Month: July 2016

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This is exactly the kind of thing I want to archive. That machine probably went out of service years ago, and the software probably doesn’t exist on any hard drive anywhere.

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I’ve recorded countless hours of phone conversations with 4 different health insurance companies over the past year. Maybe the Library of Congress will want them a few decades from now. A glimpse into the insane state of US healthcare in the early 2000s.

Mirroring This Website

A few months ago, I was lamenting the impermanence of our work. As software developers, will anything remain long after we’re gone?

I’m taking a cue from Manton and have setup a complete mirror of this website at mmorris.github.com. I’ve decided to not enable a CNAME record to enable a custom domain for it, because when the domain registration lapses a year after my death, it would stop working. The repository would remain, but it wouldn’t be browsable.

I wrote a quick and dirty script to automate the process. This script is run by a cron job every night, keeping the mirror up to date.

I’d guess that over 90% of the work I’ve done is private, either for employers or contract work for clients, so I can’t archive it all here. But I’m going to try to update and add more of my personal projects. This even includes non-software projects like the cherry bookshelf I built for my wife after we got married, and the picnic table I’m currently building in our backyard.

The greater Memphis area is peppered with houses and other buildings that my grandfather built throughout his life. I can still go and see and touch things that he built. Given the nature of the career I chose, this is the best I can do.