Yet another social media buzzword for what is really an everyday, and fundamentally sound, practice. From time to time the social media brigade comes up with some new buzzword or other in their relentless, and increasingly tired, hunt for clicks. Worse still, on occasion, some of their odious spillage leaks…

I think I’ve found an idea that’d finally allow me to afford to pay the electricity bill. People of a certain age may remember the BBC TV series (Multi-Coloured) SwapShop, served up on a Saturday morning as a part of their children’s TV offerings from the late 1970s to the…

A Lovecraftian tale of higher dimensions and our own pitiful insignificance. I The transportation of physical matter through space has always been possible, as we all know from our youthful schooling in fundamental physics, by simply imparting a force strong enough to overcome the inertia of an object and therefore…

Assuming you found a job you like, what are the mandatory, nice to have, and don’t care factors on the contract? Let’t not talk about everyday perks such as free coffee or trivial perks such as discounted protein bars, let’s talk about the bread and butter of what a job…

In theory it’s great, in practice it’s near impossible. Your manager may seem to be understanding, empathetic, and may even be personally genuine (i.e. believe it themselves) when they tell you that your meeting with them is confidential. Perhaps you have an issue — job isn’t what was promised, promotion…

Volume 1 : Several useful spells for everyday life in the grand game, or not. I have a genuine fondness for role playing games, especially those I recollect from the fun filled days of youthful academia. Happy days. In point of fact, no true software engineer worth their salt can…

Ideal gifts for the Festive Season, perhaps? Let’s get in early, like the shops. It’s right what they say, you can’t prepare early enough for the major festivals of the economic year¹ that keep the consumers consuming, the producers producing, and the endless wheels of the cheap plastic imported throwaway…

Just how often do we have to play ‘rate my work’ these days instead of doing actual work? Let’s start this missive with an illustrative quote that has stuck in my own mind for some time and has been applicable to many situations thrust upon me in the grand game…

“Do that thing, but don’t spend any time or money on it.” As a software engineer I’m acutely aware that I’m not the best authority when it comes to deciding where to spend money in the corporate world… After all, I haven’t navigated a long, frugal, and slightly blurry life…