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An Old Person’s Guide to Writing Async Jobs with Google Cloud Platform (+Slack!)
An Old Person’s Guide to Writing Async Jobs with Google Cloud Platform (+Slack!)
It’s clear to me that what the world needs now, this very minute, is a middle-aged moron telling folks how to build microservices in 2017.
Eric Fixler
Nov 9, 2017
In Sweden: Money without Cash
In Sweden: Money without Cash
I haven’t bought anything with cash in Sweden in well over a year.
Eric Fixler
Jun 29, 2017
Odes to Sweden, Part I: Youth Sports
Odes to Sweden, Part I: Youth Sports
If I could be a kid again, I’d almost definitely do it in Sweden.
Eric Fixler
Jun 26, 2017
Reflections on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017
It is definitely true that the Holocaust should never be allowed to happen again, and we should agree that slaughtering Jews is bad.
Eric Fixler
Apr 28, 2017
Winter Biking Part III: Gloves
If you’re trying to keep your hands warm on handlebars, maybe I can help.
Eric Fixler
Apr 16, 2017
Kläder Efter Väder, Tikar
If Adm. Peary could get from Brooklyn to the North Pole, I can surely ride my bike around this town all winter even if it’s a little cold.
Eric Fixler
Nov 5, 2016
Winter is Coming: Bike Commuting in Stockholm
An exploration of what it takes to ride more or less comfortably through the wet and cold and dark and snow that is Stockholm winter.
Eric Fixler
Nov 3, 2016
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
It’s a great corn maze. I don’t envy Peter Eisenman, the designer of this monument.
Eric Fixler
Apr 22, 2016
Samariter Doner Has No Toothpicks
Samariter Doner Has No Toothpicks
Every 100 seconds the lights go out. Every 105 I push the button to get 100 more seconds of light. I am not sure how this is helping.
Eric Fixler
Apr 21, 2016
Hunter Captured by the Game: Treptower Park
Hunter Captured by the Game: Treptower Park
Eighty thousand Red Army soldiers died in the battle for Berlin, some 5,000 of whom are buried at Treptower Park.
Eric Fixler
Apr 20, 2016
Bernie, Hillary, the Primary, and the Jews
Bernie, Hillary, the Primary, and the Jews
In the debate, on national TV, Bernie had apparently said some sensible things about Israel and Palestine. This could be huge.
Eric Fixler
Apr 19, 2016
Hitler’s Beneficiaries, by Götz Aly
Hitler’s Beneficiaries, by Götz Aly
Eric Fixler
Mar 27, 2016
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