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02.01.2024

Go Interfaces - By Witcher-Like Metaphors
If a king's Go programmer had to hire a witcher.
29.11.2023

Of Witchers By Trade
Being witnesses of truth.
15.10.2023

Sunset-Rowing Witchers
Wandering into the Bald Mountains.
09.07.2023

Non-Dissonant Speed Keybindings
With Sublime Text, Jetbrain IDEs, and Vim/Visual Studio Code.
02.04.2023

Witching May Die, But Not Litigation
So long as men are monsters, there will be litigation.
01.04.2023

Search Notes Fast: With Taskwarrior, jq & ripgrep
Search through Taskwarrior annotations fast.
29.03.2023

Moving Away from Todoist - to Taskwarrior, SSH & Dropbox - Part 2
A syncing workflow with Taskwarrior, Dropbox and SSH + rsync.
29.03.2023

Moving Away from Todoist - to Taskwarrior, SSH & Dropbox - Part 1
Why Todoist no longer works for me.
23.03.2023

Copywork vs Master Studies
One with which to drill, the other to open minds. By both, you learn.
04.01.2023

Newton's Commonplace Beginnings
Isaac Newton's use of waste paper to learn and progress.
26.12.2022

Lusa to Overmorrow, Kelmarin to Ereyesterday
Two days yore, and two days yet to be.
18.10.2022

The Airplane Test of Fluency
Linguistic fluency and focus in flight.
17.10.2022

AI Art Is Real Art
Synthesis and beauty makes art, not just the artist.
31.07.2022

Hades And (Non-Ending) Desk Jobs
Office work ends not upon death.
03.07.2022

The Unpreparedness Apology
To beautifully say, "I'm sorry, I wasn't prepared."
20.06.2022

Cultists of Science
Keep not to discovered untruths - cast them into fire.
18.06.2022

Strangling Deeds
Deeds live on, akin to children.
15.06.2022

Prepackaged Thought Cassettes
Think. If you don't, someone will, for you.
11.06.2022

大蛇に嫁いだ娘 - The Girl Married to the Giant Serpent
A slice-of-life romance between a young bride and a gigantic snake.
11.06.2022

Salted Correspondences
Let stones lie as they were.
11.06.2022

Vampiric Pathology
Supernatural dissections and dissectees.
10.06.2022

Teach Thy Tongue to Say: 'I Do Not Know'
Judgments as opinions, and wisdom upon the uncertainty of opinions.
08.06.2022

Counsel vs Client Perspectives
Advising fairness, and discouraging clients from litigation.
06.06.2022

To Teach or To Paint
A common plight one faces as a craftsman.
30.04.2022

Masters of A Fraction of A Dot
When be you so consumed with winning, above all else.
21.07.2021

Basis for Base64
Reductionist SQLite storage.
10.07.2021

Plants Are Maths
Cauliflowers grow mathematically.
04.07.2021

Learning D3 with P5/Processing
I know D3, and wonder if I should learn P5/Processing too.
03.07.2021

Learning Forever
Learning ad infinitum, notwithstanding tangents, with forever projects.
02.07.2021

The Problem With New Tools
New (software) tools can be difficult.
27.06.2021

Eloquent Javascript / Chapter 2, Exercise 03
Chessboard - in which I review ternary operators.
07.04.2021

Harangued Commitments
One should love the exasperated tone of the bench here.
23.02.2021

Counsel Citing Adverse Authorities
It's rare for counsel to cite adverse authorities.
12.02.2021

46 Simple Python Exercises/#10
Define a function overlapping() that takes two lists and returns True if they have at least one member in common, False otherwise.
11.02.2021

46 Simple Python Exercises/#02
Define a function max_of_three() that takes 3 numbers as arguments and returns the largest.
11.02.2021

46 Simple Python Exercises/#01
Define a function max() that takes two numbers as arguments and returns the largest of them.
29.09.2020

Rays of Circumstance
Shining light on circumstantial evidence.
29.08.2020

Magnum Norvig
The opus of clarity.
27.08.2020

Write Like You Play Tetris
Drop it until you clear it.
25.08.2020

Hamstrung Limitations
Abstractions by choice, not by ignorance.
25.08.2020

Triple Buffered Painters
Useful metaphor for buffering/rendering/switching canvases.
22.08.2020

Decoding Code Specimens
Dissect code like 18th century scientists do their biological specimens.
20.08.2020

A Case for Legalese (Or Not)
Singular interpretations and written objectivity.
13.08.2020

Twitter Inspires Carmack
Get raged, or get inspired.
13.08.2020

Consenting Pythonic Adults
Do it Pythonically, preferably.
04.06.2020

Music and Neural Pathways
Musical memory can trigger motor neural paths.
04.06.2020

A Traveling Minstrel's Piano
Portable note-making.
20.05.2020

A Programmer & His Mechanical Friend
Harder isn't necessarily better.
27.04.2020

How Science Should Be
Sticking to the science.
14.03.2020

Sheets for People
Roll up the sheets.
05.03.2020

The Artificers' Duty of Care
An admonishment to professionals who issue statements with abandon.
19.02.2020

