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It turns out that our network manager signed us up for certificates for the period 2013 through 2026. Evidently this means that we are grandfathered in for the one-year certificate duration. One of his successors …

I don’t feel like this is what Microsoft were expecting when they set up the ‘on this day’ feature. What a day though. What a day…

As part of wrapping up the work I’m doing toward a PhD, I realized the other day that I’d never actually compiled anything like a comprehensive bibliography, and that it’s well past time I fixed …

I did the 'Hourly Comics' thing this time! Is it once a year? I have no idea. It's a lot of effort.

This was a pretty good week. I had a moment where I thought back to a question someone asked me, and I realised, that I couldn’t fault a single day this week. Considering the number …

I GMed a session of the sci-fi horror TTRPG Mothership, using the scenario There is a Goblin on the Loose in Icarus Station. In it, a goblin is on the loose in Icarus Station. My …

Now that I no longer have to wear office clothes I’ve been slowly replacing my collection of worn-out, decade-old Killstar t-shirts with something more presentable and, so far, Spiritbox is really winning the quality race.

The other day, I saw this YouTube video. Watch it, or at least minute of it. I’ll wait. Or, you know, be a grownup, skip the video, and get what you need from context. If …

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# Retaking The Web Browser, One Small Step At A Time Browsing the web is a 3D tug-of-war between developers, companies, and users. These forces were never balanced, but we have reached quite a lowest …

A week dominated by illness. Early on Monday morning my wife collected our eldest son at the airport, back from his running trip to Boston University. He was quite ill with a horrible cough, sore …

My uncle taught us many poker games with play money chips as kids, but I started playing No Limit Texas Hold'em for real in 2014 as a freshman in Baker dorm. A group of mostly …

For the last few months, there's been a lot of conversation around the "Department" of Government Efficiency, which is ostensibly an effort at improving government efficency, with a primary narrative being around government spending. This …

went for a beer with Alice and suggested I might write a weeknote when I got home we each had two pints of Neck Oil. it was £6.30 for one pint. I’m glad I don’t …

As I write this, I'm sitting in a coffee shop about halfway through January of 2025 trying desperately not to to wonder about what in the actual fuck is going on in the world right …

Thoughts on 2024 The Big Stuff:Family life in full flow. School going well. House coming together. Kids settled and happy. Meanwhile, a year of wintering at work. Slow sign-offs, hard decisions, unpleasant conversations. But pockets …

Anton Podviaznikov namevalue tableBordernone tableWidthinitial tableFontSizeinitial tableCellPaddingBottom0.8rem tableFirstRowColor#555 noteHeaderPropsnone linkIconyes slugcv About Engineer. From Ukraine. SF->NYC->Miami. Work Experience 2017-2021Mulesoft/Salesforce 2014-2017Runnable 2011-2013CircuitHub 2010-2011Montora 2007-2010Eclipse/Sigma Education 2008-2010Master degree in Software Engineering. 2004-2008Bachelor degree in Software Engineering. Contact …

Foggy morning at Pacific Beach by the pier. An hour later it was sunny. Probably the kind of conditions that would confuse Punxsutawney Phil. Sign my Guestbook | Contact Me | Book office hours | …

I love wood, as did my dad. After all – he was a carpenter. Wood is pliable, easy to join, and easy to shape into anything you want. It looks and feels nice, and it …

I returned to Suzhou after twenty years, seeing the Chinese city through new eyes as I introduced my children to a place that shaped me as a teenager.