Off to Mars we go!

Here's an amazing summary from C|Net of the massive SpaceX Starship, which is envisioned to take up to 100 humans to Mars ahead. Three times a Saturn V rocket by most measures! 😮

Most popular GitHub programming languages in 2018

Interesting! 😀 See GitHub's blog post concerning the most popular programming languages for GitHub projects in 2018.

Back to Basics; capiche?

This ZD|Net article's right on. Navigating the frequent and massive Windows 10 Updates is simply "burdensome". And the new features aren't that compelling. Time to re-think the strategy, MSFT!

Another interesting insight from the article, "it's widely known that Microsoft let go a bunch of its Windows testers back in 2014, substituting flighting and new unit testing procedures in their stead. I don't think Microsoft will reverse this course and bring back testing as a separate discipline. But they could improve their testing procedures and supporting infrastructure as part of a return to a focus on fundamentals."

I've worked at large companies that effectively eliminated QA engineers on behalf of "Agile Stretch". It generally doesn't work well! Developers have a different mindset and focus than Testers, and the end quality often reflects that. You really don't want to go there! 😮

WPA3 Me!

WPA3 is on the way, cool!

Semantic search example

A fascinating example of semantic search from Google.

It's not a Bullet, it's a Black Hole!

$67 Billion end-to-end? That's in the same range as the proposed "Border Wall" 😱 It's estimated that just $8B is required to upgrade our nationwide air traffic control system to better safety standards. Lately, I feel like I'm living in some weird parallel universe! 😨

Mac Dock!

Getting all the external I/O connections hooked up to your MacBook can be a daunting task! This nice tethered dock by Henge Docks provides a nice all-in-one solution via USB 3.1 for around $199 MSRP. When you consider that a single Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet adapter goes for around $30, the price tag to "Solve Everything" may not be that bad.

Top 'bots!

Here's an interesting on-line article in DesignBoom, showcasing some of the top robots of 2017.

Network TV's disruption

Are we seeing the sunset of conventional network TV programming? It seems more obvious each year, as Netflix and Amazon's content continues to eclipse conventional programming! 😮