Whatever Rolls Off Dan's Brain
Notebooks are a treasure for creative people. They invite the owner to write, draw, and plan. Just having one nearby is like hearing a muse whisper, “let’s create.” I purchased… Continue reading "Fajr Beirut Handmade Notebooks"
I tried FreedomPop. The phone service worked, but it fell short of the expectations FreedomPop had set. By the end of the first month, I was eager to do business with a different carrier. Here is my experience.
About half a year ago, I started smoking meat using a Pit Barrel Cooker. It has been a great thing. There are a lot of smokers out there. Cabinet, offset,… Continue reading "Pit Barrel Cooker"
dad·splain /dadˈsplān/ verb informal When a perceived authority figure explains something, and you’re not sure if they are just kidding. Calvin’s dad was really good at dadsplaining, as seen in… Continue reading "Dadsplain"
I recently had the great fortune to find myself in Spain with a week of time to myself. Being a history fan, I took the opportunity to visit some historical… Continue reading "A History Fan’s Visit to Spain"
One of the things I wanted to see in Spain was Roman ruins. Mérida has more preserved Roman monuments than any other city in Spain. Perfect! This post shares my… Continue reading "A History Fan’s Visit To Merida"
A Hill and a River The Tajo is a thousand-kilometer river that flows through Spain and Portugal. Near the center of Spain, it makes a horse shoe shaped detour around… Continue reading "A History Fan’s Visit to Toledo"
In Egypt’s sandy silence, all alone, Stands a gigantic Leg, which far off throws The only shadow that the Desert knows:— “I am great OZYMANDIAS,” saith the stone, “The King… Continue reading "Horace Smith’s “Ozymandias”"
There is the feeling of being “Zen” — objective, collected, and calm. Then there is the opposite feeling. That opposite feeling is your inner chihuahua. Staying emotionally keyed up over something… Continue reading "My Inner Chihuahua"
Today I’m writing some PHP code that will frequently need to unserialize a short array of strings. I did some informal benchmarking to find out what serialization technique could be… Continue reading "Unserialize Performance in PHP"
