11 May 2023

Kenn’s 21 Rules for Software Development

As someone who’s been an information technology professional for over three decades, I’ve learned a few things along the way. It has been said that a smart person learns from their own mistakes while a wise person learns from the mistakes of others; I have made a buttload of mistakes, so make of that what […]

18 April 2023

Everyone wants your mind

I've devoted a lifetime to the study of computing technology and ancient wisdom. I absolutely do not have all the answers. What I can tell you is how you can better prepare yourself to help me - to help humanity - find the answers.

15 April 2023

The Knowledge of Good and Evil

The serpent, the bringer of truth, spoke to the first woman and told her she had a choice: eat the fruit from the tree of good and evil (i.e. take the red pill) and "grow up," or never leave her state of eternal childlike innocence. The latter may sound appealing in theory, but it runs counter to how most people are hardwired.

11 May 2023

Kenn’s 21 Rules for Software Development

As someone who’s been an information technology professional for over three decades, I’ve learned a few things...
23 February 2021

Is Buddhism a Religion?

Buddhism is non-theistic, which is to say that there is no god or pantheon of gods directly...
26 March 2023

Welcome to esoteknix!

Most of us have heard the above quote a few hundred times already, but how could we not start...
9 November 2022

On Ignorance

"Ignorant" isn't quite the insult that our society considers it to be. Ignorance isn't stupidity; it's a lack of...
23 June 2021

Can we really bring about an end to suffering?

The historical Buddha was very much a realist. He accepted that pleasurable situations and circumstances would always come to...
8 April 2019

Getting WP Post and Postmeta in Single Rows

WordPress uses wp_posts to store post, page, and Custom Post Type (CPT) data the wp_postmeta table for Custom Metabox...
10 January 2017

Homes and Castles

In Family Oriented, I briefly mentioned the home when I referenced the álfar, who in some cases...
10 January 2023

Midjourney, Part One

Lately, I've been playing with Midjourney (via my home Discord channel). If you're not familiar with it, there's Midjourney...
25 July 2016

Wyrd, the Flow of the Universe

Editor’s note: this post was revised and updated on 18 April 2023. “I do not try to understand the...

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