[{"content":"","date":"2026-07-02T00:00:00Z","permalink":"/posts/holy-hugo/","title":"Holy Hugo"},{"content":"Came across this article and I think it does a good job explaining my current views on coding with AI:\nAn important distinction is Taste vs Skill. Taste is what you bring to the problem. Skill is what you do with the problem once you understand it. A lot of engineers have skill without taste. They can write anything you describe, but they cannot tell you whether the thing you described is worth building. They will follow the spec down into the ground and ship exactly the wrong solution, on time, with full test coverage. Taste is also not speed. Speed is how fast you get from idea to merge. Taste is how often the idea was worth merging in the first place. I have worked with engineers who shipped half as much as the people around them and moved the business twice as far, because every single thing they shipped was pointed at something that mattered. They rejected work that would not move a metric. They pushed back on specs that did not add up. They asked the question everyone else was too busy to ask. This is why it’s important to listen when these engineers raise a concern, instead of dismissing them because they are slowing down the initiative. The simplest way I can describe taste is this. When you look at a piece of code, you feel something before you can explain what. That feeling is the compressed memory of every system you have broken, every bug you have chased at 2 am, every design you have watched rot under real traffic. AI can approximate the surface patterns. It cannot approximate the ache. That ache is the thing that tells you how much this shortcut is going to cost you in a month. It tells you this abstraction is premature. It tells you this test is testing the wrong layer. Taste is your scar tissue. Taste is your intuition. AI does not have this. This is the pattern I keep coming back to. Engineers with taste use AI to iterate toward a thing they already know is right. Engineers without taste use AI to guess at what right might look like, and then ship whichever guess compiled. These are not the same activity. They look the same from the outside. They produce completely different codebases over the course of a year. The market rate for typing is dropping fast. The market rate for knowing what to type is not. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2026-04-19T14:48:00Z","permalink":"/2026/04/taste-vs-skill-in-coding-with-ai/","title":"Taste vs Skill in Coding with AI"},{"content":"Apparently this is a thing now? Oh well. Still kind of interesting:\nDo you floss your teeth? Yes, almost every night (hey, no one is perfect). 🦷\nTea, coffee, or water? Generally 2 cups of coffee ☕ 1st thing then water the rest of the day. Maybe a few beers 🍺 every now and then 😉. Wanted to get into tea, but just tastes like dirty water that someone tried to splash a fruity flavor into and it didn’t work out.\nFootwear preference? Sketchers slip-ons. Maybe I too am old 🤷‍♂️\nFavorite dessert? Oreo cheesecake or just about any kind of ice cream.\nThe first thing you do when you wake up? After the necessary… check calendar, todo, and email. Then usually feed the dog and take her out, and maybe catch up on the world 🌍 for a few with that coffee before starting work.\nAge you’d like to stick at? 28-32 were some great years. I was still athletic, not fat, could eat whatever I wanted, stay up late, and not pay any consequences.\nHow many hats do you own? Don’t really have time to go count, but prob close to 20-25 baseball hats… and mostly for MLB teams (some that don’t even exist anymore – NY Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, etc). ⚾\nDescribe the last photo you took? My daughter bantering with her coach at her last HS regular season swim meet.\nWorst TV show? Really most TV with few exceptions 📺❌, but especially anything claiming to be “reality”. None of that is worth even a minute of time.\nAs a child, what was your aspiration for adulthood? I’ve forgotten anything specific, but I’ve always enjoyed creating and just being curious. Whether that was Legos, reading, programming, or whatever. Guess it’s mostly worked out being a software developer/architect. 🤷‍♂️_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!