The Inconvenience of Convenience: On Being Unreachable
There was a time, not so very long ago, when walking out your door meant you were no longer reachable by anyone who wasn’t physically next to you. At...
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Book Review: Digital Minimalism
Every once in a while, I run into an article or book or website that eerily matches what I’ve been thinking about, and sometimes even writing abo...
Everything’s Broken, Everything’s Too Complicated
Today I took (and thankfully, given everything else that happened, passed) a Microsoft Azure certification exam. Of course I’m under an NDA on the exam, ...
A Complete Definition of Badness
One of the classics of The Onion’s video series is entitled “Sony Releases Stupid Piece of Shit That Doesn’t Fucking Work.” The segment discusses how...
On Scales, Skills, and Leaky Abstractions
Imagine for a moment one of the old-style balance-beam scales at a doctor’s office. You get on the scale and the nurse slides the weights across the beam...
Slow Pumpkin Bread
After last week’s post on slowing down and given the season, I figured this would be a good time to share my recipe for pumpkin bread, titled “No...
In Defense of Chalkboards
How many cruddy whiteboards have you used in your life? We have a bunch of them at my workplace. You draw on them and your marker squeals and skips. Then whe...
Buying Duplicate Items
People today need a lot of items to go about their daily life, and sometimes dealing with them can get annoying. I’ve rarely seen this discussed anywhere...
On Answering Nine Questions to Pay for Groceries
Last night, I went to get some groceries, as most of us do from time to time. Buying groceries seems like it should be simple: you go into the store,...
Why I Don’t Worry About Most Health Advice
Take one look at the news nowadays and you’re likely to see a heap of headlines proclaiming that you should or should not do or eat some thing be...
Why and How to Follow Websites with RSS
How do you get most of the news and other material you read nowadays? If you’re like most people, a lot of it comes from social media of one type or anot...
