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Jul 3
4 min

coding is not my dream job

I was recently in an interview and the interviewer excitedly described their ideal candidate: "We're looking for someone that's really pa...

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roux

Jan 1, 2019
10 min

the telephone booth

Esteban Hernández was stirring pasta, an old radio quietly crackling some cumbia rhythms from a nearby shelf in the small kitchen, when h...

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roux

Apr 30, 2017
4 min

scintilla on a bus

How do you take the measure of a page? Of a block of fictive text? Words, words, punctuation, story. Do you count, block by chunk Tolstoy...

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roux

Feb 1, 2017
5 min

prince - 'piano & a microphone'

When I arrived at the theatre, the line was out the door. Correction: lines - one going left, the other to the right. Out the door, aroun...

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roux

Jan 30, 2017
4 min

culture and chains

I was talking to a friend about how he’s unhappy working at his company. Why, I asked? They apparently hired a new junior developer who w...

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roux

Dec 1, 2016
5 min

the (not so) american dream

It’s easy, you know. It’s all Flashdance, pick-up and play, sudden success easy - that’s the American Dream. The funny part is that it is...

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roux

Nov 1, 2016
5 min

the 'pick two' reality of development

I recently had a client that wanted me to help them make their site "better." After I took a look at the site and code, we sat down and I...

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roux

Oct 1, 2016
5 min

switching to dvorak; worth it?

About a year ago, my computer keyboard broke and I started looking for a new one. Those of you who know me could have predicted what happ...

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roux

Sep 1, 2016
6 min

rain4heart

123 kilometers. 4 hours and 17 minutes. 880 meters climbed. 2600 calories burned. All done on less than 30 minutes of sleep in the p...

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roux

Aug 1, 2016
4 min

why ride fixed?

There's this moment that happens on a fixed gear bike. You're motoring along at pace and suddenly you feel it. It's subtle, at first, and...

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roux

Jul 1, 2016
3 min

... on the bicycle ...

What is a bicycle? Two wheels. A frame. Pedals. A saddle. A handlebar. And freedom. The bicycle, whose iconic outline is recognized alm...

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roux

Jun 1, 2016
18 min

goodbye beloved president

I'd always enjoyed writing and so, when I was 16, I took a creative writing course. The final project was to write a short story based on...

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roux

May 6, 2016
9 min

boy oh boy! it's the apple watch!

The future is here!!! That's how I want to start this because, despite constant use of my laptop, tablet and smartphone, never has a piec...

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roux

Apr 1, 2016
5 min

reflections on how to approach another three decades

I'm about to turn thirty. This generally puts people in a pensive mood, folds their thoughts to a reflective bent and, soon, questions ab...

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roux

Mar 1, 2016
3 min

how strong is the lonely cyclist?

How strong is the lonely cyclist? Riding at morning, at noon and at night. From a distance, he seems nothing more than a shrivelled, hunc...

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roux

Feb 4, 2016
5 min

meeting the man with the hammer

It has become my custom to, four or five times a year, ride out with the sole intention of meeting the Man with the Hammer. The Man with ...

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