_\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-10-24T16:53:00Z","permalink":"/2025/10/10-pointless-facts-about-me/","title":"10 Pointless Facts about Me"},{"content":"$2500 as the lowest price? What a joke. Seriously, setup your own Mastodon instance and create as many handles as you want.\nX to launch marketplace for buying inactive handles Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-10-22T22:36:00Z","permalink":"/2025/10/why-pay-for-a-rare-handle-when-you-can-get-one-for-free/","title":"Why pay for a “rare” handle when you can get one for free?"},{"content":"If you have a kid in high school, I’d highly recommend watching this\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-09-29T11:03:00Z","permalink":"/2025/09/who-gets-in/","title":"Who Get’s In"},{"content":"Check out this article: High-growth startups: Uber and CloudKitchens with Charles-Axel Dein\nGreat conversation on everything from hiring to project/product management to feature flags to continuous improvement and more\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-09-28T12:41:00Z","permalink":"/2025/09/high-growth-startups-uber-and-cloudkitchens-with-charles-axel-dein/","title":"High-growth startups: Uber and CloudKitchens with Charles-Axel Dein"},{"content":"Check out this article: My 4-Stage System for Learning Anything New\nStage 1: Immersion\nSubscribe to newsletters Follow (and read/view) thought leaders Reallocate time away from other/older interests Stage 2: Building – Make Something Real\nSet a short deadline (one day to one week maximum) Choose a simple, concrete project Accept that it will be messy and imperfect Focus on completing something, not making it perfect Stage 3: Structured Learning – Find Your Mentors\nInstead of trying to learn from everyone, pick just 1-3 people max to treat as your mentors. Choose teachers based on results, not popularity Stage 4: Connection – Build Real Relationships\nLearning becomes exponentially more powerful when you’re part of a community of practitioners. And when you become a leader who brings others together, you accelerate not just your own learning but everyone else’s, too. Secret Ingredient: Cultivating Play in Learning\nThe beautiful paradox is that when we stop taking learning so seriously, we often learn more effectively The Hidden Truth\nMost interests are meant to be explored for a season, not turned into lifelong pursuits The real test of any skill isn’t how you feel about it—it’s whether you can produce externally verifiable results in the real world Give yourself permission to stop at any stage If something doesn’t spark continued interest after Stage 1 or 2, let it go without shame. That’s not failure—that’s efficient filtering Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-09-25T13:06:00Z","permalink":"/2025/09/my-4-stage-system-for-learning-anything-new/","title":"4-Stage System for Learning Anything New"},{"content":"Check out this article: Visualize data with the new hierarchy control in D365\nThis looks super cool and nice to see it being added (back) in as native functionality.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-09-24T11:51:00Z","permalink":"/2025/09/visualize-data-with-the-new-hierarchy-control-in-d365/","title":"Visualize data with the new hierarchy control in D365"},{"content":"Check out this article: Measuring the impact of AI on software engineering – with Laura Tacho\nhttps://pca.st/xtlj21if Note: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-07-29T11:31:00Z","permalink":"/2025/07/measuring-the-impact-of-ai-on-software-engineering-with-laura-tacho/","title":"Measuring the impact of AI on software engineering – with Laura Tacho"},{"content":"I’ve reached the point in my life where we’re now taking tours of colleges and universities for my own kids, and something struck me as we were walking around UChicago this past weekend… aside from the ridiculously expense cost which is potentially a topic for another post.\nIt was great seeing the beautiful campus, and hearing about all the great things alumni from the university have done. But what hit me was that on the tours we’ve been on, not once have we actually gone into an academic building. We haven’t seen an actual dorm (at UM we saw a “model”… but how realistic is that). And we haven’t seen or eaten at a cafeteria. Sure the guides have told us all about it, but there’s a huge difference between hearing, seeing, and experiencing.