A Brief History of VHDL and The FPGA | From a documentation tool to synthesizable hardware - Simple Thread

If you boil down all of the reasons that I love what I do it all comes down to one thing. I like solving puzzles. This is the one profession that I have found that not only allows me to do that, but actually handcrafts bespoke puzzles for my enjoyment almost daily.

This puzzle started with a warning that a server’s file system was running out of disk space. This is usu...

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The data-center power story keeps getting told as an exit from the grid. The hyperscalers building their own generation in northern Nevada, West Texas, and Memphis are not walking away, though. They are ...

Cultivating Creativity

Where does creativity originate? Is it a skill we can sharpen, or an external force we must wait for?

Two of my favorite thinkers on this subject are John Cleese and Elizabeth Gilbert who arrive at a similar conclusion: Creativity is ultimately elusive; it’s not something we can force. Instead, we must cultivate a state of being that welcomes it....

I recently saw a post about someone who had converted their entire basement into a complex system that would make it easier for them to manage their laundry. It really got me thinking about the ways I’ve modified my own environment to support my needs.

I have ADHD, which I didn’t learn until my mid-30s. I probably also have autism (commonly referred to as AuDHD when yo...