Seveneves
I finally finished Seveneves last night. I’ve been a fan of Neal Stephenson’s writing for years, going all the way back to Snow Crash. Seveneves did not disappoint.If you’re familiar with Stephenson’s...
View ArticleChris Cornell
What a tragic loss for music fans everywhere. Especially fans around my age.Here’s an acoustic performance by Chris Cornell of the U2 song One while he sings the lyrics from the Metallica song One....
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You Are the Product
I’m becoming more disillusioned with social media every day. I recently came across this article on the London Review of Books thanks to Longform.org. It does a great job of capturing and reenforcing...
View ArticleA Mining and Machine Learning PC for $500
In my never-ending quest for the “next big thing” in technology, I’ve been dividing my time between cryptocurrency and machine learning. I’m still not sure about the long-term value of Bitcoin and...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2017
About this time tomorrow I’ll hopefully be typing much faster than I am right now. November 1 is the first day of National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo 2017.The goal is to type a 50,000...
View ArticleLooking Back on 2018
As we move forward into 2018, I can’t help but reflect on the previous year. So much has changed in our country and in society in general. It seems like there’s so much negativity in the world, but I...
View Article2018 Goals and Habits
Last year I focused mainly on my weight. I developed healthy habits around diet and exercise and I plan to continue those through 2018, and hopefully for the rest of my life.My overall focus for 2018...
View ArticleGetting Started With D&D
Halfway through my 5th grade year, my family moved over 100 miles away from the small town where I was born to the Dallas / Fort Worth area. This was before the internet or any other cheap long...
View ArticleLooking For Engineers
We’re currently looking to hire two more experienced Ruby / JavaScript engineers here in the Sharethrough Austin office. This is one of the hardest parts of my job as an Engineering Manager. If you’re...
View ArticleYour GitHub Portfolio
In my last post, I talked about how to setup your GitHub profile when looking for a job. Now that your GitHub profile page is looking good, shape up the details of your top repositories. You can...
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