\nI get it that you can’t really experience a class, and you’re going to get people who complain if you go into the humanities building vs the physics lab (or some such), but the point is something is usually better than nothing.\nNow “back in my day” (yes, I’m old) when I gave tours at Kettering all of that was what set things apart IMO. I loved taking the kids/families into the rec center, through the tunnel to the academic building, and even into my own dorm room. I like to think it’s part of the reason I chose Kettering/GMI over some of the other schools I looked at. That openness and lack of pretentiousness. Real people doing real things.\nWho knows… maybe they don’t do that anymore at Kettering (my kids have no interest in following in my footsteps), but it would be a shame if they don’t… and it’s a shame they haven’t done it at the places we’ve toured.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-07-15T12:01:00Z","permalink":"/2025/07/college-tours-then-vs-now-or-here-vs-there/","title":"College Tours: Then vs Now or Here vs There?"},{"content":"Check out this article: The Art of Not Sharing\n“In the pre-digital age, privacy was the default state. Sharing information required effort – writing a letter, making a phone call, or having a face-to-face conversation. Now, privacy requires effort. We have to actively choose not to share, to resist the temptation to post, to keep our thoughts and experiences to ourselves.”\n“I think of my journal as my private social media feed, one where I’m the only follower. Like a social media platform, it’s a place for me to share my thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Unlike social media, there’s no pressure for me to perform, no need to curate, no risk of oversharing.”\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-07-07T10:45:00Z","permalink":"/2025/07/the-art-of-not-sharing/","title":"The Art of Not Sharing"},{"content":"From today’s Morning Brew (which you should subscribe to BTW)\nFederal minimum wage\n2015: $7.25 per hour\n2025: $7.25 per hour\nAverage cost of a home in the US\n2015: $366,000\n2025: $503,800_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!_\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-07-06T19:25:00Z","permalink":"/2025/07/this-is-an-embarrassment-and-should-be-a-crime/","title":"This is an embarrassment and should be a crime"},{"content":"Ever have a collection of files that you need to send off to something else for processing, but need to process the files one at a time waiting for the completion of each (signaled by a file’s existence because you have no hook to the return code of the originating process) before continuing with the next?\nNo? Just me? 🤣 Anyway, here’s a script that takes an array of files, copies them to a directory for a different app to process, waits for that process to end (by looking for the file with a done extension added) before continuing on with the next.\n@echo off setlocal enabledelayedexpansion set IMPORTDIR=X:\\App\\Process\\ rem List your files here (one per line) set FILES\u0026#91;0]=X:\\Data\\File1.csv set FILES\u0026#91;1]=X:\\Data\\File2.csv set FILES\u0026#91;2]=X:\\Data\\File3.csv rem Set the number of files set NUMFILES=3 set SLEEP_SECONDS=5 for /L %%I in (0,1,%NUMFILES%-1) do ( call :WAITLOOP \"!FILES\u0026#91;%%I]!\" ) echo All files processed. exit /b :WAITLOOP rem Get the base name (without extension) and directory set \"FULLFILE=%~1\" set \"BASEDIR=%~dp1\" set \"BASENAME=%~n1\" if \"%BASENAME%\"==\"\" ( rem This is important so we actually terminate goto :EOF ) rem Compose the .done filename set \"DONEFILE=%IMPORTDIR%%BASENAME%.csv.done\" if exist \"%DONEFILE%\" ( echo Removing previous done file. del \"%DONEFILE%\" ) copy \"%FULLFILE%\" \"%IMPORTDIR%%BASENAME%.csv\" :LOOP if exist \"%DONEFILE%\" ( echo File found: %DONEFILE% goto :EOF ) else ( echo Waiting for file: %DONEFILE% timeout /t %SLEEP_SECONDS% /nobreak \u003enul goto LOOP ) Just update the details as needed, but the above is tested and works!