"Murphy was an optimist!"
Yup. Don’t need this book anymore May 30, 2022 3:25 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life
Another book to let go May 30, 2022 2:22 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeJust don’t think Cathy and I need this anymore.
Someone paid $19.95 for a book of royalty free pictures May 30, 2022 11:51 am
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Cleaning and found this magazine one to this page…don’t think I need this anymore May 30, 2022 11:46 am
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Anyone need a copy of Reader Rabbit for your Windows 95 or Windows 3.1 pc? May 30, 2022 11:07 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life
Time to let it go May 29, 2022 10:40 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeFor the life of me, I have no idea why I’m holding onto this book.
Protected: It would be easier May 28, 2022 1:42 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeUpgrading the hard drive May 27, 2022 9:23 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeOf Grasshoppers May 25, 2022 8:58 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeStudent: Why is my life so difficult?
Master: Why do you choose to make it difficult?
What do you do to stay sharp? May 16, 2022 11:18 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeIn addition to my regular programming study for work, I do some daily mental exercises. I am practicing Spanish daily. I am practicing Morse code daily. I try to work a non-work related programming challenge daily https://www.codewars.com/ I’m studying ham radio to upgrade to my Amateur Extra class license. I try to get some daily reading in even if it is just a paragraph or listening to an audiobook. And I’m now adding a daily math problem from https://www.mathopolis.com/questions/day.php where I’m doing one math problem from every grade (yes, I got cocky and missed the 2nd grade math problem) and topic. I want to see math like Neo sees the Matrix. I’m failing a bit at my daily physical exercise but motivated to change that.
What do you do to stay sharp?
Such a beautiful Saturday! May 14, 2022 7:15 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeSo, I worked on a client’s website all day.
add a commentAn active mind is a healthy mind May 4, 2022 10:48 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, Programming, TechnologyKnocking the plaques off the brain. Began the day with some Spanish practice and some Morse code practice. Then jumped into codewars.com and the first challenge I was given was…”write a Morse code decoder!”
Here’s my passing code (wordpress stripped the indentions):
function decode_morse(string $code): string {
$returnstring = ”;
//break the input string into words based on three spaces between words
$morsewords = explode(‘ ‘,$code);
foreach($morsewords as &$word){
//translate each letter of each word from Morse using the built-in library
$morse = explode(‘ ‘,$word);
foreach($morse as &$value){
$returnstring .= MORSE_CODE[$value];
}
$returnstring .= ‘ ‘;
}
//clean up return string by removing any leading or trailing spaces we added or that were in the original input string
return trim($returnstring);
}
Now to return to becoming a PowerApps and Azure expert. Light the incense, dim the lights, and turn up the cyberpunk. I’m going in!
Communing with nature May 2, 2022 7:33 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Philosophy, PoetryWhen I was a child
I used to sit in the woods
I fell asleep in a tree
One time more than I probably should’ve
I’d awake slowly
Fifteen feet above the ground
Calm in the breeze
With no one around
My mind at peace
My life calm
Then I’d leave nature
To find everything wrong.
-dm2022-04-30
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