Category: Thoughts

The second part of the Chile trip was in Vina del Mar with Steve, Mirja, Chris Showalter, and Ben Kelly. This part of the trip included relaxing at our hosts’ house, a trip to Chuck E. Cheese with a couple children, driving in Santiago, black pepper potato chips, a Moai, getting stared at like I…

Life is full of decisions, some major, many minor, most irrelevant. Some of the major, life changing decisions are obviously that when you make them, but I wonder how many decisions we thought were minor or irrelevant at the time we made them, proved to actually be life changing. I think back to a couple…

I think this is pretty cool. Courtesy of GeekBeat.tv.

I went back to Chile with Steve and Mirja and this time Denise joined us for the first week. Steve is still pretty chill and professional, Mirja is still hilarious, and I learned Denise is an amazing person. During the week I saw breast feeding on a plane for the first time, traveled to one…

David Kwong presented Two Nerdy Obsessions Meet – and it’s Magic as a TED Talk.

I saw, but wasn’t following the Gamergate story until it was well underway, but Brianna’s It Happened to Me article is worth reading. They threatened the wrong woman this time. I am the Godzilla of bitches. I have a backbone of pure adamantium, and I’m sick of seeing them abuse my friends.

Last week was pretty calm, which is needed to be following the week before. Happy Halloween!

A little over a week ago I updated to Yosemite. At first most of the things I noticed are aesthetic changes and my computer waking from sleep must faster. That was before I updated my devices to iOS 8, which is required for what I think will end up being the most useful and visible…

It’s nice to see the NCAA allow this. College Moves Up Season So Dying Basketball Player Can Play First Game, about a young lady diagnosed with a brain tumor. A terminally ill basketball player in Ohio will get a chance to make her dreams come true with her first college game.

October consisted of smoking meat on the Green Egg and Memphis Madness featuring Rick Ross. There was also a train wreck of an evening and a failed attempt at a good deed.

The seven virtues are: Chastity Temperance Charity Diligence Patience Kindness Humility The seven deadly sins are: Wrath Greed Sloth Pride Lust Envy Gluttony

Julian Treasure presented How to Speak So That People Want to Listen as a TED Talk.

College basketball season is here, kicking off with Big Blue Madness tonight at Rupp Arena. The team should be really good this year, possibly preseason #1 with some people talking about an undefeated season. Of course that was how last year started and we know how that went. The team recently had what was essentially…

I’d like to see the major internet companies get together and buy Time Warner Cable. Specifically the companies that indirectly profit from an easily accessible and fast internet like Google, Netflix, and Facebook, that worry about net neutrality and Comcast buying Time Warner Cable. I’d really like to see a couple of the other cash rich…

There are 6 undefeated teams remaining in college football, Mississippi State, Florida State, Mississippi, Baylor, Notre Dame, and Marshall. At least 2 of them should lose before the season ends because they play another undefeated team with Florida State playing Notre Dame this weekend and Mississippi State and Mississippi playing Thanksgiving weekend, leaving 4 undefeateds.…