\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-07-04T12:14:00Z","permalink":"/2025/07/drip-files-one-at-a-time-for-processing-with-a-windows-batch-script/","title":"Drip files one at a time for processing with a Windows batch script"},{"content":"If you’re using a single instance server (not Docker Swarm) and Docker Compose, but want to keep your secrets out of source control it’s not too bad. First, make sure you’re excluding “.env” in your .gitignore…\n.env\nThen, add your secrets to a .env file (file name must be exactly .env) in the same folder as your docker-compose.yml…\nSEC_1=Something\u0026lt;br /\u0026gt; SEC_2=SomethingElse\u0026lt;br /\u0026gt; Then, be sure to expose your secrets in the “environment:” section of your docker-compose…\nenvironment:\u0026lt;br /\u0026gt; SEC_1: ${SEC_1}\u0026lt;br /\u0026gt; SEC_2: ${SEC_2}\u0026lt;br /\u0026gt; Upload both the .env and docker-compose.yml to the server, and restart docker to pick up the env vars…\ndocker compose down\u0026lt;br /\u0026gt; docker compose up -d\u0026lt;br /\u0026gt; And finally, use the values in your PHP…\ngetenv('SEC_1')\nOh yeah, and since your .env won’t be in source control I’d still recommend finding a secure place to save it like a password manager.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-06-24T12:50:00Z","permalink":"/2025/06/handing-secrets-in-php-docker-compose-site/","title":"Handing secrets in PHP Docker Compose site"},{"content":"Check out this article: State gun control laws reduce children’s firearm deaths, study shows\n“If more guns made us safer, the US would be the safest country in the world by far. Instead, we have a homicide rate that’s 25 times that of our peer nations.”\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-06-22T20:01:00Z","permalink":"/2025/06/state-gun-control-laws-reduce-childrens-firearm-deaths-study-shows/","title":"State gun control laws reduce children’s firearm deaths, study shows"},{"content":"Check out this article: If you are useful, it doesn’t mean you are valued\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-06-21T20:01:00Z","permalink":"/2025/06/if-you-are-useful-it-doesnt-mean-you-are-valued/","title":"If you are useful, it doesn’t mean you are valued"},{"content":"Check out this article: By Default Signal Doesn’t Recall\nJust another reason I love Signal so much\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-06-05T11:30:00Z","permalink":"/2025/06/by-default-signal-doesnt-recall/","title":"By Default Signal Doesn’t Recall"},{"content":"Check out this article: How Linux is built with Greg Kroah-Hartman\nInteresting how one of the largest (if not the largest) open source projects manages things.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-06-01T16:36:00Z","permalink":"/2025/06/how-linux-is-built-with-greg-kroah-hartman/","title":"How Linux is built with Greg Kroah-Hartman"},{"content":"Check out this article: Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real\n“What we’re really scared of is that the people in power have not got our back and they don’t give a shit about whether we survive or not.”\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-05-28T00:06:00Z","permalink":"/2025/05/systems-are-crumbling-but-daily-life-continues-the-dissonance-is-real/","title":"Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real"},{"content":"Check out this article: Ai ignoring human instruction refuses turn off\nKinda scary if you ask me\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-05-26T20:31:00Z","permalink":"/2025/05/ai-ignoring-human-instruction-refuses-turn-off/","title":"Ai ignoring human instruction refuses turn off"},{"content":"Check out this article: The 13 software engineering laws\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-05-18T14:15:00Z","permalink":"/2025/05/the-13-software-engineering-laws/","title":"The 13 software engineering laws"},{"content":"Ever look on in horror as your WordPress site crashes with no obvious reason? I have, and this time I’m writing down what I did 🙂\nFirst I checked the logs using Docker (if you’re not running via Docker… you should be)\ndocker logs \u0026#91;container] Hopefully that gives you some clues. In my case there were errors all over the place pointing at a particular plugin, so 1st I had to access the bash shell for that container like so…\nsudo docker exec -it \u0026#91;container] /bin/bash From there, simply cd to the plugin directory and rename the directory…\ncd wp-content/plugins/ mv \u0026#91;plugin] \u0026#91;plugin]-off Which should allow things to start running again. At a minimum the plugin should be disabled, and if not working you can continue the hunt.