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When I write code, I tend to use long, descriptive variable names with few abbreviations. This is why.

In the past several years, there has been a lot of hype about how blue light from screens affects our sleeping patterns. Turns out, it’s not that bad.

I’m excited to announce my newest blog project called Haunting Alex! I intend to use this blog to write about my fascination with horror fiction as well as create a sort of archive of my favorite horror stories that are in the public domain.

Scrum cannibalizes so much of my programming time that I sometimes forget I’m not a manager but a programmer. That is especially true since I started working part-time.

According to BNN Bloomberg, Google is now giving websites a choice: let us train our AI on your content or be delisted from search results.

Apple is forcing Patreon to pay its 30% App Store tax for every subscription done through its iOS app and I think it’s abominable.

Ever since I was old enough to understand what ghosts were, I have had an enduring fascination with the paranormal and horror in general. This is a self-reflection on this interest.

I’m happy to announce that the stories section with the first public domain stories is finally online and available!

Ghost Eaters is a novel I finished at the beginning of 2024 and I thought it was worth writing about because it was a unique take on the ghost story genre with a great twist at the end.

Ever since I was a young child, I’ve been fascinated with tales of ghosts, vampires and all sorts of other horror subgenres. In fact, it’s rare that I read any fiction that isn’t a horror story of one kind of or another which is why I’ve decided to start this blog.

Today, we welcome Roger N from Kent, UK to Profiles of Beskirted Men!

More fashion brands are introducing skirts marketed for men. They are seeing skirts becoming more popular among men and want to meet the growing demand.

I now openly wear skirts in front of everyone, but there was a time when I kept it hidden. This is how I showed my parents my passion for skirt-wearing.

This is a great post by a German man who worked up the courage to wear a skirt and pumps to the office and what happened when he did.

This is an interesting post by a fellow skirt-wearer over at Skirt Cafe about how an interview at his company led to him being able to wear skirts openly at work.

Summer break is coming to an end and I’ve worn skirts out in public more than ever. That doesn’t mean I’ll stop when the seasons change though…

Secret societies, like the notorious Illuminati, have long fascinated people worldwide, their influence extending from history into today’s popular culture.

Today I am excited to announce that after a number of years of lying dormant, History Rhymes is finally getting a new lease on life. 

Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated after the end of the First World War, but that is generally when he exits the stage of popular history. So what happened to him? What did he do in that time? This article aims to explore some of these questions.

It is hard to believe that an entire decade has elapsed since I published my first History Rhymes blog post entitled “Starting Out.” A lot has changed in the past ten years and I have big plans for it for the future.

The rule of the Bavarian kings ended with the German Revolution of 1918-1919 in the immediate aftermath of World War I. The royal family became enemies of the Nazis and had to flee Germany, but never gave up the dream of restoring the monarchy.

History Rhymes has been picked to be featured in an editorial by Tutorful called “History Lovers: Awesome Websites and Resources To Cure Your Boredom”.