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Thad Humphries

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Software developer of too many years (Java & JavaScript. In another life, C/C++). Other interests: History, cooking, Shakespeare. Enthusiastic cyclist (recumbent).

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In 1999 I used FrontPage to build some forms for calling a few database query CGIs. The customer's servers have been upgraded and the CGIs recompiled from Solaris to Linux, but those forms are unchanged and still in use.

28.12.2025 21:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's Christmas Day! I haven't missed it. The Spirits have done it all in one night. They can do anything they like. Of course they can. Of course they can.

25.12.2025 13:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"White people were, and are, astounded by the holocaust in Germany. They did not know that they could act that way. But I very much doubt whether black people were astoundedβ€”at least, in the same way." β€”James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

03.12.2025 23:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is fixed in Safari 26.1. Yay!

12.11.2025 17:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In 'Woke,' Cartoonist Keith Knight Drew From A Real-Life 'Wake-Up Call' The Hulu comedy follows Keef, a cartoonist (based on Knight) who doesn't want to fill his comic strips with racial justice issues. But a run-in with the police changes Keef's perspective.

The experience cartoonist Keith Knight relates about himself, his White roommate, and the San Francisco police is enlightening: www.npr.org/2020/09/08/9...

01.11.2025 00:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I watched several A-10 live fire demonstrations when I was assigned to Ft Bragg. They were awesome.

01.11.2025 00:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Peekaboo Paradox

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01.11.2025 00:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sigh. Safari 26 is close but no Chrome, at least when it comes to a quirky bit of nested CSS anchor positioning that I need.

16.09.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wonderful. I was so missing pop-up windows.

21.08.2025 14:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Instagram… The social media that thinks Facebook is too deep.

16.08.2025 23:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

An HP firmware update delivered this morning has fixed this problem. Yay!

21.07.2025 14:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sure. Who better to protect freedom of expression than the asshole who green lighted tear gassing a church.

18.07.2025 17:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bozo was a franchised show in local markets around the US going back to the 1950s. I remember watching him when I was in kindergarten, probably earlier.

09.06.2025 00:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Because Trump does not see anything wrong with bribery. His reason for being in office is to enrich himself and his family, and the Republican Party condones it.

28.05.2025 00:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I like the Dark Dad humor and especially the panel behind the Red Button.

25.05.2025 23:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dealing with #HP tech support is horribly frustrating: Three and a half hours over 3 days, performing the same steps ad nauseam. Finally they say the bug is with their HP Smart app and latest macOS and iOS updates. Argh!

24.03.2025 15:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So that’s where they went when they learned that a protest was going to greet them in Fredericksburg.

18.03.2025 02:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I remember MG Rogers. He spoke to the UCLA Army ROTC cadets in our dayroom in 1976. He was the deputy chief of staff for ROTC at the time.

16.03.2025 20:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I remember him! MG Rogers spoke to the UCLA Army ROTC cadets in our dayroom in 1976. He was the deputy chief of staff for ROTC at the time.

16.03.2025 20:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Schumer and nine other Senate Democrats voted to advance the bill. The majority of Democrats--37--voted no. Schumer is out of step with his colleagues and should step down. New Democratic leadership is required, and it should in no way include Schumer or the other nine.

15.03.2025 21:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m disgusted with Schumer. He talked a big game up to yesterday afternoon but when Johnson called his bluff, Schumer folded. Probably because after 6 weeks he still had no new idea of how to argue the cause. He should step down and give the job to someone that can lead.

15.03.2025 00:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m disgusted with Schumer. Johnson called his bluff and Schumer folded. The old bastard should step down and give the job to someone that can lead.

14.03.2025 22:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just the one that I was thinking of.

28.02.2025 16:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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26.02.2025 01:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pneumatic transmission is the cause suspected by one expert in the current Freakonomics series on rats. The expert raising this idea cited the speed at which the plague spreadβ€”too fast for rats, which had to die before the fleas would leave their host.

26.02.2025 00:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Warner recently turned 70. Hey, I’m almost 70 and I’m tired of politicians older than me. Get some younger folks in there. I hope they do a better job than these old bastards.

17.02.2025 14:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh please, Br’er Fox. Don’t throw me in that briar patch.

08.02.2025 04:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Right in lockstep with the rest of his party. A Republican can’t hold office unless they kowtow to Trumplethinskin.

25.01.2025 18:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Some people dislike being told that their emperor has no clothes.

11.01.2025 20:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s always good to hear positive things about Fredericksburg. I hope when you can drop a line when you’re in town and we can meet for coffee.

22.12.2024 02:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0