Short and Humorous

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The death rattle and the dead cat bounce

September 7, 2022
by Geoff M
4 min read

Our gas heater has an important role in winter in keeping us from freezing to death as the temperature plunges toward zero. But it has an undocumented function that’s not in the user manual: the death rattle. Turn it off and it...

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A personal history of personal computers

May 27, 2022
by Geoff M
6 min read

“A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing.” Emo Philips (1990) Admit it. We get close to our computers just like we get close to our dogs. They both have funny little habits like lying down...

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