“Backend engineer” has traditionally referred to writing software that interacts with the data layer, I guess “data engineer” maybe more specifically refers to skills like architecting ETL pipelines etc. One one end you have data scientist, which is a statistician. On the other end is a software engineer. A data engineer is roughly in the […]

The more I use it, the more I think the internet is run from crazies for crazies.  Why do I think this?  Let’s go there. Have you ever heard the phrase if you put anything on the internet you can never undo it?  Well, it’s true let me tell you why. There is a website […]

Question gotten from a reader: ” I’m trying to come up with a solution that is either an “all-in-one” service or minimize how many different apps need to be used. I currently have Netflix, Amazon Prime and I started a trial for Hulu +TV. I download movies and watch through Plex. I piggyback off of […]

I like to try and keep my computer and everything up to date.  I mean, I wasn’t necessarily excited to try Windows 8 although I am starting to like it a little bit more, but as far as hardware and stuff, I like to have stuff that is fun and new.  I also tend to […]

Ever since I got my car I have been thinking that I like it. You know how you will be driving somewhere and actually thinking it’s incredible because you love your car? It’s like that. I know people who love their cars and it’s all they talk about and I never got that before I […]

Type password vs. click ok. Now, type password into a window that runs in user-space, or click ok on a screen that runs in a memory space you’re not allowed to step into. I honestly cannot see how anyone that is remaining completely objective can claim to hate Vista UAC and not claim that Apple’s […]

My friend recently told me that he snooped and read his girlfriend’s diary.  As you may expect, he found some stuff that upset him. I told him that as someone who has done an insane amount of blogging/journaling, I can say this without hesitation….what is said in a journal/diary post is COMPLETELY different than what […]

That is a level of implementation that I’m not concerned with. Microsoft could easily have implemented their own more secure version without harassing you indefinitely with their stupid “are you really sure you want to do that? i mean really sure. come on. are you positive? have you really thought this through? do you really, […]