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-04-30T01:10:00Z","permalink":"/2025/04/disabling-a-wordpress-plugin-via-command-line/","title":"Disabling a WordPress Plugin via Command Line"},{"content":"Check out this article: Harvard says no chance it will comply with changes feds demand\nGood for them: The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government. Accordingly, Harvard will not accept the government’s terms as an agreement in principle.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-04-15T11:11:00Z","permalink":"/2025/04/harvard-says-no-chance-it-will-comply-with-changes-feds-demand/","title":"Harvard says no chance it will comply with changes feds demand"},{"content":"Check out this article: ESPN’s Pat McAfee and others amplified a false rumor. A teenager’s life was ‘destroyed’\nI seriously hope her lawsuits payoff. The irresponsibility and crassness of talking heads and influencers is disgustingly.\n“I would like people to be held accountable for what they’ve done,” she said. “You’re ruining my life by talking about it on your show for nothing but attention, but here I am staying up until 5 in the morning, every night, throwing up, not eating because I’m so anxious about what’s going to happen for the rest of my life.”\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-04-06T15:45:00Z","permalink":"/2025/04/espns-pat-mcafee-and-others-amplified-a-false-rumor-a-teenagers-life-was-destroyed/","title":"ESPN’s Pat McAfee and others amplified a false rumor. A teenager’s life was ‘destroyed’"},{"content":"Check out this article: The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-03-17T00:09:00Z","permalink":"/2025/03/the-fediverse-isnt-the-future-its-the-present-weve-been-denied/","title":"The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied."},{"content":"Check out this article: Big Tech Wants You Trapped. The Open Web Sets You Free\n“Progressive values – freedom, independence, and equity – demand decentralization. They are impossible to realize without systems where power flows to communities”\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-03-16T18:45:00Z","permalink":"/2025/03/big-tech-wants-you-trapped-the-open-web-sets-you-free/","title":"Big Tech Wants You Trapped. The Open Web Sets You Free"},{"content":"Check out this article: Roundtable: Is DOGE Flouting Cybersecurity for US Data?\nLet me fix the title… DOGE is flouting Cybersecurity\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-03-12T01:27:00Z","permalink":"/2025/03/roundtable-is-doge-flouting-cybersecurity-for-us-data/","title":"Roundtable: Is DOGE Flouting Cybersecurity for US Data?"},{"content":"Check out this article: This Is Making Us Sick… Here’s How We Fix It\nAs someone who creates technical solutions for a living I still think there’s a lot of truth here. Life isn’t an either/or choice, but rather yes/and. Use the tech to enhance and augment your life, not to replace it.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-03-11T16:15:00Z","permalink":"/2025/03/this-is-making-us-sick-heres-how-we-fix-it-2/","title":"This Is Making Us Sick… Here’s How We Fix It"},{"content":"Check out this article: How I’m Building a Trump-Proof Tech Stack Without Big Tech\nAnother approach with some different options/ideas than what I’ve outlined here.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-03-09T19:00:00Z","permalink":"/2025/03/how-im-building-a-trump-proof-tech-stack-without-big-tech/","title":"How I’m Building a Trump-Proof Tech Stack Without Big Tech"},{"content":"In the continued march towards divesting usage of the tech oligarchs toys, today let’s focus on the tool used most often… the simple browser.\nJust a few years ago there weren’t many players (besides the oligarchs: Chrome, Edge, Safari, and to a lesser extent Firefox) in the browser game, but recently there’s been a proliferation including: Vivaldi, Duck, Brave, and more.\nAfter trying a few out, I’ve come around Vivaldi. To be fair, I tried it out a few years ago and it wasn’t cutting it, but recent updates seem to be really solid. So much so that it’s become my default browser.\nJust a few of the things I like about it include:\nE2EE sync Notes RSS reader Customizable There are a number of other features built in as well that I haven’t found much need for, but includes:\nEmail client Web calendars Workspaces Reading list …and more.\nWhatever your choice, I’d encourage you to try out a new browser, and feel better about yourself for supporting the little guys.