Add friction to control buying
Crash spending control doesn't work any better than crash dieting. What works is friction and you need to add it back to the mix....
Starting over
I’m feeling ready to write again, and I’ve set up this new environment to do it in....
Moving WordPress (4) – SSL, themes, etc.
With the site(s) kind of up and running, I set about installing the Let's Encrypt Certbot for SSL support. Then I set up themes and...
Moving WordPress (3) – database and content
Almost all WordPress and related instructions assume you are using a "standard" hosting service... I was not doing this....
Moving WordPress (2) – AWS setup
The AWS setup was the easy part. That should have been no surprise, as I've spent lots of time with AWS but very little time...
Moving WordPress (1) – what I wanted to do
This is the first part of my writeup of everything I did to move my site from one EC2 instance to another, and make a...
In praise of simple tools
I write using Emacs and LaTeX. I'll grudgingly copy and paste to other formats because the organization demands it but I do better work with...
Broadly vs. Locally-useful skills
Early on, I programmed on mainframes in COBOL... I'm sure I could do it again. But I'd be tossing away some highly valuable, broadly-applicable and...
Rosh Hashana (New Year) Update
It's been a busy year with a lot of changes, both Covid-related and otherwise. As is my custom, here's my update for this circle around...
How I got hired at AWS
Being yourself matters as much as anything.
And be nice to the airline staff. They can really make or break your life....