Trendwatch 2024

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I’m coming to terms with the idea that Trendwatch is going to be more of a hobby project rather than something into which I fully commit my time and energy. And so, a few months after my previous post, I’m coming around for another swing at it.

I had gone to what I initially called “multiple rounds of refactoring” and could probably be better described as “multiple rounds of rearchitecting”. Although I had much of the code working, I just wasn’t satisfied with the quality and readability of the code design.

Will TD hold above $81.34?

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I’m seeing a possible support line at $81.34. This was a recent swing low, attained on July 20. In a recent conversation, a friend of mine whom I’ll refer to as RK, pitched the idea of creating a portfolio consisting … Continued

A few curious thoughts

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If movies worked like real life, who would be Colonel Nathan Jessup’s lawyer? #IfMoviesWorkedLikeRealLife This may come as a surprise, but I’ve never seen the movie A Few Good Men. Now that I’ve stated this far-fetched claim, I’ll qualify it. … Continued

Rush Discography 1989 – 1996

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There are many entries in the Rush discography that were released when I wasn’t paying attention. I’ve been exploring their 1993 album Counterparts and discovering many gems in this collection. With nineteen studio albums in their catalogue, Rush has produced … Continued

To sleep, perchance to dream

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One of the nurses asked me if I wanted a sleeping pill. I declined. However, given my pattern of sleeping only one or two hours at a time, I’ve been thinking it would be nice to sleep through an entire … Continued

git bisect skip

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I was doing a git bisect in my current development branch of Hello Bruce Trail to help nail down a particular problem. At a certain point I reached a commit that I could not test properly to determine whether it … Continued