Retrospect: vacant lots
Self-tutoring about vacant lots: the tutor reflects…. I lived in the Annapolis Valley from ages 10 to 13. They were some of the best years of my life. The school had three playgrounds: a big school, it was, K-7, 700 …
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Philosophy: the Trump presidency
Self-tutoring about politics and “the way things are”: the tutor reflects…. Back in the 90s, many situations bothered me about “the way things were.” When I’d question any such case, someone in their late 40s or 50s would always say …
Web browsers: Mozilla Firefox: saved password removal
Self-tutoring about web browsers: the tutor mentions how to remove a saved password on Firefox. I use Lubuntu Linux, which comes with Firefox, which I’ve always liked. Firefox tends to ask me if I want to save the password when …
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Retrospect: The “Deep Breakfast” chronicle, continued
Self-tutoring about then and now: the tutor continues about a time from the early 90s. Continuing the reflection from yesterday’s post: the three of us, as we listened to Deep Breakfast, seemed to be losing ground. For each of us, …
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Retrospect: “Deep Breakfast”
Self-tutoring about how the past and present align: the tutor reflects… Back in the early ’90s I had a couple of friends; we three spent much time together for a year or two. We’d already known each other from a …
Home computer use: Windows 10: sudden shutdown
Self-tutoring about home computer use: the tutor reflects about a sudden shutdown. I really don’t enjoy when the computer suddenly shuts down. On the other hand, I love writing posts like this, because what I’ve perhaps discovered I find interesting. …
Comp sci: C programming: strpbrk
Self-tutoring about C programming: the tutor mentions how to get the suffix of a string. People who arrive at C from other languages, possibly JavaScript or C# or Python, might notice that string functions seem a little less represented in …
Retrospect: life on base as a kid, part 0
Self-tutoring about childhood: the tutor reflects on his life on base. My children are in high school. Some of their friends have joined – or intend to join – the armed forces. I grew up as a military kid, and …
Psychology: body dysmorphic disorder
Self-tutoring about psychology and perception: the tutor mentions body dysmorphia. Body dysmorphia, aka body dysmorphic disorder, means the person perceives a flaw in their body’s appearance and fixates on it. The sufferer can be anyone, at any age. They can …
Linux: Lubuntu
Self-tutoring about Linux: the tutor mentions Lubuntu. In my post from Feb 18, 2020, I mention Lubuntu. It has slim resource requirements. I’m running it right now. This computer has 1GByte of ram and it’s a Pentium 4. The fact …