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…

When we moved to this house two years ago, the affable seller was immediately slotted (in my mind anyway) into the ‘capable and precise’ category. Well presented and organised, such souls are the sort that form the backbone of many workplaces. They know their universes back to front, have all the procedures defined and working,…