Progress on IProgrammer. I'm writing my personal history of software for each decade since 1970. I'm just about done with the '70s chapter.

“What I see all over the place is people who care about looking good while doing evil. Fuck them.” — Elon Musk. Based.

Good Morning Nostrs, I just finished my chapter on Turing and von Neumann -- the guys who came up with the idea of a stored program computer. The two came to the same conclusion, but through two very different pathways. Turing was simply pursuing a mathematical problem. Von Neumann needed a machine that could model the detonation of a thermonuclear device. The story is full of interesting twists, turns, and happy accidents.

Good Morning Nostr, Back at home. We had a great Thanksgiving with our family up at our Northern Hideaway. Now back to work on IProgrammer. Today I'm writing about Alan Turing.

Good morning Nostralds. Google "Particle lenia" and have fun for the next hour or so..

Good Morning Nostrzens. I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving and/or Thursday. Mine was spectacular! Now back to writing more history of programming...

Good Morning and Happy Thanksgiving Nostroids. I expect a lovely day today at our Northern Hideaway.

'Tidy First?' by Kent Beck is a very quick read. I finished it in under three hours. Its 92 pages are only a bit more than half filled. Part 1: Tidyings (~30 pages) is quick and easy and could tempt you to put the book down before finishing -- Don't. Part 2: Managing (~20 pages) is also quick but not quite so easy. In this part the ? is brought to the fore. Part 3: Theory (~35 pages) is quite profound and worth serious contemplation. Disciplines, standards, and ethics are the three components of a profession. The three parts correspond well. I look forward to book 2.

Good Morning Nostrides! Yesterday I flew a dog rescue mission. I was one of three pilots transporting rescued dogs from Texas to Wisconsin. My leg of the flight was the last. It was a gorgeous day to fly. I left KUGN (Waukegan IL) at 13:11 and landed at KIRK (Kirkville, MO) at 14:51. I was back in the air at 15:31 with my two passengers secured in 30" dog crates. Racing away from the Sun I landed at KBUU (Burlington, WI) just after sunset at 17:02. The pictures below show the two dogs leaving the plane. Then I was back in the air at 17:29 in full dark. The short flight back to KUGN took less than half an hour. The KUGN tower cleared me to land on runway 23, which I was just able to pick out of the clutter of lights on the ground. I swung around for my approach and overshot a bit; but corrected and landed safely at 17:43. That was one hell of a good day in the air.

Those who want a cease fire simply want to enable Hamas to come boiling out of Gaza to rape and kill some more. It's not like Hamas is going to honor that cease fire.

I stand with Israel. No cease fire.