But not in any way expected. Six days after my last day at Cisra (canon r and d australia), my dear old mum died suddenly. At an increasingly rickety 89, it was going to be sooner rather than later, and the manner (surrounded by family) was good, but it’s still a serious shock. At least…

Yeah, so it’s not going to be daily….. Much of the time has been getting my work space together, although I’ll admit 25% of that was avoiding the scary work ahead. But once I got started, I refined my big “C++ and Python topics I must be comfortable with, at least theoretically, but preferably with…

Well that’s a lie straight off. This will be the beginning of a tincture of a vague idea of a plan. Or maybe just a kitchen soup ideas from which something might evolve. Whatever. Base Aim. Get myself, asap, to the point of: reasonable C++ 11 skills, including: STL Rvalues Templating (including meta) Threading Lambdas…

I am, at least nominally, a software developer. Or more accurately, I do software development to support family and lifestyle. It is often fun and challenging, however it may be telling that I almost never do it outside work. My CV says that I specialise in C++. After almost 50 years, it’s not the most…

So….. where do we find ourselves…. “Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.” — Yousuf Karsh We have an expression in our household. “Here’s an AFOG” : an opportunity for *** growth, and I have a good example suddenly arriving. After 11 years in a wonderfully cushy tech job, it suddenly vaporised when the company…