Rick Sutcliffe's Blog

A few news items to ponder.

Cognitive Dissonance: The Spy thinks about thinking oppositely about the same thing at the same time.

Who or what drives things, and where are they driven?

Humour from a Christmas past, wishes for Christmas present, and hope for always Christmas and never winter.

Thanksgiving, the Knights of Pythia, Big Julie, Question Time, finances, tariffs, depressions, Great White Chief Big Brother and the Little Sisters, sic transit and the use and abuse of AI

Writing on 2025 09 11, the Spy reflects upon how our world has changed over this past quarter-century.

Ruminations on tech support telephone silence, product introduction timidity, and a satellite Fall.

Dipping into the depths of php and the ioncube loader on a LAMP server, plus a few remarks on electricity, electronics, and the effect of import taxes on the economy.

Personal and national birthdays, plus grasping the 'all over again' from Greek political mythology as applied to present times and a brief look at an uninspiring WWDC 2025.

The Spy comments on change and makes a modest proposal (apologies to Swift)