STEM, STEAM and Art
Arts should not be grouped with the sciences.
13.02.2020

The Code Language Lawyers
Debating code of code.
05.02.2020

Nostalgic Raging Streets
Streets of Rage 4 hits home, and it hits hard.
29.01.2020

Code & Shame
Be critical with your code, and sometimes yourself.
14.01.2020

Third Time's A Charm
Strive for two, but best make time for three.
10.01.2020

Learned Lumber
You learn what you read and remember, not what you buy.
03.01.2020

Git for Legal Practice
Version control for lawyers/advocates and solicitors, and its benefits.
02.01.2020

Theory and Theatre
When complexity is used to hide ignorance and feign learnedness.
31.12.2019

Reflections - 43 Things I Learned or Did In 2019
Some things I learned or did.
07.10.2019

3D & 2D - The Demarcation
Exploring the two.
16.09.2019

Legal Practice & Taking From Software Best Practices
My litigation style is gradually taking cues from software engineering best practices.
14.09.2019

Narratives Hold
Max Payne 1 is from 2001.
23.06.2019

Mood-Clustered Compositions
Why classification based on moods makes sense.
11.01.2019

Clarity of Liskov
Write clearly, especially with technical answers.
31.12.2018

Why Plain Text
Excellent justifications for use of plain text.
30.12.2018

Castles and Air
A clay of code made of thought-stuff.
14.12.2018

Recursion, Succinctly Put
The rules of recursion.
29.08.2018

Damascus Differences
The real ones, not from Final Fantasy.
23.08.2018

Nostalgic Non-Memories
Pining over something that never happened, thanks to musical stimuli.
23.08.2018

Darwin's Details
Science (and the devil) is in the details.
22.08.2018

Heinrich Schliemann's Learning Method
Dedication and perseverance beyond the average.
21.08.2018

Roses as Time
The withering of roses, the ephemerality of time.
19.08.2018

The Brain-Attic
Mise en place: in vogue (potentially) since 1887.
19.08.2018

Saunter Not
Ne'er a time for sauntering.
04.01.2018

Java Almost Requires An IDE
An IDE as an-almost compulsory requirement is not a desirable language trait.
02.01.2018

Genuinely Technical Modesty
Humility in the face of proven expertise.
17.12.2017

To Know C
Those who know C, and those who actually don't.
16.12.2017

When Defying Simplicity
Of the obviousness of deficiencies in simple/complicated designs.
16.12.2017

Sketch, Draft, Craft
Whatever your art (digital or analogue), we all experiment.
15.12.2017

The Python Paradox
The programmer who gets the better job learn the things they don't need for it.
15.12.2017

The Breakings of Julia
The low-level diving tinkerability of Julia.
12.12.2017

Innocent Until Proven Guilty
On the need to prove guilt, and of being innocent until proven otherwise.
08.12.2017

The Song of Java Braces
When coders become song lyricists.
07.12.2017

A Reputation Without Oil
Advocates known to be frank, honest and sound.
03.12.2017

Declarative, Imperative, Functional Sandwiches
Programming paradigms and sandwiches.
03.01.2017

Debugging: Twice As Hard As Writing Code
'Twice' is probably an underestimation.
12.07.2016

Refunctin' Blocks
Skies and seas of serenity.
11.07.2016

SublimeREPL's Slow Printing/Freezing - A Solution
Applies when you're using the interpreter.
09.07.2016

The Lawgiving Coder
Coders as creators of universes and law.
12.03.2016

Transcript of Tifa Funk - Interlude Solo (Tifa's Theme by Tetrimino)
My transcription of the piano interlude from "Tifa Funk".
05.03.2016

Rather Be (Alexa Goddard's Version)
Transcription of Alexa Goddard's acoustic cover of Clean Bandit's "Rather Be".
08.02.2016

Eye to Eye (Jonathan Young's Version)
My transcription of Jonathan Young's cover of "Eye to Eye".
24.01.2016

Prayers Like Magic
Your prayers to court are, in a way, akin to incantations.
03.01.2016

Creators And Their Gems (Polished or Otherwise)
Not all work will turn out gems.
21.12.2015

Emails and English Weather
The English sure love their weather.
24.10.2015

Salomon v Salomon is Antiquated
Our courts shouldn't apply Salomon v Salomon so strictly.
16.10.2015

Statements Without Data
This is supposed to be based on "research findings".
16.10.2015

Don Ted E. Bear Waltz - Guitar Arrangement (Sam & Max)
My transcription of 'Don Ted E. Bear Waltz', from Sam & Max.
06.10.2015

Subservient/Servile Written Malay
The differing tone of formal written English and Malay.
28.09.2015

Mocking the Law - Excessive Judicial Discretion
When judges should be chastised.
06.09.2015

Big Illegal Guns
Heavy-duty firepower, for the malaria-tainted protagonist's picking.
11.08.2015

Proper Denials and Bare Denials
Denials in two kinds.
23.07.2015

The Line Between Gifts and Bribes
Gifts and bribes in Malaysia - the difference/similarity.
22.07.2015

