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October 4, 2018

First Night Mountain Bike Ride

Last night, after work I hit the local trails with the goal of riding until dark so I could try out the pair of Lezyne lights I bought.

October 2, 2018

Book Review: Finding Flow

I just finished reading Finding Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on the psychology of engagement with everyday life and it’s a book I thoroughly enjoyed.

September 25, 2018

Apple Mail

With the demise of Google Inbox coming soon I decided it was time to make a switch and start exploring other alternatives.

September 24, 2018

My First Half Century Bike Ride

Yesterday afternoon I decided to hop on my bike and just go riding.

September 12, 2018

Farewell Google Inbox

Google announced today that they are sunsetting Inbox in favor of regular Gmail:

September 7, 2018

First thoughts on the Mastodon Social Network

I keep hearing about this new social network called Mastodon. It’s like Twitter but not exactly.

August 28, 2018

The 2018 Fall Foliage Prediction Map

Looking to head to the mountains this autumn and see the leaves?

August 27, 2018

Senator McCain's Farewell Statement

Below is the text from Senator John McCain’s farewell statement after his passing at age 81:

August 16, 2018

Twitter Sends A Eulogy to 3rd Party Apps

I’ve always heard, “never build your business on something you don’t control” and those words have never been more accurate for 3rd party Twitter apps.

July 21, 2018

Embracing Remote by Working Outside

Even though I’ve worked remote for years I’ve always been a work from a desk kind of person.

July 9, 2018

Travis Pastrana Makes All Three of Evel Knievel's Historic Jumps

Last night in Las Vegas and live on the History channel Travis Pastrana landing all three of Evel Knievel’s historic jumps.

June 8, 2018

Photo Gallery: Walking around USNWC

Every Thursday night the White Water Center in Charlotte NC has what they call River Jam.

June 5, 2018

Mojave Desktop Backgrounds

Yesterday, Apple announced the new MacOS Mojave and it comes with an awesome day and night picture of the desert.

May 23, 2018

Ditch the iPhone for a cellular Apple Watch?

I’ve seen some companies are now offering “dumb phones” which are basically cell phones that do two things, phone calls and texts.

May 22, 2018

1Password 7 for Mac

AgileBits just released 1Password 7 for the Mac and it comes with a ton of new improvements.

May 21, 2018

Arby's Sauce Font - Saucy_AF

Free Arby’s Sauce font:

May 20, 2018

Take Notes On Paper

Walter Isaacson in the conclusion of the biography of Leonardo Da Vinci:

May 18, 2018

Xbox Adaptive Controller

In my family, we are not big gamers. We have an old WII and then just iOS games.

May 16, 2018

How much have I spent with Amazon?

A few years ago my family only used Amazon to purchase books and electronics, but over the past year and a half, the company has made its way into our dail...

May 14, 2018

ZSH Stats

I was not aware ZSH had a stats option that will display your top commands until I saw this tweet by Roger Creasy: