Ramblings of a Luddite Geek

Have you ever tried to retrieve a small part from deep within a chassis? You might've wished you had a long slender pair of tongs, ...

 I saw this at the top of the requirements section on a job description: "...willing to design stuff that blows up other stuff and peop...

During a networking presentation, the speaker spoke about Small Wins. I liked the idea of filling in spare time by engaging in partial ...

One time the boss asked me to sketch a new product concept in our CAD program.  After an hour or so, I'd print out a paper drawing and h...

While editing my most recent post, I've been disappointed with the lone monospace font that's available in Blogger by default.  ...

If you invoke org-insert-link (typically C-c C-l ) in order to link to a local file, you might expect that pressing TAB will complete a ...

The first day of the year can fall on only one of the seven days of the week. This year, 2026, started on a Thursday. Last year, 2025, sta...

This year, Engineers Week started on Sunday (February 22, 2026).  It always begins on Sunday of the week of George Washington's birt...