Fair Judges of Fair Play
If only most litigants leave court satisfied.
19.07.2015

Deadened Demonyms
Fascinating names/titles of games and their objects/venues/items.
12.07.2015

José Mujica's Humility
Being both high and low.
28.06.2015

No Social Transformation Without Representation
From Obergefell v. Hodges.
20.06.2015

Mike Tyson on (His) Lawyers
As a lawyer, become your client.
18.06.2015

Crisp Tweets
Twitter's 140-character limit forces you to write crisply.
15.06.2015

Supposedly Cultivated Tastes
The condescending and insecure feel superior by rejecting what others like.
14.06.2015

Just the Two of Us (6-Bar Guitar/Sax Copy)
My transcription of Mindi Abair's solo part of the cover.
13.06.2015

Sexism Against Modern Men
Steven Crowder's enlightening interview with Dana Loesch, a former feminist.
12.06.2015

He Conquers Who Endures
The meaning/usage of 'vincit qui patitur'.
08.06.2015

Knowledge Trees
Learning the way branches branch.
31.05.2015

Judges Should Not Fear Criticism
They should welcome it.
18.05.2015

Indian Judicial Writing
Please don't write like this.
17.01.2015

Grandma - Guitar Arrangement (NieR Gestalt)
My transcription of 'Grandma', from NieR Gestalt.
16.01.2015

Ih Ah! (Devin Townsend)
17.12.2014

午・午年
Horse years.
18.07.2014

Keep Learning Songs
Learn songs like a starving man at an all-you-can-eat buffet.
07.07.2014

If I Cannot Strengthen Our Bench
...Then I shall certainly do nothing to weaken it.
05.07.2014

Jack Hamm on (Artistic) Practice
On the virtues of practice (and of what/how to).
16.02.2014

Don't Care Too Much About Gear
You don't need thousands of dollars to sound awesome.
03.01.2014

Write With Vigour
Write, cut, write, cut.
26.12.2013

Teal Stares
Staring in teal and yellow.
11.12.2013

Lighting Wizardry
Trine 2's developers are wizards of light(ing).
10.12.2013

Yellow Rails
Strong colour contrasts.
08.12.2013

Alien Blue Entrances
If nothing else.
02.12.2013

Coloured Plasmids
A doll smiles hauntingly amidst plasmids and mind/body altering liquids.
30.11.2013

Particle Oranges
Bouncing lights - orange, red, yellow and blacks.
29.11.2013

美しい - Beautifully Woolly
Love for sheeps make beauty.
29.11.2013

勉強 - Straining Studious Strength
Pushing through learning.
29.11.2013

ガラケー Garakei Evolution
The Galápagos keitai.
28.11.2013

ケチ - Scroogean Niggardliness
Parsimonious misers.
11.11.2013

下戸 - Lower House
Of houses, families and drinking inclinations.
08.11.2013

Red Riding Hood's Examination-in-Chief
Fairy tale examinations.
03.07.2013

Craft Versus Discipline
The difference between crafts and disciplines.
21.07.2012

Hunted By GLaDoS
Subtle GLaDoS destroys an entire room to (try to) prevent you from escaping.
04.07.2012

When To Not Use Data Structures/Algorithms
Just because you can, doesn't mean you have to.
22.04.2012

Ludicrous Ace
逆転裁判 (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney) is fun, but messed-up.
21.04.2012

Cinematic Mass Effect
Mass Effect is ridiculously cinematic.
20.04.2012

A Misty Morgue's Bat
Batman's silhouette, as wispy steam and mist enwrap him.
14.04.2012

Ghostly Portal
Portal feels ghostly at times.
02.04.2012

Abstract Wall Painting
In-game art from the equally artsy parkour game.
01.04.2012

Skipping Galaxies Over Coffee
Mass relays.
26.03.2012

Apricot Orange Sunsets
This is not a real photo.
19.03.2012

Lush Exoplanets
Virmire, the forested alien planet.
17.03.2012

Upper and Lower Hengsha
Deus Ex's in-game literature.
16.03.2012

Sentient Vocal Directives
Insert disc.
15.03.2012

Cel-Shaded Arena
Cel-shaded beauty.
25.09.2010

汗牛充棟
Books which make oxen sweat, and which touch ceilings.
28.08.2010

身から出た錆
Of rusty swords and personal fault.
26.08.2010

雷
Cry of god - of thunder and gods who wear loincloths made from tiger skin.
24.08.2010

Correspondences With Matt Treyvaud
Interview and Q&A.
22.08.2010

柿が赤くなると医者が青くなる
Redder persimmons, darker blue doctors.
20.08.2010

堰かれて募る恋の情
Love laughs at locksmiths.
16.08.2010

You Have Reason
Other ways to say: 'You're right.'
16.08.2010

Lost Nuances in 'Ivan the Terrible'
In Japanese: 'Ivan the Thunder Emperor'.
15.08.2010

海老
Old People of the Sea
14.08.2010

豹変
A panther's change.
14.08.2010

Basic Kanji Learning Principles
Quick principles to identification/construction.
14.08.2010

百花繚乱
A hundred flowers blossom riotously.