Stephen MarkacsThat damn airplane runwayOk, to start, lets forget about that for a minute. There’s a wheel rolling, no airplane, no runway, just a standard rolling wheel like on…Mar 30Mar 30
Stephen Markacsgoodbye old interview problem, you served me wellIn what for me is a sort of spiritual moment, I am retiring an interview problem I’ve used as my primary question for nearing 10 years. I…Nov 23, 2023Nov 23, 2023
Stephen MarkacsThe Instagrid and the Imposition of ThreenessMy early Instagram had coalesced into a 3-phase rotation, as worked naturally with the Instagram grid’s width of 3. One column was pics of…Feb 16, 2019Feb 16, 2019
Stephen MarkacsThe ephemerality of the perfect productI searched for a long time for the perfect cycling glove. I had something that I liked the feel of, but it didn’t have any padding. I had…Aug 11, 20181Aug 11, 20181
Stephen Markacs<civ> Religious Emergency </civ>Rise and Fall, the latest update to the latest version of the video game Civilization, introduces “religious emergencies”, whereby a group…Aug 3, 2018Aug 3, 2018
Stephen MarkacsBad MathI get bothered by bad math in political posts, and have seen a couple of cases lately that really bothered me. There was this:Aug 3, 20181Aug 3, 20181
Stephen MarkacsTyranny of the ChordsHaving vomited forth two posts of bike thoughts that had accumulated in my few years of biking as a adult and contemplating gently the idea…Apr 15, 2018Apr 15, 2018
Stephen Markacs#nomamilI don’t wear tight clothes when I bike, clip in, ride a carbon frame or skinny tires, or use padded shorts. I’m not racing anyone and I…Apr 1, 2018Apr 1, 2018
Stephen MarkacsNerd, on a bikeWhen I was a kid, I had a BMX bike that I loved, and rode all the time, and a ’10 speed’ that I hated, and basically never rode. So when…Mar 24, 20181Mar 24, 20181