Written Word – Dan Bailey

Nugget: Scars

April 9, 2020 by Dan Bailey

I originally left this in a comment on Gloria Liu’s blog. Scars are trophies of a life well-lived. It’s no different than a book with dog-eared pages, really — there’s a certain degree of love and respect for material things (bodies included) that results in a bit of damage-by-familiarity. Those little imperfections, the same things … Read more

Book Burnout

December 20, 2018 by Dan Bailey

For the first time in my life, I think I’m getting sick of reading. Maybe it’s just bad selection of books right now — I’m stuck in the middle of three different books[ref]Woodward’s Fear, a book on git, and Philip Pullman’s Daemon Voices.[/ref] — and I just can’t seem to find any traction with any … Read more

Awesome Web Reads: February 2018

February 28, 2018 by Dan Bailey

GQ had a great interview with Quincy Jones. John Perry Barlow, founder of the EFF died early in the month. Kottke shared his 25 Principles of Adult Behavior In saecula saeculorum was a thought-provoking look at the eras of an empire. Tim Ferriss has a great (and short) podcast called The 9 Habits to Stop … Read more

2017 Reading Metrics and Review

January 17, 2018 by Dan Bailey

Here’s a review of my 2017 reading behaviors — titles, ratings, volumes, genres, and more — this year, I’m even posting in a semi-timely manner!

2016: Reading Review and Metrics

November 26, 2017 by Dan Bailey

Holy shit am I behind schedule on this post. Like, almost 11 months behind schedule. I didn’t quite make my goal in 2016, but let’s face it: 2016 was an all-around shit-show for everyone.

Five Blogs I’d Like to Start But Don’t Have Time For

December 30, 2016 by Dan Bailey

1. 10 Ideas Blog It’d be great to do a “ten ideas” post on a daily basis. The idea comes from James Altucher, whose writing has been something of an inspiration the past few years. The thing is, I think that the really interesting part of doing a “ten ideas per day” posting is that … Read more

An Assessment

December 12, 2016 by Dan Bailey

Unless I can find a way to read 11 books in the next 19 days, I’m going to fail on my annual reading goal for 2016. That’ll make two years in a row. Not pleased by that. On the other hand, it’s 11 books in 19 days. A book every 1.72 days. Maybe if I … Read more

2015: Reading Review and Metrics

September 10, 2016 by Dan Bailey

This series has become tougher and tougher to write, as I amass more data every year and life gets more and more busy, which further delays the posting. Yes, I’m talking about shit that went down in 2015 in September of 2016. And, sadly, this is mostly just wankery for two reasons:

I do this to satisfy my own curiosity.
It doesn’t really spark much in the way of conversation, usually.

This year, I’m making use of TablePress so it should make for better reading of the actual list (and sorting by various data types, I think). Additionally, I’m using Google Web Fonts, some fancy-schmancy CSS3 stuff, and Google Charts to present elements that were previously boring flat graphics, so I’ve got more coding than I usually do…

Okay, so how’d it go?

Monthly Meme Re-Hash: August 2015

August 14, 2015 by Dan Bailey

I think once a month, I’m going to dig around in my old Livejournal account to find one of the stupid “memes” that was going around and re-do it here, ten years later.

Reconsidering the Blog

August 8, 2015 by Dan Bailey

For various reasons, I am reconsidering the amount of time and effort I put into writing for this blog. There are positives and negatives to having this thing, however, and I am contemplating those lately as I think about whether or not it’s worth it to continue (most likely) and how much I should write for it (TBD).