Search results for: “later”
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a carousel of cruelty
As a latchkey kid of the 80s, I grew up in a very different America, not merely because of the parenting styles. I remember well the Gipper, and his shining city on a hill vision of America. I remember his thrilling speeches, so well crafted and optimistic. Say what you will of his politics (and…
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Chicken coop door circuit
So I’ve been updating my chicken coop lately. See here for one such recent upgrade: The latest upgrade is a two-fer design… Door State Indication I want to be able to tell, from a distance, that the door is either open or closed. This is both a convenience to the chicken ranchers and a safety…
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New look on life
Wow, what a difference a week can make! In our new ever-accelerating political cycles, just 24 hours can change an entire landscape. The last time I wrote about this election season, it was Joe’s disastrous debate, where a couple things became clear really fast: The pressure to step down ramped up, especially from inside the…
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Blake Crouch’s Recursion
The premise of recursion, like Crouch’s other novels, is very unique. He’s definitely an up-and-coming voice in sci-fi.
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Before The Fall review
You can immediately feel Hawley’s fingerprint all over this story. The prose is so well crafted and pops with an energy.
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development gotcha: incorrect data types
The other day I ran into a code bug that took a while to figure out. It was so unique (to me) that I thought I’d write about it.
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Avengers: Endgame
“Avengers: Endgame” marks the end of a generation of aging nerds like myself. It stirred up in me so much emotion that I wasn’t prepared for and I can’t wait to see the 3 hour finale again.
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Halloween 2018 movie fest
For those that like a little dose of fictional fear and thrill each October, there are endless Halloween movie candidates. This year’s lineup for me was: I plan to also watch a couple TV shows, which I’ll cover later. First up was Creep 2, the sequel to Creep. I liked what Creep set out to do:…
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Redesigning our family finance
The art of personal finance has been a topic of interest for me for most of my adult life. Some people feel strongly about it, choosing all manner of tools, software, processes, etc.; while others employ no real system at all, opting for a more intuitive sense of financial decision-making. That’s a wide spectrum of…
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Email, the new Todo
Shockingly, over a year has elapsed since I last spoke about my digital life-hacking. That’s a pretty terrible commitment to the discipline of writing and contemplation. I can blame that on so many things: raising small, needy humans; steadily growing home-improvement lists; active social calendars; too many screens and not enough books. But the truth…