In elementary school, the question asked of every child is what level are they reading at?  Is it a third grade level? Sixth? Ninth?
This concept even appears in Presidential politics, as linguists analyze what level the candidates are speaking at: it is a middle school level, or a high school level?
In almost every other aspect [...]

There are things you don’t know about me, things that few people do.
For example, the other night I cooked Tuscan ravioli stew for my wife and myself.  Dinner was fun.  I imagined that the ravioli were flying saucers and referenced the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which had been playing on TV earlier.  [...]

I’m sure this has been said before, but I’m going to remind everyone:
You should try browsing the web with Javascript turned off and observe how broken many things are.  If you run your own site, see how it responds.
At the least, if your site can’t function without Javascript, put in a check to see if [...]

If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
-Sir Isaac Newton
In my short computer science career, I’ve already felt the influence of others. We’re all only human, so it’s impossible for us not to be influenced by others, both good and bad.
Those who fall into the category of good [...]