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-03-01T13:12:00Z","permalink":"/2025/03/browser-switch/","title":"Browser Switch"},{"content":"Check out this article: In the 1990s, They Were So Bad People Didn’t Want Them for Free. Now They’re a Miracle. Can America Catch Up?\nThe president has said he’s focused on making things more affordable for families, Yet rolling back standards that reduce energy and water use and bills isn’t going to save people money. It’s just the opposite\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-02-28T19:02:00Z","permalink":"/2025/02/in-the-1990s-they-were-so-bad-people-didnt-want-them-for-free-now-theyre-a-miracle-can-america-catch-up/","title":"In the 1990s, They Were So Bad People Didn’t Want Them for Free. Now They’re a Miracle. Can America Catch Up?"},{"content":"Most searches I run I just want an answer, and don’t want to have to sift through ads or multiple websites. So, here’s how you can use perplexity.ai as your default search engine in Vivaldi (it’s a similar process on other browsers as well). Maybe ask perplexity.ai how to do it on your browser of choice!\nOpen Vivaldi \u0026#8220;Settings\u0026#8221; and go to \u0026#8220;Search\u0026#8221; Click the \u0026#8220;+\u0026#8221; to add a \u0026#8220;Search Engine\u0026#8221; Add Perplexity. The \u0026#8220;URL\u0026#8221; is https://www.perplexity.ai?q=%s That’s it! Feel free to make it your “Default Search Engine”\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-02-04T12:36:00Z","permalink":"/2025/02/using-an-ai-chatbot-for-browser-search-engine/","title":"Using an AI Chatbot for Browser Search Engine"},{"content":"Now that we’ve discussed E2EE and FOSS, let’s start with probably the most important thing you want E2E Encrypted… your communication!\nDid you know that most text messages sent from your phone or chat/IM messages sent through social media companies can be seen, read, or processed in a number of ways?\nHow gross is that?? Very!\nSo what to do? Use an end to end encrypted messaging service like Signal. Signal is cross platform (no blue/green bubble shaming) so works on iOS and Android, but also has desktop apps that work on Windows, Mac, and Linux! Add in rich media (photo/video support) as well as calling (including video calling), and you shouldn’t need any other communication tool (other than email – which we’ll get to)\nNote: Please don’t be fooled by the titans saying they have E2EE too. It may be “technically” true, but usually there are manual steps or other “gotchas” involved, and often the titan has a copy of the key to read your messages. Save yourself the research and just use Signal.\nThink Apple’s iMessage is special? Think again.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-01-22T11:38:00Z","permalink":"/2025/01/communication-is-key/","title":"Communication is Key"},{"content":"Building on yesterday’s rant about Sellouts and Hypocrites, one of the 1st things you need to understand in order to extract yourself from the tech titans are the concepts of:\nEnd to End Encryption (E2EE) With E2EE you own your data. Not the software creator. They just own or maintain the software that makes it possible for you to work with your data. Here’s a good primer if you’re really interested, but the point is E2EE is what keeps the titan (FB, X, Goog, etc) from reading/using your data. Believe it or not, there are E2EE services for just about anything.\nFree and Open Source Software (FOSS) FOSS (aka FLOSS) takes things one step further to prevent vendor lock-in from any 1 titan. This is usually enhanced by the FOSS taking advantage of a protocol. The web and email are two of the best examples of what FOSS has enabled. With a little bit of know how anyone can run a website and send or receive email without being forced through a single provider (be it Gmail, Outlook.com, etc). There are even FOSS social media networks!\nIn Summary Yes, I know these are overly simplified descriptions, but the point isn’t to get dragged into holy wars over the pedantic differences between FOSS and FLOSS, or encryption at rest vs in transit… it’s to understand what you’re looking for and, more importantly, why!\nOne last point before I go… Not all FOSS includes E2EE, nor does E2EE mean the software is FOSS (we software developers have to make a living after all). No one ever said freedom comes free.