Spoiler alert: Efka’s number one is Sidereal Confluence. Sidereal Confluence is one my 4 favourite games of all time. No, not...

I just posted the following to my Facebook profile. Unless something changes drastically it’s probably my last Facebook post… Hello Friends and Family, You may or may not have noticed that I haven’t been posting on Facebook recently, and that...

Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the worst day of my life – the passing of my beloved Grandpa, Raymond deBeurs. I mention this because I want to acknowledge the 20th anniversary of another event, and it would be crazy...

Sami just pointed me at Brent’s post from July Prefixes Considered Passé. He then pointed out that Xcode 6 doesn’t prompt for a class prefix anymore! I created a new project, and its classes were indeed sans préfixe. That’s...

Five years ago, my brother-in-law introduced me to Carcassonne, sparking my love for modern board games. I’ve put together a fun collection since then, and try to play often. We often played ‘til the wee hours over Thanksgiving and...

I just moved my site from WordPress to Jekyll. Good riddance. The final straw was Shellshock. Observing my peers at work deal with this issue made me realize it was time for me to stop hosting my own server,...

When Apple introduced folders to the Springboard (home screen), I set up a folder named "Dock" that contained the apps I use most. My dock consisted of Phone, Gmail, Safari and the Dock folder. I had about 5 pages of...

Ken Segall's Observatory: Meanwhile, over at Ron Johnson’s place… "To turn a vision into visible change, you must be immune to the criticism. You must do what you believe in your heart to be the right thing. Only when...

I want to respond to a couple of points on Rachid Otsmane-Elhaou's mostly excellent post, Why The iPhone Is Impossible For Me To Use. I agree with most of Rachid's arguments. The iOS is clearly lagging behind Android with...