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You may not need Oh My Zsh

I've been on pursuit of less with my dotfiles. This isn't about me hating Oh My Zsh, it's just about relying on less code. Less code means less bugs. Less code usually means faster execution. It means more control. In [...]

Survivor: A Novel

Chuck Palahniuk is one of my favorite authors. At one time, Fight Club was one of the most important / impactful books and movies in my life. Last year, I started down the path of consuming all of Chuck's novels [...]

The 50th Law

I figured since one of my goals for 2017 is to have a high profile Twitter feud with rapper turned actor 50 Cent (a/k/a Curtis Jackson), I should probably get to know my enemy a bit better. Loljk, just seemed [...]

My favorite tech purchase of 2016

I know what you're thinking. Why the hell would I be posting about my favorite tech purchase of 2016 in February of 2017? For that matter, why didn't I include this nugget of information in my 2016 recap post? Glad [...]

Breaking up with Bank of America

Today, after nearly twenty years with Bank of America (formerly Nations Bank) I gave them the boot. Was kind of sad. My relationship with BOA predates so much in my life. But all things come to an end. Except this [...]

Zero to One: Notes on Startups or How to Build the Future

Zero to One sat on my reading last all through last year. I went back and forth with reading it because I had heard so many mixed reviews on the book. I wanted to get it knocked out this year [...]

Unable to connect to WiFi in Linux

I was on the verge of giving up on going back to Linux because of wifi issues. Things would be working fine, then after a while, I just couldn't connect to wireless networks anymore. At one point I couldn't connect [...]

The Divine Comedy

I am a glutton for punishment. I had originally set out to read Dante's Inferno as it's on my list of books I never read in high school. Since I was able to pick up a free copy of the [...]

Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars

Rise of the Rocket Girls as the name suggests, is about the women (and some men) that worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The story chronicles the JPL from the 1940s all the way up to more modern times. I [...]

My Kombucha Smells Like Nail Polish Remover

I've been keeping a batch of the booch on the counter for quite a while now. My first SCOBY was gifted to me by one of the wife's friends and my SCOBYs rode first class in the front seat when [...]