Category Archives: Personal
Happy Father’s Day!
Being a dad can be taxing, but I’d definitely do it again (commit to being a dad, that is). This one goes out to my beautiful wife and daughter, thanks for making the journey an interesting one! Also to all the other dads out there… enjoy your day and make the most of it!
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How Adam Savage Made My Day
Having over 24,000 followers on twitter at the time of this writing, Adam Savage (of MythBusters fame) is no stranger to the venerable “@” tweet. Having been directed (by his Twitter feed) to his outstanding TED talk, I became immediately curious as to how he managed his “Creative Projects” repository of images, having recently begun [...]
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A Thought Just Occurred To Me.
In nature, seemingly all things have purpose. Forest fires help sequoia seeds to sprout, scavengers dispose of the dead, mounds of bat droppings in a cave provide an infinite food source for all kinds of insects. Everything is perfectly suited to support the other: practical and pragmatic. Only in the luxury of intelligence and self [...]
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Digimon: How I think it can be explained through Quantum Mechanics.
Digimon. It was a Saturday morning cartoon a few years back that was my motivator for getting up at 5 in the morning. I don’t know about Brian, but Kit knows of this show and was also a fan. It was based on the EXTREMELY Japanese premise of a parallel universe home to many colorful [...]
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In Memory of Michael Crichton: 1942-2008
One of my all-time favorite authors, the science fiction genius Michael Crichton, passed away November 4th, 2008 from Cancer. He was probably best known for his book: Jurassic Park, and also as the creator of the television series: ER. Crichton was, in my opinion, a science fiction genius. He could take fantastic ideas like resurrecting [...]
LEDs are Freaking Cool
Call it a mild obsession if you will, but I think LED’s are quite wicked-cool. For example, posted above is our new TIX clock which we picked up from ThinkGeek.com. No, it’s not binary, but it’s not the most simple of things to read either… the lights randomly shift their orientation, so it can be [...]
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Intelligent “Investment” Solutions.