As you age, you begin to notice echoes of your parents in your day-to-day behavior. This is particularly difficult if, like me, one those parents was a waste of carbon. There are times when I am surprised or even amused at things — for example, I talk to cats the same way my mother does (same tone, same words, same rhythms of speech) — and there are times when I am horrified by things, like when I do or say anything like my father would have done.
Hacks: June 2016
I’m still hacking away at stuff for a variety of reasons — to satisfy my curiosity, to learn stuff useful in my career, to turn my small business into something awesome, to keep me sane. This month, I did a few things that I released to the world under the Creative Commons, but I also … Read more
Hacks: May 2016
I didn’t do an update to this series in April because, well, I didn’t do much. If anything. Life has been in a state of non-stop upheaval for months now, and it’s left me too stressed to put energy into this sort of stuff. In May, though, I did get a few things started and worked on, which has been fun.
“Intellectual” Discourse
If only all political discussions could be so entertaining. From Twitter in February, in case you missed it:
#GOPMovies The Silence of the Sheeple
— Dan Bailey (@fontosaurus) February 25, 2016
@fontosaurus it puts the lotion on its skin or it gets the earned income tax credit removed.
— JP Sherman (@jpsherman) February 25, 2016
@jpsherman "Would you fuck the middle class? I'd fuck the middle class!"
— Dan Bailey (@fontosaurus) February 25, 2016
@fontosaurus OH MY GAWD. that's perfect, so bloody perfect. You win. hands down. you win.
— JP Sherman (@jpsherman) February 25, 2016
@jpsherman I have my moments.
— Dan Bailey (@fontosaurus) February 25, 2016
Hacks: March 2016
One of the things that’s been good for my mental health is that I’m tinkering a lot more. I find that it definitely keeps me from overthinking the shitty parts of my life.
Software Based Fun
Hipsterbot — grabs a block of text from hipsterjesus via the API, breaks it up into an array of sentences that are less than 140 characters, and then picks one at random to tweet.
He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.
“He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.”
— Douglas Adams
(I would like this on my tombstone, please.)
A champion is one who gets up when he can’t.
— Jack Dempsey
Hacks: February 2016
This month, I got back into hacking out some stuff. It wasn’t because I was bored or anything — I just felt the need to start flexing my geek muscles again, and start mucking about with stuff. Really, the goal here is to sharpen my skills/thinking, and to start learning the skillset I need for … Read more
To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.
To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.
— Leonard Bernstein
What I Believe In (2016 Edition)
I believe that Mister Rogers was about the closest to the embodiment of the Buddha that’s walked the Earth. I believe in love and science — those are my religion. I believe my integrity is important. I believe that having a logical explanation for something does nothing to reduce the magic of its existence. I … Read more