Category Archives: Life

Happy Quiltsgiving

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Beecher

For Thanksgiving each year our family (my wife’s family really) gives small gifts, and this year we decided to make them handmade. What can I hand-make? Well, software. I decided to make an app for each person, but I ended … Continue reading →

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Minimalism: A Quilt Color Doodler

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Beecher

Try the doodler. Bahiyyih is making a quilt, and she was looking for someone to make a color sketch of her design. She said the word gradient, and had to do it. But I had to do it quickly because … Continue reading →

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The Middle Class and a Peaceful Planet

Posted on May 25, 2019 by Beecher

Join the Middle Class. Have a life that’s good enough. This morning I was just sitting at my dining room table, playing Threes, when the concept of the Middle Class poked its elephant head in through a window and explained … Continue reading →

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Macro-commuting

Posted on August 25, 2018 by Beecher

I plan to start working for Instacart, in San Francisco, in a couple of weeks — my first day will be September 10. I’ll still live in West Lafayette — for the first three weeks I plan to fly out Sunday night … Continue reading →

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Unemployment and a Spirit of Service

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Beecher

This is still a half-formed thought, and I need some help finishing it: What is the connection between unemployment, economic productivity, fair distribution of wealth, and a spirit of service? I’ve been thinking about it for a long, long time, … Continue reading →

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Return Fluids to User

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Beecher

Every user interface has to handle error conditions, even blood apheresis machines. Continue reading →

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The Psychology of Moral Safety

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Beecher

I’ve had a question for a while now: Why do people who crusade against a particular “moral evil” so often struggle against it personally and fall prey to it, sometimes very publicly? In my opinion, it happens too often to … Continue reading →

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The Producers

Posted on November 15, 2006 by Beecher

Yesterday I felt moved to lay off of reading news online, which I mainly get from Slashdot, Reddit, Technocrat, and a slew of technical sites, for a month. I’m just spending too much of my time reading, and absorbing, and … Continue reading →

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Rustling Leaves

Posted on November 9, 2006 by Beecher

[Originally posted on Bahiyyih’s webble, but later moved here.] Chain of events: Moldy basement Eliminate moisture by grading to make water run away from house Use leftover imported dirt to make flower beds Realize that dirt is very clay-ey Decide … Continue reading →

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