I needed a second Linux system to use as a development box and the NUC running Ubuntu has worked great for that. Most of the work I do is low level stuff, and for the most part the Linux system is just a build server. I run it headless, and either SSH into it or export windows via X to my desktop Mac with the big…

I needed a second Linux system to use as a development box and the NUC running Ubuntu has worked great for that.…

(The cynic in me says that office events after work are just another way for your employers to take part of your personal time away from you. Same as when they cater lunch for a noon meeting. It many ways, it’s a kind of pay cut, since you’re working more hours for the same salary.)

(If I don’t have to drive, I’ll gladly have a beer or even a martini or G&T when with friends, or even better with Mrs. Overclock, who can take advantage of my inhibitions being lowered.)

I’m an introvert, but I actually enjoy office happy hour events. However - not to pull a Mike Pence or anything - I have a policy of not drinking alcohol at such events. Partly it’s my forty minute commute driving home. But part of it is I don’t want my inhibitions lowered. For lots of reasons. Just not a good idea.

Mrs. Overclock and I both have Global Entry, which includes TSA-Pre. The conspiracy theorist in me says that it’s a way for the U. S. federal government to get private citizens to volunteer to get a fairly deep background check and pay for it to boot. However, that ship sailed for both the Mrs. and me thanks to jobs…

I liked it okay. Mostly it suffers in comparison to the original JURASSIC PARK, which was a wonder to behold (and it had what may be my all time favorite John Williams score). It was hard not to like Chris Pratt’s character and his portrayal of the “alpha velociraptor” in the pack. Also: guns and motorcycles, two of…

As you allude to with “running from literal dinosaurs”: I finally watched JURASSIC WORLD just the other day. Now I totally get what people were talking about regarding Bryce Dallas Howard’s character Claire Dearing running through the rain forest in stiletto heels. Once you realize that’s what’s happening, you just…

I agree. For several years I taught computer science (specifically: real-time software design; device drivers etc.) when I was a graduate student. Teaching and public speaking has turned out to be the most unexpectedly useful skills I’ve used as a developer.

I like canned haggis. No, seriously. Its taste and texture is like canned corned beef hash (which I also like) but it’s dark-almost-black in color. Maybe once a year or so I order a few cans (have never found it locally). Like corned beef hash, I like to use it on toasted cheese sandwiches.

“Movie parking.” I need to remember this term. (My spousal unit and I used to take ballroom dancing lessons and we frequently use the term “movie dancing” to describe people who aren’t in even vaguely doing anything to the music in a scene.)

This. I’ve watched television shows and movies where the driver talks to the passenger while looking at them for thirty seconds at a time. NO ONE DOES THIS. You couldn’t survive it. When I’m on the couch at home, I’ll be yelling FOR CROM’S SAKE, WATCH THE ROAD! In recent memory, the series BONES was especially prone…

Just like Girl Scout’s Thin Mints which come in a convenient single serving tube.

I hadn’t thought about this in years. Nearly six decades ago I remember my mom used to make a quick improvised dessert for me by mashing up a couple of saltines, a little butter, and some honey, in a dish. It was something she’d eaten herself as a child.

Because it’s always about money.

I hope he performs my favorite song.

(BTW that sign that you can see the edge of in the upper left corner says “Batmobile Parking Only”. Christmas present from Mrs. Overclock.)

When I bought my 2016 Subaru WRX Limited off the lot, it came with these stupid little fins that stuck on to the back edge of the roofline as a “factory installed option”. Their sole purpose was to boost the bottom line. But it turns out: I love ‘em. I can spot my car rows away.

I’m not a teetotaler, but I average a beer or two a week and one martini and maybe a couple of gin and tonics a year. I got the tip from Esquire magazine to try tonic and bitters: just tonic water on ice with a splash of flavoring. Both me and Mrs. Overclock find it the perfect mocktail. The bitters may have trace…

I’ve had a mailbox at a UPS store five minutes from my home for years and it’s *great*. I have it for my business, but routinely have expensive personal stuff delivered there. It is not, however, especially cheap.

I wonder what kind of conversations his Secret Service detail are having behind closed doors.