Category Archives: Musings

Freedom Perishes

Posted on Friday, 4 September 2009 by sirhc

Freedom perishes not at the hands of terrorists, but as the People consign it to their Government, piecemeal.

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Prescient Juxtaposition?

Posted on Monday, 6 April 2009 by sirhc

I was listening to NPR’s Morning Edition on my drive into the office this morning and I was struck by the way two stories about the federal government were scheduled one after the other. The first was entitled Budget Chief … Continue reading →

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New Year, New Look

Posted on Saturday, 3 January 2009 by sirhc

Yeah, so I haven’t written a thing since my daughter’s birth day. Well, I suppose Twitter sort of counts. I’ve decided that, with the new year, my blog needs a new look. So here it is. We’ll see how long … Continue reading →

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News 2.0: The Age of Twitter

Posted on Tuesday, 2 September 2008 by sirhc

During the wildfires last year in San Diego, accurate and up to date news was difficult, if not impossible, to obtain. The traditional news media outlets were of little use. The television stations were repeatedly broadcasting the same outdated information. … Continue reading →

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Same As I Ever Was

Posted on Tuesday, 5 August 2008 by sirhc

I was having a conversation with a friend and fellow Perl hacker the other day, about philosophy and pragmatism in code and work. At one point, he mentioned that I’m not much different now than when we worked together eight … Continue reading →

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O’Reilly, the New Gartner

Posted on Friday, 1 August 2008 by sirhc

While hanging around the O’Reilly booth during the Open Source Conference last week, I picked up a coupon for 30% off the cost of Open Source in the Enterprise. I thought, great, maybe I’ll shell out a few bucks to … Continue reading →

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Belly Up to the Bar, We’re Geniuses

Posted on Tuesday, 22 July 2008 by sirhc

During the morning tutorial at OSCON, Dan’s MacBook Pro refused to boot. We tried a few tricks, but gave up fairly quickly, since we didn’t want to miss any of Damian Conway’s Perl Worst Practices tutorial. Fortunately, there’s an Apple … Continue reading →

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Farewell 2006, Hello 2007

Posted on Sunday, 31 December 2006 by sirhc

Happy New Year to both of my readers. I found 2006 to be an uneventful, yet good year. I expect 2007 to be an even better year. Though I don’t expect it to be any more eventful. I’m not really … Continue reading →

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