Earthquakes in Japan: We are Always Prepared
Ataround 4:10 pm on 1 January 2024, a major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 struck the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. A tsunami warning was immediately issued. The full extent of the damage is not yet known, but at this stage, several people have been confirmed dead and many injured. Some houses have collapsed, and roads and other infrastructure have been damaged. Power and water outages are occurring.
Earthquakes in Japan: We are Always Prepared
Ataround 4:10 pm on 1 January 2024, a major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 struck the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. A tsunami warning was immediately issued. The full extent of the damage is not yet known, but at this stage, several people have been confirmed dead and many injured. Some houses have collapsed, and roads and other infrastructure have been damaged. Power and water outages are occurring.
At Skywalker Ranch We Were
The 1989 Mill Valley Film Festival, in association with the Hanson Gallery in neighboring Sausalito, installed an exhibition of my portraits, including movie directors, actors, and writers. I was billed as a “Featured Artist” along with director Tony Richardson and actor James Woods, who both made a public appearance with me on opening night. Those were heady days. I even met the woman who would become my ex-wife at that auspicious event. A week or so earlier, I was in the gallery with the st...
At Skywalker Ranch We Were
The 1989 Mill Valley Film Festival, in association with the Hanson Gallery in neighboring Sausalito, installed an exhibition of my portraits, including movie directors, actors, and writers. I was billed as a “Featured Artist” along with director Tony Richardson and actor James Woods, who both made a public appearance with me on opening night. Those were heady days. I even met the woman who would become my ex-wife at that auspicious event. A week or so earlier, I was in the gallery with the st...
Advice to my younger self and you after 20 years in programming
Today is exactly 20 years that I started coding professionally. In those years, I have:Been approved a green card petition for extraordinary ability in science.Become a Google Developer Expert.Become a Senior Member of IEEE.Been a Chief Operating Officer in a company with 100 employees.Authored a piece of code downloaded 135 million times.Spoken to an audience of 2000 people twice.Become the most honest person in Russia according to national TV.Still, I have missed a lot more, and it took too...
Advice to my younger self and you after 20 years in programming
Today is exactly 20 years that I started coding professionally. In those years, I have:Been approved a green card petition for extraordinary ability in science.Become a Google Developer Expert.Become a Senior Member of IEEE.Been a Chief Operating Officer in a company with 100 employees.Authored a piece of code downloaded 135 million times.Spoken to an audience of 2000 people twice.Become the most honest person in Russia according to national TV.Still, I have missed a lot more, and it took too...
The Astonishing Origins of 6 Common Compound Words
Most compound words work just fine separately or together: Friends of both Hay and Stack might enjoy watching the football game with Hay one day, attending Stack’s book club meeting the next, and going to the joint Haystack karaoke gathering the following night. Just as acquaintances of Shoe and Lace are used to seeing them out and about on their own, or chatting with the pair of them at the Shoelace key party in Santa Cruz. Ugh, why the hell did I make them swingers?! That was an insane choi...
The Astonishing Origins of 6 Common Compound Words
Most compound words work just fine separately or together: Friends of both Hay and Stack might enjoy watching the football game with Hay one day, attending Stack’s book club meeting the next, and going to the joint Haystack karaoke gathering the following night. Just as acquaintances of Shoe and Lace are used to seeing them out and about on their own, or chatting with the pair of them at the Shoelace key party in Santa Cruz. Ugh, why the hell did I make them swingers?! That was an insane choi...
This is the Word I’m Trying to Live By This Year
The past year has been all about LESS for me. At the end of 2022, my wife and I picked a word we were going to use as our lodestar for the year. We picked ‘less’ because we felt like we were too busy, too overwhelmed, too stressed, too frustrated. I was just exhausted as December ended and I felt like my health, my family, and my quality of life could not face another year of the same. My goal was: Less. Less commitments. Less drama. Less busyness. Less screen time. Just less. Part of the rea...
This is the Word I’m Trying to Live By This Year
The past year has been all about LESS for me. At the end of 2022, my wife and I picked a word we were going to use as our lodestar for the year. We picked ‘less’ because we felt like we were too busy, too overwhelmed, too stressed, too frustrated. I was just exhausted as December ended and I felt like my health, my family, and my quality of life could not face another year of the same. My goal was: Less. Less commitments. Less drama. Less busyness. Less screen time. Just less. Part of the rea...
