At long last, I have somewhat grudgingly enabled pervasive HTTPS on this web-site. I do not agree with the scaremongering around HTTP-only personal web-sites, but I was tired of having to constantly fight an uphill battle against the penalties on vanilla HTTP-only web-sites imposed by the current web ecosystem. As another one bites the HTTPS dust, please do let me know if you face any issues with accessing this web-site over HTTPS.
Archive for 2024
[2024-12-28] HTTP Yes
[2024-12-27] “Crucial Conversations”
“Crucial Conversations” by Kerry Patterson, et al, was recommended to me by a former boss. It took me a while to get around to reading this book, but I finally did and am glad that I did. The book teaches you how to engage in conversations at work or in personal life that are difficult, but important, and that most of us do not handle well. Even though the book is firmly in the self-help mold, it actually has useful information to give you if you can set aside your cynicism for this genre of books.
[2024-07-02] ICFPC 2024
I took part in ICFPC 2024 the past weekend. This was a really nice contest that combined the best elements of the classic contests from 2006 and 2007. As usual, I had a lot of fun during the contest, but did not have any breakthrough in actually solving the problems.