Writing
This blog has no audience. I don't promote it in any way. Topics range from history, business, faith, philosophy, and even long exposés on an evil pyramid scheme. Enjoy.
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Game creation
I've been dabbling with creating video games over the last few weeks. Engineering & Innovation · October 23 · 7 min -
AI is making my head spin
It’s been over three years since I posted on my site about some interesting but nascent new technology called generative AI. Engineering & Innovation · February 5 · 24 min
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History Series – Part Two
We pick up from part one around the year 550 AD. History · June 28 · 6 min -
History Series – Part One
I recently finished reading The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. History · May 29 · 9 min -
Multi-level Marketing Madness – A follow up
I'm excited to write a follow up to a post I wrote in 2022 about a Multi-level marketing company named Elomir. Business · April 2 · 12 min -
The Lily of the Field and the bird of the air
In this book, he examines a passage of scripture that talks about lilies and birds, and shares lessons we can learn from them. Philosophy · February 11 · 15 min
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The Rule of 40
Taking both revenue growth and profitability rates into account provides a nice holistic picture of a company’s health. Finance · June 9 · 4 min -
The century of self
K lives in a modern house with a lot of windows that always have bright rays of sunshine shining in. Psychology · June 5 · 11 min -
You are what you eat
As much as I'd like to believe that my true authentic self can absorb all the influencing forces around me and not be impacted, it's just not true. Philosophy · June 4 · 3 min -
The right to Privacy and why “I’ve got nothing to hide” is a terrible argument
We'd been accumulating photos of our Frappuccino's and videos of our butts while we squat at the gym with nowhere to post them until now. Privacy · March 11 · 3 min -
Be eccentric
As any form of content (call it X) approaches the limit of popularity (P), X become increasingly bland and exponentially less interesting. Miscellaneous Topics · January 16 · 3 min
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An intro to emerging tech in AI, and why we might want to prepare ourselves for change ahead of time
As humans, we've generally agreed and adapted to the fact that computers are better than us at chess, computation, and storing knowledge. Business · December 12 · 21 min -
Cooking on a snowy day
I recently bought a better phone than the iphone seven I was using in the past, so I was able to take video in (mostly) 4K and 60 fps. Food · November 30 · 1 min -
Painting – The progressive crushing of expectations
The picture is supposed to look like the image below when done. Miscellaneous Topics · September 30 · 2 min -
Multi-level Marketing Madness
There is a relatively new Multi-level marketing (MLM) company starting called Elomir. Business · August 24 · 26 min -
4WD Arduino Car
I know almost nothing about circuit boards, or installing bluetooth, robotics, etc. Projects · June 6 · 4 min -
The Economy – A Ranking on a Scale of Peach Bellini to Black Hole
If it looks anything like mine (majority red), you may feel the need to rant a little. Finance · June 3 · 16 min -
Mastering indistraction
One of my favourite podcasts is The Knowledge Project, which is hosted by the same people who host my favourite site, fs.blog. Personal Development · May 7 · 11 min -
Poison Pills and Hostile Takeovers
One of the big stories circulating the business world right now is about Elon Musk and his desire to acquire Twitter. Business · April 18 · 3 min -
Flash and substance in tech
If you are a tech worker, with a network of people in tech, you probably have to trudge through thousands of irritating humble brag posts on LinkedIn. Business · April 12 · 18 min -
On deconstruction
Have you noticed a lot of people are talking about deconstruction lately? Philosophy · March 30 · 10 min -
On Reading
She started making fun of me and asked if it wasn't an old enough book for me and basically implied I was being a snob. Miscellaneous Topics · March 10 · 6 min -
Compounding Knowledge – Vol. 1 – Metal tools
This is the first instalment of a series of posts I am writing. Compounding Knowledge Series · January 28 · 6 min -
Year in Review – 2021
It's been a year since I launched this site (Dec 8, 2020). Miscellaneous Topics · January 2 · 1 min
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Model of the Voyager
I got a model kit from a company called Metal Earth. Projects · December 30 · 1 min -
Sounds smart, doesn’t work
I wrote this post in March 2021, but forgot to publish it. Cryptocurrency · November 24 · 2 min -
Water extraction
How much water do we have in the first place? Engineering & Innovation · November 24 · 4 min -
Asbestos Abatement
Did you know I almost started an asbestos abatement (removal) company back when I was doing my undergrad? Miscellaneous Topics · October 20 · 4 min -
Contagion on social media
Then, users were monitored to see how their posts on social media changed as a result of less exposure to positive or negative emotional content. Psychology · October 20 · 7 min -
Measuring distance in space
Picture the biggest skyscraper you have ever seen. Space · October 4 · 5 min -
A thought on conspiracies
Do you know anyone who is nice, smart, caring, and overall just very normal? Psychology · October 4 · 2 min -
An archive of the wild events involving GameStop
Watching all of the events unfold related to GameStop (GME) has been mesmerizing. Finance · January 30 · 19 min -
PEG ratio for SaaS
I learned a new metric called the PEG (Price/Earnings Growth ratio) which is a metric that adjusts P/E ratios by dividing them by earnings growth. Finance · January 30 · 1 min -
Spring Rolls
My wife and I worked on some homemade spring rolls to ring in the new year. Food · January 16 · 1 min -
Building a miniature working Vitascope
I got this model kit from a company called Rokr. Projects · January 13 · 2 min -
Ether vs. Bitcoin. Why I chose Ether.
A few years ago when the first wave of hype was happening around bitcoin and other coins, I made a choice to buy ether instead of bitcoin. Cryptocurrency · January 12 · 3 min
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Cranberry Roasted Chicken
Every now and then I like to film myself while making dinner. Food · December 8 · 1 min -
French Bread
I made my first attempt at bread a couple weeks ago. Food · December 8 · 1 min -
Ginger Beer
It can be alcoholic or not, so it's great drink for anybody. Food · December 8 · 3 min -
Beef Jerky
Beef Jerky is one of those luxury foods that I only ever get during the holidays, but I crave it often. Food · December 8 · 2 min