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Derrick

A Canadian electrical engineer living in Switzerland, developing software for over 40 years, e.g. big data for electric distribution utilities and the cloud security space, but now retired.

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Retirement

Logoware

One of my predictions, that hasn’t come true so far, is that logoware — clothing with obvious company badging — will go out of fashion.

Derrick Derrick 11 January 2026
Letters

United States

Dear dad, it seems that Canada, and the rest of the world, is a little miffed with the United States right now.

Derrick Derrick 13 April 2025
Writing

Steering the Craft

If anyone is attempting the exercises in Ursula K. Le Guin's Steering the Craft, I'm open to exchanging critiques.

Derrick Derrick 8 February 2025
Letters

Road Hockey

Dear dad, Nobody in our childhood peer group played ice-hockey - the equipment was too expensive - but we did play a lot of road-hockey.

Derrick Derrick 6 January 2025
Writing

2024 The Year In Review

My retirement story continues, with very few changes – if you were being charitable, you would call it boring.

Derrick Derrick 6 January 2025
Letters

Apple Day

Dear dad, Apple day was a big fund-raiser for cubs and scouts and the Oswald homestead was ground-zero on those days.

Derrick Derrick 13 December 2024
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