Author Archives: Andrew Reynolds

About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.

Andrew’s Third Law of Software Development

Posted on 11/24/2017 by Andrew Reynolds

Bugs detected in a software system can be corrected in these four ways: Fix and do a new release. Tell boss, “It works on my machine.” Tell user, “That’s a network error, retry later.” Document it and call it a … Continue reading →

Posted in wisdom | Tagged computer humor, humor, wisdom | 21 Comments

Wednesday Woodworking – Framed

Posted on 11/22/2017 by Andrew Reynolds

Finally got this project done: The Redwood Picture frame with Heather’s painting of redwoods! Heather did a great painting and if you think this is good, it’s one of a set of three that she’s working on. The frame is … Continue reading →

Posted in woodworking | Tagged picture frame | 40 Comments

Movember Poem

Posted on 11/19/2017 by Andrew Reynolds

Movember Razor scrapes face clean. Towel dries tears. Lip quivers at the memory. Eyes face the past, while throat prepares to cry into the future. A budding soup-strainer starts the conversation. Stubble opens ears. Lips speak of, Motivation, Awareness, Paying-it-forward, … Continue reading →