Monthly Archives: January 2016

100 Hours

Posted on January 11, 2016 by way0utwest

How long does it take someone to learn to be good at building software in some language? I’m sure many of you have heard of the 10,000 rule that notes the truly gifted in a field need 10,000 hours of … Continue reading →

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Adios, IE

Posted on January 9, 2016 by way0utwest

The first browser I used on the Internet to find information was the text based lynx browser. This was quite an improvement (at the time) over Archive and Gopher. When Netscape released their Navigator browser for Windows, I abandoned those old tools, moving on to a … Continue reading →

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Advent of Code Day 1, Puzzle B

Posted on January 8, 2016 by way0utwest

As I continue through the Advent of Code, albeit slowly, I’m solving each puzzle 3 days. I worked through 6 of them in Python before moving on to other languages, and this is my chance to catch up with both … Continue reading →

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A Bit of History

Posted on January 8, 2016 by way0utwest

This is a bit off topic, away from the world of databases, but it certainly does touch on the power of computers. I had a great 2015 holiday season, taking not one, but two vacations. Our family had their annual … Continue reading →

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