I was inspired to create this after reading the now page on Derek Sivers’ site. I’ve heard him interviewed on several podcasts and have been harvesting his insights and thinking when I think they’d be useful for making my life better. I’m also adding a “currently reading” section to this as a permanent section.
Last updated: January 11, 2026, from my home in Rosemount, Minnesota.
Algebra
I decided to do a full recap of my math, going back to high school, because honestly? I don’t remember shit and it’s made helping my older kid pretty hard. So I am getting back to it. Trying to study daily, but with work and housework and parenting, it’s hard to stay atop it.
Driveway
So after the last snowstorm, we didn’t shovel/snowblower like we should have and the end result was a couple of inches on thick ice on the driveway, which has been treacherous for all four of us. Today, I started with a propane torch and gave most of it a good thermal shock before attacking it with the ice chopper. Got a bunch of it cleared, put a layer of salt on it, and then attacked it again about an hour later. Pretty positive results, but I’m going to have to make this a multi-day affair. Fortunately, high temps the next few days are above freezing.
Blasting through the 101 Things in 1001 Days
My last two quarters (Q3 and Q4) were super productive, and I’m queueing up to have another good one this quarter. My next task is to find an open source project, and contribute to that. I’m probably not going to finish all 101 items unless I win the lottery and just focus like crazy on getting all these things done, but I’m heading for probably ~75% completion.
