Rick Cook learned programming on a computer with magnetic drum memory. Since then he's written thousands of articles on all aspects of computers and high technology — as well as several fantasy novels ...

Production-style University Area Network design with VLAN segmentation, trunking (802.1Q), inter-VLAN routing, and a multi-threaded Python socket-based chat system enabling real-time client ...

Novice programmers rarely see the value in externalized configuration. It's tedious and doesn't result in an immediate payoff. That means this task is often overlooked or done poorly, if at all. For ...