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
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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?
A Torrent of Trouble
I use computers. I’ve been tinkering with them for decades. Practically all of the new software and utilities interest me. I’m always looking out for new and better ways to do things on computers. Among these tools were a couple of BitTorrent clients. The hype is fantastic — an easy, distributed, efficient way to download… Continue reading A Torrent of Trouble