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Cary Millsap Weekly Newsletter Canceled: June 4 Tuesday Zoom There will be no Tuesday Zoom call this Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Sadly, a family friend has passed away, and her funeral service is scheduled for the same time as our call. I’ll plan to see you again on Tuesday, June 11. See more › The Fundamental Challenge of Computer System Performance This week’s featured article is one of my favorites from 2015. The fundamental challenge of computer system performance is for your system to have...
Cary Millsap Weekly Newsletter A Lesson in Writing from 1944 This week’s featured article is one of my favorites from 2008. I watched the Presidential debate tonight. One of the candidates mentioned a pair of letters that General Dwight David Eisenhower wrote in 1944. He wrote one letter that he would use in the event of a victorious Normandy invasion, and he wrote another one that he would use in the event of a defeat. I… See more › Tuesday Zoom Each Tuesday at 10:30am CDT (3:30pm UTC), I...
Cary Millsap Weekly Newsletter The Dog Collar Incident This week’s article is about an important lesson my dog taught me. My family moved to an 80-acre farm when I was about 7 years old. My parents raised catfish as a side gig. Living on a fish farm gave me an opportunity to become a bounty hunter. My Dad paid me 25¢ for every cottonmouth water moccasin I killed. Cottonmouths are big black snakes that eat just… See more › Tuesday Zoom Each Tuesday at 10:30am CDT (3:30pm UTC), I host a weekly...