Falling Apart

Ever feel as if 'life' is taking small bits of your soul? Does it look like this? Today's Gratitude Item: Finally completing a redesign of one of the sites that…

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Volvo

As in 'boxy but good'. Dedicated to all those 'Crazy People' fans out there. Today's Gratitude Item: Getting a better understanding of Bootstrap's grid system. I wanted the material to…

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Petal Floor

This one was partly luck and partly patience. Today's Gratitude Item: Our senior students are now on exam leave. This means we only have junior classes until the end of…

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Square Scales

Sometimes 'nice and simple' happens. Today's Gratitude Item: Using my iPad at dance class (instead of my the 'old' Android) worked beautifully. This is a work in progress as I…

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Rule #20

Funnily enough, this one is hard for a lot of my students. Today's Gratitude Item: Local body elections are finally over! This means that the various hoardings will soon come…

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Rule #17

The trick is to ask the right questions. Today's Gratitude Item: Getting a wireless adapter for my desktop. It worked like a charm and my 'office' has finally been set…

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Rule #14

Being 'different' is a lot more fun. Today's Gratitude Item: Finding a $20 note on a walk! It was surreal but fun.

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It’s Not Rocket Science

I often say this to my students - especially when they overthink a problem. Today's Gratitude Item: Finally getting a problematic vector accepted on Shutterstock. It's a long story involving…

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Rule #8

This could be good advice for life in general. Today's Gratitude Item: Being on holiday! For the first time this year I'm not worrying about having to urgently create resources…

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Elegance…

Advice for life in general and Computer Science in particular. Not officially one of my rules but not a bad statement either. Today's Gratitude Item: Getting my hands on a…

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