Commit Strip I made the same bet on Silverlight…  It was a painful loss…

There was an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years.  One day his horse ran away.  Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit.  “Such bad luck,” they said sympathetically.  “May be,” the farmer replied. The next morning the horse returned, bringing with it three other wild horses.  “How wonderful,” the […]