As 2025 starts to wind down, I am already thinking about goals and chances to make for the upcoming year. I will be done with my college coursework by then, so my schedule is going to open up to incorporate new habits into my life. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been paying more …
As I wrote about recently in “A Work in Progress,” I have been creating my own implementation of a “second brain.” A year or so ago, I had a pretty robust system set up that included one component I didn’t mention in that blog post: Evernote. After years of price increases and questionable software “improvements,” …
Recently, I took a look at my digital bullet journal (BuJo) setup that had evolved over the years. The system consisted of multiple tools: Google Docs—This was the “home” to my actual BuJo documents. I had one document—structured through a series of nested tables—which contained a record of my week in one place. Google Calendar—I …
No, this post isn’t about the Eurovision Song Contest entry by the UK this year from the girl group Remember Monday. (Although, if you haven’t heard the song, I encourage you to check it out!) No, today’s post is heartbreaking to write about. My alma mater is back in the news because of its journalism …
Yesterday marked the end of Week 6 in the NFL season. I grew up a fan of Da Bears. (Yes, I remember hearing “The Super Bowl Shuffle” on the radio.) So far, the Bears have a 2-2 record, taking into account the Week 5 bye week. Week 1 started the season off with a heartbreaking …
Today’s post is going to be short and sweet. I want to take a moment to publicly wish a very happy birthday to my wife, Laura. I’m happy to have been by your side for this latest journey around the Sun. Here’s wishing you many more! PHOTO CREDIT: A birthday double chocolate fudge cake with …
“Nerds will save the world.”—Wil Wheaton I’ve never been one of the “cool kids.” In my youth, I had an interest in playing sports, but life’s circumstances didn’t let that materialize, either. I was a good student from an early age. Science fairs, spelling bees, and other academic competitions were things I could participate in, …
Tomorrow is a big day in my world. The day marks the full return of college football across the country. There are two games I will be following: Old Dominion at Indiana Alabama at Florida State Following the successful football season at Indiana last year, members of the student government sought to fill a void …
I am a fan of Apple Computer and its charismatic co-founder, Steve Jobs. Apple has historically placed a high value on the design aesthetic of its products and their functionality. Even the early all-in-one Macintosh computers had the polished edges in the software that came installed on those beige boxes with the molded carrying handles. …
In 1964, the word supercalifragilisticexpialidocious entered popular culture, thanks to the 1964 movie Mary Poppins. Taking 34 letters to spell, some people may consider that to be the longest word in the English language. Those people would be wrong. The Merriam-Webster dictionary turned to its web presence to look at the longest English words in …
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