For many years, I spent all my workday at Motorola writing programs for internal use. Before that, I even dabbled in commercial software. But since then, the only coding I’ve done is a few tools for myself of my relatives. Instead of designing software, I’ve been designing novels. But today I broke down and wrote… Continue reading A Little Coding Exercise
Author: hmelton
Tanglewood Morning
For more than two weeks now, I’ve been at Lake Tanglewood, visiting with my parents. We’ll be heading out for Colorado on Sunday. It’s been a pleasant visit. Our RV is parked in my sister’s driveway (where I leech electricity and water from their garage). I just took the image above from out the window.… Continue reading Tanglewood Morning
Does Anybody Web-Cache Anymore?
Warning: this is another technical blog. No pictures, no human interest. Sorry. From the early days of the DubDubDub, web-browers have used a cache to speed page viewing. In non-tech terms, the browser program saves all those bits of pages in a temporary location so that if you go back and view an old page… Continue reading Does Anybody Web-Cache Anymore?