Rick Sutcliffe's Blog

The AIs Have It

Thanksgiving, the Knights of Pythia, Big Julie, Question Time, finances, tariffs, depressions, Great White Chief Big Brother and the Little Sisters, sic transit and the use and abuse of AI

A Different World

Writing on 2025 09 11, the Spy reflects upon how our world has changed over this past quarter-century.

A Quiet Fall?

Ruminations on tech support telephone silence, product introduction timidity, and a satellite Fall.

Adventures in PHP

Dipping into the depths of php and the ioncube loader on a LAMP server, plus a few remarks on electricity, electronics, and the effect of import taxes on the economy.

Carpe Deja Vu

Personal and national birthdays, plus grasping the 'all over again' from Greek political mythology as applied to present times and a brief look at an uninspiring WWDC 2025.

Sic transit gloria mundi and A Modest Proposal

The Spy comments on change and makes a modest proposal (apologies to Swift)

Cabbages and Kings

A miscellany of Carroll-like topics

May the Fourth Be With You

The Spy prognosticates on WWCDC, a possible bold move for Apple, and economic issues. He also reprises last month's role as an advice columnist--albeit too late.

The April Letterbox

The Spy plays advice columnist for a distressed business owner.

Sic transit gloria mundi & A Modest Proposal

The Spy comments on change and makes a modest proposal (apologies to Swift)