About every six months or so, I get the itch to gamble – in a jurisdiction that allows it, of course. Despite decades of [expensive] practice, I’m not very good at it. It seems to me that the best ...

Hard work is necessary but not sufficient for progress in the gym. Most people who train consistently and without meaningful results over years aren't lacking effort, they're simply lacking structure.

Bitcoin has fallen 50% from its October 2025 high, yet I continue to aggressively dollar-cost average into BTCI and currently own 34% of a Bitcoin. I share my investment portfolio's BTCI position ...

Decorating the nursery, washing and folding tiny newborn clothes, sleeping (while you still can, as all the just wait-ers will tell you), and figuring out how to assemble the over-engineered stroller ...

Poppy Jasper International Film Festival director Mattie Scariot remembers growing up in Gilroy, California and feeling like she could never be connected to the film world. “At 10 years old, I wanted ...

The claim that Java is ‘dead’ has been made so repeatedly that it has become a cliche. In 2026, it is still one of the most popular programming languages. It is still one of the most popular languages ...

Steve was a Senior Writer at AP, where he covered over 40 smartphones a year. Steve has carried the latest and greatest around in his pocket for nearly 30 years, with everything from Motorola StarTACs ...

Imagine you're driving on a highway (your program is running). Suddenly, a tyre gets punctured (an exception occurs). If you don't have a spare tyre (no exception handling), you're stuck on the road ...

Java ranked third in the Tiobe Index for January 2026 at 8.71%, holding steady behind Python and C and just ahead of C++. Tiobe named C# its Programming Language of the Year for 2025 after the largest ...