Articles for category: Drive

August 6, 2024

Greg Thomas

Careers and Gaming

Careers are exactly like video games. You start off not knowing what to do so you plod along and stuff “happens”. Then you figure out you want to get better at something, perhaps even “specialize”. So you get good at that thing, invest in yourself, get the tools and you become better at what you do. Then like anything, you get to the point where you need to learn the tips and tricks and master the controls to get farther – what works where, when to apply what to what, etc, etc. Maybe you get to the point where you

August 4, 2024

Greg Thomas

The Goal of your Code Repository

We don’t often ourselves this question, but it is a valid one. Is it a dumping ground? Is there a structure to it? Do you want to be able to deploy to a new environment with a script? Does each team need a sandbox? Do you want teams to have sandboxes? How long will it live? All these (and many more) are questions you should ask when setting up your repository that go beyond “New Repository…”

August 2, 2024

Greg Thomas

The Imperfect Internet

I recently tried out satellite internet. Not perfect, but not bad. Trees… leaves in particular… especially when drenched in rain, are a major barrier to communication. What this translates into is an obstruction map that is 80% clear, which means on a good day, I have great internet for 48 minutes of each hour, the rest of the time, it depends, literally, on which way the leaves are blowing. And they are not always blowing in the right direction. Pre Mass Remote – 2020 – this imperfection in Internet access would be okay, there were many things I could do

August 1, 2024

Greg Thomas

Halfway there

If you’re following the traditional school calendar (not for post-education but grade school only. You’re halfway there through all the goals you had wanted to achieve. Don’t give up if you haven’t started – but get started now.

July 31, 2024

Greg Thomas

New Keyboards

I’m picky about my keyboards. I don’t like when they are too loud. The formatting of the fingers are very important (a year ago I switched to the Natural keyboards and love them). If possible, minimum lighting is preferred (only on the pesky lock buttons), everything else can be dark. And that’s all they need to do because that is all I need or want from a keyboard. When I buy a new keyboard I like, I buy two of them so when one goes (and sadly, they all go), I have a spare one on hand so I can

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