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April 2026
"The Green Flame" was snuffed out. My youngest's pinewood derby car did well but did not make it into the final round. He would have finished somewhere in the 5th-8th place range. We're going with 5th. The competition had a change this year, the cars had t... read more.March 2026
Spring has officially sprung. The weather is fluctuating from the 70s to below freezing. Daylight Saving Time went into effect, which is something I abhor--it really messes up my internal clock. "Madness" happened, and baseball is here. I own/use one of t... read more.February 2026
February brought six more weeks of winter and a significant increase of bot traffic to this site, almost a 500% increase. I'm getting "visitors" from all over the world and all kinds of "browsers". Currently the Netherlands is in first place with a signifi... read more.Getting Started With Gosu
At my job, I have the opportunity to learn Guidewire and its Gosu language. The official getting started is a little out of date, referencing JDK 11. Here is how I got Gosu running on my Fedora machine. SDKMAN can be used to manage multiple versions of Ja... read more.January 2026
The first month of 2026 is already over. I'm struggling to believe it's already been four weeks. I'm glad January is already over, it's one of my least favorite months of the year. No offense to anyone born in January. It's dark, it's cold, we've come cras... read more.View all posts in chronological order or posts by tag.