• Registers, Rants, and Random Entries — from Grace’s Diary

    Registers, Rants, and Random Entries — from Grace’s Diary

    March 12, 1975 Dear diary, Today was a good day. I optimized a subroutine in 8080 code that shaves off 12 cycles per loop iteration! No compiler could ever dream of doing that. I bet my code could make even an IBM engineer shed a tear of joy. These folks keep talking about “maintainability” and…

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  • A Bushy Affair

    A Bushy Affair

    Isn’t it curious that the president of a forest turns out to be a bush? Nevertheless, as a ‘beneficiary’ of imperialism, I must confess that the veracity of the ensuing account is somewhat compromised. Names and some details have been deliberately obfuscated for the sake of national (or should I say, personal) security. In days…

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  • The Challenge of Solitude

    The Challenge of Solitude

    The hour neared five and the evening sky donned its overcast veil. A gentle breeze flirted with the trees, the scent of fresh leaves enchanting the senses. Surely, no evening could have been more serene. The bus harboured but three souls — two were elderly men, and the third was myself, ensconced by a window…

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  • Too Lucky to be Yours

    Too Lucky to be Yours

    I am thirty-two years old, comfortably enshrouded in the role of a spinster, and reside alone in an apartment high on the eleventh floor, overlooking a cityscape that feels both confining and infinite. If you propose that I need a physical fitness program, consider this: I exercise daily through intricate mental gymnastics — evading straightforward…

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