Matt Watson

Song Swap: Lilac Wine

Matt Watson

Blake picked out this song for me as part of a “song swap” exercise, where we exchange songs we like and share our gut reactions. You can see his take on a Karl Jenkins piece I shared with him here.

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Thoughts about online Scrabble

Matt Watson

Here, I offer some pros and cons to the online Scrabble games I've tried and reflect on some ideas I have for making my own Scrabble clone website, and potentially other board games, with friends.

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Let me live dangerously, PHP

Matt Watson

As a web developer who works mainly with PHP, I’ve been experiencing the excruciating slog that is upgrading from version 7.4 to 8+. Among the many backward incompatibilities, the one that keeps rearing its ugly head the most by far is the new E_WARNING for trying to access an undefined key on an array.

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Weeping and gnashing of teeth over AI

Matt Watson

I have a love-hate relationship with technology in general and artificial intelligence (AI) in particular. Or I should say, a hate-love relationship, because I find myself hating these things by default and loving them only out of necessity. Like a relationship being maintained only out of convenience.

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Updates 2023

Matt Watson

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged about my personal life, so I figured it’s time for an update.

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Notes on The Ladder of Divine Ascent by John Climacus

Matt Watson

It took me almost exactly ten months, but I finally finished a great spiritual classic called The Ladder of Divine Ascent by St. John Climacus.

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