Tag: Old

Read on, as that pithy comment is (mostly) wrong. Old programmers are around but perhaps not in the places you would expect them to be. New Blood, Old Blood. Laying the groundwork for an industry unfriendly to experience Some of the problems around older coders are mirrored with entr...

I come from a family where getting old is a capital sin. Sure, it’s a dysfunctional family where a lot of narcissistic whims usually collide into communication disaster, but still… You wouldn’t imagine something as natural as getting old would get so much backlash. Whatever ...

An influencer named Bella Dane just went viral with her observations about people with old money. She gained these insights during a summer working at an elite country club. She noted how people with old money seemed happier and more grounded than the average person. Those with old money were pol...

Earlier this week, Blizzard launched another huge patch for Diablo IV to get things ready for the launch of the “Season of the Malignant,” but instead they set their own community on fire. The patch brought with it tons of nerfs and slowdowns, from arbitrarily lengthening th...

Earlier this week, Blizzard launched another huge patch for Diablo IV to get things ready for the launch of the “Season of the Malignant,” but instead they set their own community on fire. The patch brought with it tons of nerfs and slowdowns, from arbitrarily lengthening th...

Inthe late 1980s, somebody bought a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) from a physical store, brought it home, and presumably enjoyed it for untold years. The console, with serial number N12180601, suffered greatly in the decades to come, eventually landing on eBay in a condition that can only be d...

Earlier this week, Blizzard launched another huge patch for Diablo IV to get things ready for the launch of the “Season of the Malignant,” but instead they set their own community on fire. The patch brought with it tons of nerfs and slowdowns, from arbitrarily lengthening th...

Stride across familiar concrete No map needed, led by my feet Musical notes from a second story window As the smoke from a bus fills the air Aroma and scent of breads and dough Flavors and odors that forever I’ll know Young one's groups walking past They're up to something, go...

AFTER Cork and Blarney Castle, I headed for Dublin, the capital of the Irish Republic and, before independence and partition a hundred years ago, the traditional capital of all Ireland. Like all of Ireland’s major cities, Dublin is on the coast. It sits at the mouth of a river called t...

The smell of old books and intriguing tales wafted through the quiet room. Some where and at some time, every page had been turned. Trinity College Library Collage by Betsy Beier, Wanderlust Designer For any book lover, a visit to Trinity College Library in Dublin, Ireland is a p...

Lisbon is old, but it never gets old. This is the fourth visit for us since October 2021. The more Teresa and I come here, the more we want to return again. Visiting a city for just a few days creates an artificial impulse to see and do as much as possible, to check main ...

Most of the time, I’m a stodgy stick in the mud, highly addicted to my tried and true routines. I jump on the laptop first thing in the morning. Though If I actually did jump, that would be a lot better for me. I’m too sedentary for my own good. And as I wrote here recently,...

Howie: What a dump! Mookie: These people have absolutely no idea what they are doing. Howie: I don’t see a single tailor shop, grocery store, or delicatessen. Mookie: Where’s the hot dog stand? Howie: Where? Where!? Mookie: Not a one. Howie: Not a clue. Mookie: Zero ...

When we first moved to Vancouver, we rented a lovely if crumbly old apartment on Cambie Street. I was delighted to finally live the urban fantasy of my rural-suburban childhood. The name of a city in my address block. Not a suburb near a city. The city itself. Chicago. New York. Vanco...

Whether you’re working for a new employer or retired, you have good options for managing your retirement account at your former employer. Although many people leave their account at their former employer because it requires no action, you should review each option and decide which fits you bes...

People age, some of us, don’t do it gracefully. Some of us do a shitty job at aging. Some of us, hope not me of us, won’t get to really age at all. But, due to healthcare and health conscience, most people will get to age and, as time passes, older people will fill the worksites, because...

The world’s a mess. Wars are raging, our planet is burning, and a tornado ripped through Nashville and killed six and injured two dozen people. In what universe is every day a good day? You might ask. Not in Nashville, you say, or not in Israel or Palestine, or anywhere people are suff...

I’ve already canvassed some of the signs of aging in “Signs You May Be Getting Old.” But that piece just scratched the surface. Here are a few more telltale hints: You haven’t bought new shoes this millennium. You’ve acquired partial credit toward a medi...

When I was in my twenties, my dad was in his sixties. While I was just getting started with my life, he was preparing to retire. It was during this time I began to seriously contemplate his mortality, and what it would mean to me. I came to realize that my parents would not be around forever and tha...

I’m walking my Chihuahua ‘Chia’ and my friend’s Schnauzer ‘Simón’ on a chilly, overcast Monday afternoon in my neighborhood — El Centro Histórico in Mexico City. Simón likes to stop in every public flower bed, the only “green&rdquo...

During the Middle Ages in Europe, torture, mutilation, and other forms of savagery particularly on women were seen as normal aspects of life. Public executions were literally a spectator sport. As a result, when European “settlers”first came to this country centuries ago, they brought...

Most white immigrants to the “New World” didn’t heal from their trauma. Instead, beginning a little over three centuries ago, the elite among them created the concepts of whiteness, of blackness (and redness and yellowness), and of white-body supremacy which sprung from the seedlin...

Fossil footprints are invaluable relics of the past, providing information about an individual’s locomotion, biology and behaviour. Hominin footprints are relatively rare across both time and space. Some examples are known, such as the oldest hominin footprints ever discovered in Laetoli, Tanz...

October 1628: Commander Francisco Pelsaert set sail from Texel, Holland. He had with him around 316 men, women and children as part of a fleet of six other vessels. His destination was an active trading port, today known as Jakarta. Between them were months of rough seas and unpredictable weather. B...

Sanskrit is the oldest language that is still spoken. About 25,000 people in India consider it to be their first language. As of 2011, the country had another two million Sanskrit speakers. The United States has the most higher education institutes that offer Sanskrit courses (36), followed by India...

Barring a considerable shift in the political winds, the next US president will be either 82 or 78 years old on Inauguration Day. Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who twice froze in front of cameras and was unable to speak for several agonizing moments, is 81. His Democratic counte...