Don’t be the Frog in a Tepid Pot of Water
There’s a parable about two frogs. One frog is dropped into a pot of boiling water and recognizes that something bad is happening and jumps right out. Another frog is dropped in a tepid...
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Oh Snap! I left my iPad in Baggage Screening
It is that horrible moment when you are sitting in the airport lounge enjoying a Leffe Brune and realize that you left your iPad in the baggage screening area of a foreign airport. Adrenaline...
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Taking Time with Google’s Pixel Watch 4
I was skeptical when I got my original Google Pixel watch, but was super excited to get the Pixel Watch 4. After 3 years with the Pixel Watch, I learned that having a digital...
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10,000 Miles on a 2024 BMW M2
Eighteen months ago I began my journey to collect 10,000 miles on a 2024 BMW M2. Well here we are today and I can say with 100% confidence that I made the right decision...
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setState(2025) – Developing with Flutter 3.0
It is 2025 and developing with Flutter 3.0 seems like a great approach to building a macOS desktop app. It has been a couple of years since I have last worked with Flutter. What...
Taking a Step Back in Time with the 2024 BMW M2
After nearly 80,000 miles on my 2016 Porsche Boxster it was time for a change up with a 2024 BMW M2. I loved my Boxster, but warranties do end and the UV rays do...
Configuring macOS Sonoma for Software Engineering
Over the years I’ve tracked how to properly configure a MacBook Pro for software development. Here I am with a new machine and I will document configuring macOS Sonoma for software engineering. As with...
The Google Pixel Watch Arrived at Tarn Aeluin
The Google Pixel Watch arrived at Tarn Aeluin for my birthday this past June. A smart watch has not been high on my list of technology gadgets. I don’t have anything against smart watches,...
Python Programming in 2023
For longtime readers here at House of Beor, you will know that back in the early 2000’s I was working with Plone and Python quite a bit. For a variety of reasons I stopped...
Unblocking the Blockchain Pt.2 – Developing with Ethereum and Solidity
This article will focus on development with Ethereum and Solidity to create and execute smart contracts. The content in this post focuses on getting development tools installed and configured for both a private blockchain...
Unblocking the Blockchain – Part 1: Install and Configuration
As with my prior post on graph databases, I have not had a chance to work with blockchain systems. Unblocking the blockchain is what we are up to at House of Beor! Ethereum is...
