slow learner

If I could have a magical wish without any unpleasant side effects attached to it, I'd want to be a faster learner. Not so much smarter, but faster. This week's training at the Informatica campus was quite the reminder of how slow I am at learning, a glaring flaw made even more obvious by the only other two students, ladies who are so smart that, if they were literally brilliant, I'd need to wear sunglasses if I wanted to stay in the same room.

"halt and catch fire"

I watched the season finale of "Halt and Catch Fire" last night. After its first nine episodes, where we followed a trio's methodical work to achieve its dream of being the first to create a laptop in 1983, the 10th episode felt rushed and disjointed. Still, I intend to nominate the series for a Hugo next year because, while it was not SF, it felt like SF and shared its preoccupations about the Future.