Just played a game of live action SimAnt. In level 1, the black ants were fighting an invading force of black ants with wings. Unlike in the more realistic Maxis version, this was not allowed to finish before another challenge arose: the home-owner came out with a steam-cleaner and started blowing steam all over the […]

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Obscure work-related computer science barf of the day: There are many advantages to writing a (simplified) regular expression matcher in XSLT because people in the standardization body thought that’s a feature nobody would need. Here’s a comprehensive list: […]

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I answered 95% correctly! I’d pass the German citizenship test! Would you pass the German…

Excellent. Need to grow a mustache and then I have big plans… http://en.what-character-are-you.com/d/en/913/index/4793.html?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=desktop&utm_campaign=trafficcheck […]

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Three observations after a weekend with iOS 10 and watchOS 3: watchOS after 3 attempts finally reached version 1. Apps kinda work now and even if this is the first developer beta, battery life is still acceptable. next iPhone will probably come without lock button and home buttons. The new unlock mechanism doesn’t rely on […]

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