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Get Rid of Your Kids
Kids, they're expensive. I don't even what to think about how much it costs to raise a child from birth to age 18. And then there's college. Hopefully they graduate and get into a decent career. Fingers crossed they aren't [...]
30 Days a Vegetarian
Never thought I would utter the words "giving up meat" and "for religious reasons" separately let alone together in the same sentence. Yes, I did give up meat for a bit, for the majority of the Lent this year. Nearly [...]
How to address an envelope
Recently while dropping by my locally owned and operated UPS store, I got to overhear a question asked by an adult that appeared to be around my age. They asked the clerk where the recipient's address was supposed to go [...]
Stop asking for handouts
Rarely a week goes by that I'm not hit up by somebody asking me to do them a favor. By favor, I actually mean handout. Why do I mean handout? Because favors tend to be something that can be paid [...]
VPS Showdown - April 2019 - DigitalOcean vs. Lightsail vs. Linode vs. UpCloud vs. Vultr
No April foolin' here, it's a new month AND I've added another provider to the mix, UpCloud. Based on the fact that UpCloud doesn't currently have a New York data center at this time, I went ahead and opted to [...]
Always find the time
The last few weeks have been a bit of a struggle. Deadlines, unexpected server problems, support duty. And that's just been at work. I've mentioned it in the past, but I have a ton going on. Family time, running this [...]
Solo developers should still do code reviews
As a single developer on a handful of projects, I'm a huge proponent for establishing systems and best practices, even if they don't seem practical as an army of one. In the past I've written about making sure version control [...]
Unsolicited Relationship Advice
Relationships... What was it that Chris Rock said? Oh yeah. "You can be married and bored, or single and lonely." Oh Chris, you rascal! You're a true romantic! In month of March, sixteen years ago, I met the boy, joshtronic [...]
There's no harm in asking for a refund
If you've followed my blog for a while, you know that I am big proponent for giving kids an allowance. It's not something we couple with chores because the way we look at it, as a member of Team Sherman [...]
$5 VPS Showdown - March 2019 - DigitalOcean vs. Lightsail vs. Linode vs. Vultr
New month, new batch of benchmarks! An FYI for the folks that send me requests to include different providers, I want you to know that you are heard I'm feeling like I've optimized my workflow enough that adding in a [...]