This is the second post in the series “Why do we study x?” — from the perspective of computer engineers. The first post in the series laid down the foundation for why it is important for people not to forget foundational knowledge; knowledge about how things work, that can be used to improve on current technology and to allow them to maintain existing infrastructure when this is required.
Continue readingEvery now and then I get asked by students in the computer engineering department, which I head in my institution, why a particular course is important for our major. I typically get this comment about courses from outside the department that serve to provide supporting knowledge for computer engineers. I have tried to explain the importance of these courses so many times, that I think it would be best to just create a series of blog posts about why they are important and direct students to those links when I get asked these questions.
Continue readingSo, recently as the Egyptian pound has continued its relentless devaluation journey against the US dollar, I have found myself taking more care with spending. As my credit card bill mushroomed, I decided to get a better understanding of our spending habits. The first step to action is knowledge, and I needed to know what was eating up most of my income. Naturally, as a computer geek, my first impulse was to write a program to solve my issue — and that is exactly what I have done.
Continue readingDISCLAIMER: This post was created entirely by chatGPT, except for one small edit I made. I am posting here to show you the power of generative AI models. We are entering a new era.
Continue readingI’ve been infected with COVID three times. Once during the Alpha wave, once during the Delta wave and just recently, a few weeks ago, during the Omicron wave. I am vaccinated and boosted, AstraZeneca primary dose with Pfizer booster, and I mask as often as possible. I only put off my mask for the briefest of moments when blowing nose or drinking for example.
Continue readingI consider myself a person of many hobbies, I love gardening, gadgets, collecting stamps, collecting coins, collecting fountain pens, horology, photography, running, and reading books. Running and reading have their obvious rewards, the endorphins released by exercise make me feel good, and reading expands the mind. I love getting new information from books.
Continue readingThe pandemic years have not been kind to us. In 2020 we lost my aunt and uncle to COVID, this was our first shock introduction to the disease. This was followed by the death of my young cousin, also to the same disease. At this point I had developed quite a phobia of the disease, that it could kill my cousin, several years younger than me, and supposedly in good health, was a complete shock to me.
Continue readingHello, it’s been a very long time since I posted anything on this blog. COVID hasn’t been very kind to our family, we lost three family members, and as I write this post, another family member is COVID positive.
Continue readingI’ve written before on my stance on conspiracy theories, so it should come as no surprise that I am disappointed by the new set of conspiracy theories that have cropped up regarding the latest pandemic.
If you’ve been following my blog, you will probably know that I have transitioned most of my working tools to digital versions a long time ago. I’ve been using digital task managers, note taking software, cloud storage and calendars for many years now.
