Category: Thoughts

Last weekend was NCA. Getting there was a disaster, but the event was great. When I woke up I was booked on a direct American flight landing at 1:30pm. By the time I made it to Dallas, around 10:30pm via a connecting flight on Delta, I’d been in possession of 9 boarding passes or seat…

Vernā Myers presented How to Overcome Our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them as a TED Talk.

Passwords are annoying. To have a good one you need to have a very long, extra complicated, never been used before combination that changes often. Then you are supposed to remember it without writing it down. If you use a password manager, like I do, it helps in some ways and hurts in others. My…

Net Neutrality is the idea all internet data will be treated equally by Internet Service Providers, such as AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner, and Level 3, and last week was a big week for Net Neutrality advocates. The FCC approved rules that will classify the internet similar to how public utilities are treated, regulations and…

Last week involved a lot of snow and ice. It also included my car sliding into my roommate’s truck, my computer going on hiatus, almost hitting a car I didn’t see as I changed lanes, almost getting hit by a car that pulled out without seeing me, being in a vehicle as it got hit…

Thomas Hellum presented The World’s Most Boring Television … and Why it’s Hilariously Addictive as a TED Talk.

Last week I must have typed in a wrong website address and was redirected to a page saying there was a problem with my computer. More specifically it said my Windows computer which made it extremely easy to tell it was a scam since I was using a Mac. I hope everyone reading this realizes…

I went to Atlanta for Cheersport. I probably should say I went to Atlanta during Cheersport since I didn’t do anything with the event. It was good to see so many people and strange being at an event with no responsibility.

Lent started today, beginning a period of 40-something days in which a noticeable item is removed or added to my life. This year my 40-something days will be without alcohol. I’ve done this several times in the past, along with giving up red meat and carbonated beverages. I also had one year in which I…

USA Today is my favorite general news source. I set it as my homepage a couple years ago so I’ll see the front page several times throughout the day and won’t miss anything big. I’ll occasionally go to CNN, but it’s usually after seeing a headline on USA Today. The other day I went to…

Marc Abrahams presented A Science Award that Makes You Laugh, Then Think as a TED Talk.

Happy Valentine’s Day. That’s All.

I had another relatively slow week. It was partially due to having some issues over the weekend and partially due to continuing to lay the foundation for several projects. Even with it being slow I feel like I had a better week than the tree in the picture below. On the bright side I went…

The latest book I’ve read is The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida. I can’t remember who recommended it and think I either read it at the wrong time or took to long to read it because it didn’t really keep my attention. The book is about becoming a better man and learning…