Coding Reflections
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Three Lessons in Life, Writing, and Learning from Super Mario
1. Face Your Demons I’ve been having a tough time coming up with a topic to blog about this week. My informal weekly deadline of Wednesday has passed and, as I write, I’m not certain if or how this post will come to be. After sharing my sense of writer’s block with the lovely community…
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Failing with Style
“This isn’t flying, this is falling with style!” Eight-year-old me cheered as Buzz Lightyear embraced the very line Woody had first flung as an insult towards him. It was a joyous, fist-punching-in-the-air moment in Toy Story, as the two companions soared away from imminent danger. Magic! At that moment, the idea of falling with style…
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A Lesson in Code and Craft from Ada
The year was 1815. Annabella Milbanke, a deeply religious and mathematically gifted young lady from an aristocratic family, had just given birth. The child’s father was Lord Byron, the great Romantic poet and a notorious playboy. A scandal was inevitable. Just three days later, Byron would set sail away from England with his mistress, never…