Probably not. 8 years ago, I lost all function below my waist in a snowboarding accident. Today, I maxed out the leg press at my gym. It all goes to show that with time, patience, and doing the things that make a difference day in and day out, you can move mountains (in this case, 400lbs) This is a little post to...

Jump. Build the glider on the way down the mountain. The most vital part of your life, of your success, of your everything - is that jump. You cannot fly without it. You cannot fall without it. But you must take it. Because life is all about that jump. It is all about taking the risk to be seen as a faller rather...

Politics (and the following of what’s going on in the world) have been the biggest time sinks of my adult life. In quitting video games and watching television, that vacuum was filled with the political gotchas and commentary that helped me to burn much of my 20’s. First, it was the 2016 election of Donald Trump and...

The Everyday Carry Sling Bag# I recently made a foray into the ever evolving metrosexual space of sling bags. This move came for a few reasons, but mostly that I was carrying more and more in my pockets daily and ran into issues with space. I like to be “the __ guy” - ie. the bottle opener guy, flashlight guy, etc....

How I use Org Mode to Do More# Allow me to nerd out today on this post. Ever since I started my rabbit hole journey into the world of computing, I have found better and better alternatives to the mainstream ways of doing things. It turns out that those genius programmers that created our modern silicon world knew...

Why I use Emacs in 2021, and You Should Too# “Josh, why are you using software from 45 years ago?” Because it’s that good. How it Begins# We all manipulate text for a living. It is a given if you have a knowledge job in the 21st century - the more effectively that you write letters on a screen, the better. Most...

Why You need a Home Server# We’ve all been there before. You know, where you can’t find a file to save your life? You know that it’s probably on this computer or that external drive somewhere. The average person has at least 2 devices. I would hazard to guess you have more like 4 or 5. Think about it: You’ve got...

To be single in 2021 would be pretty difficult. There’s no bars, less public places where people are congregating, and I don’t even know the status of university and college campuses. Online is a much larger pool of candidates, which is a good and a bad thing. There’s more to distract, but also higher potential to...

I decided yesterday (February 6) that I would not use any social media platforms for two months. My reasons were pretty straight forward: 1. I want to be more creative, and that doesn’t come when you are consuming all the time. In recent years, I’ve noticed my focus is less, my ability to imagine is lower, and I...

Who are You?# Cowboy. Astronaut. Billionaire. These are just titles. When you introduce yourself to someone, what is the first question that is asked? “What do you do?” It is pervasive in our culture. Most people will answer with something like “Accountant” or “I’m in IT”. But we miss the point almost entirely....

I write this article tongue in cheek. The things that I am saying were common knowledge to our ancestors, yet we seem to have forgotten the way. To be “rebellious” is to go against the grain. It is to be disenfranchised with what you have been told as true, to have an open mind, and to realize that although we live...

Upon reading an article I don’t know how I stumbled upon by Drew Devault You’ve been there before. That article that you loved was removed, and you have no way of seeing it again. Or that Youtube video you referenced that helped you solve a problem got taken down because the song in it was copyrighted. I’ve had it...