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The Mad Ned Memo

ASCII Double-Murder

There are a million stories in the Naked Medium City. Let’s read two of them.

10 min readMar 16, 2022

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ASCII Double-Murder

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The Sunny Side of Firing Someone

I spend my time these days in a purely technical role, but I’ve been working for long enough to have put in some extended time in a…

9 min readMar 12, 2022

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The Sunny Side of Firing Someone

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Internal Success Before External Success

I had to go to the other side of the world to learn it. Everyone else, read on.

10 min readFeb 2, 2022

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Internal Success Before External Success

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Always Mount A Scratch Monkey

The (probably) true story behind the infamous Field Service meme

5 min readJan 16, 2022

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Always Mount A Scratch Monkey

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The Eternal Joy of “Hello World!”

I’m starting the new year by saying “Hello, World!”, which is an activity I have engaged in many times before. Each of these greetings is…

8 min readJan 12, 2022

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The Eternal Joy of “Hello World!”

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Code Like You Don’t Own It

Five Reasons to Avoid Being a Territorial Programmer

7 min readJan 8, 2022

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Code Like You Don’t Own It

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Get Used To Bragging About Yourself

It may be obnoxious in your social life, but it’s essential for your work life.

5 min readDec 18, 2021

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Get Used To Bragging About Yourself

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Surviving Your Negative-Subscriber Article

How I Learned That If You Love Your Readers, You Have To Let Them Go

5 min readDec 12, 2021

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Surviving Your Negative-Subscriber Article

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Black Hat Exploits of the Stupid-Easy ‘80s

I’m not saying there was no computer security in the 1980s but, Wait... Yes. Yes, I am.

10 min readDec 11, 2021

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Black Hat Exploits of the Stupid-Easy ‘80s

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Let’s Pretend We’re Paying You to Do This

Some easy-to-give, hard-to-follow work advice

5 min readDec 9, 2021

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Let’s Pretend We’re Paying You to Do This

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The Mad Ned Memo

I am Ned Utzig, a lifelong computer gamer, hacker, maker, and engineer. Here for nerdy tales and discussions of computing technology — past, present, and future

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