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-01-21T23:40:00Z","permalink":"/2025/01/on-e2ee-and-foss/","title":"On E2EE and FOSS"},{"content":"Well, if you look at which sellouts and hypocrites were at the felon’s coronation it is obvious we’re surrounded by them, and that’s just part of why you’re reading this here. If you feel the same way I suggest you start extracting yourself from the clutches of the oligarchs. But how?…\nWe’ll start with the basics and delve into some specifics in future posts, but in summary… STOP SUPPORTING THE TITANS.\nAnd supporting means using their services or buying anything from them.\nDon’t be a “user”.\nYou’re just being “used”.\nYou want to keep your account for periodic check ins while you extract yourself or to spread the word that others should get out too? Go for it. Hell, I haven’t figured out how to extract myself from all of them yet.\nBut if you’re with me I’d encourage you to follow along and share any tips you have!\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-01-21T01:37:00Z","permalink":"/2025/01/sellouts-and-hypocrites/","title":"Sellouts and Hypocrites"},{"content":"So apparently conviction and breaking the law don’t mean shit anymore. Not even a fine. What an absolute fucking joke.\n[Trump] will be released without fine, imprisonment or probation supervision for his conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Absolute bull shit.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2025-01-11T01:29:00Z","permalink":"/2025/01/ygtbfkm-unconditional-discharge/","title":"YGTBFKM Unconditional Discharge"},{"content":"Right? I mean that’s why we elected a billionaire who will let billionaires keep more of their billions… attempt to cut a massive portion of federal government jobs (you realize that means unemployed and likely a decent amount of welfare? Oh wait they’re just lazy but the billionaires… now, they’re just like you!).\nAnyway, just another example as reported in todays Morning Brew\nTurboTax finding you an extra 12 bucks each year is pretty chill, but perhaps not as chill as saving $8 billion on your taxes via an intricate network of ungovernable loopholes. According to a New York Times\u0026nbsp;analysis, that is roughly how much Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, the US’ 10th-richest person, will save on his estate taxes by routing his wealth through a series of trusts and foundations. Huang’s estate is technically supposed to pay 40% of his ~$127 billion net worth to the government, as per the estate tax law that dates back to the early 20th century, when the US realized it needed to keep dynastic wealth in check. But in recent years, the estate tax has become more of a suggestion and less of a rule as lawyers grow increasingly cunning about how to safeguard their clients’ riches and the budget-depleted IRS becomes powerless to enforce the law. A proper enforcement would have saved the government $120 billion last year, which the New York Times notes could more than triple the federal funding for cancer and Alzheimer’s research.—AE Let’s just reiterate that last part, “could more than triple the federal funding for cancer and Alzheimer’s research.”… but yeah 🙄🤬\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-12-06T12:30:00Z","permalink":"/2024/12/but-yeah-the-billionaires-keeping-their-money-is-more-important/","title":"But yeah… the billionaires keeping their money is more important"},{"content":"Check out this article: How to Stop Living for Other People (ft. Ben Nemtin)\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-11-24T22:36:00Z","permalink":"/2024/11/how-to-stop-living-for-other-people-ft-ben-nemtin/","title":"How to Stop Living for Other People (ft. Ben Nemtin)"},{"content":"Check out this article: Sorry for the Delayed Response\nBrilliant!\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-11-11T11:50:00Z","permalink":"/2024/11/sorry-for-the-delayed-response/","title":"Sorry for the Delayed Response"},{"content":"How stupid can people be? Oh, this is…\nDoes nobody remember, or just not care about:\nJan 6 Felon Liar Cheater “Grab them by the pussy” Not to mention endangering women’s lives with the overturning of Roe v Wade, really not being all there mentally (sorry, there should be a max age for a president – I’m including Biden), and just being a narcissistic asshole.\nI seriously have no idea how any man with a daughter, nor how any woman could vote for the pig. And speaking of women… why is it that women seem to hate other women so much? Aside from all the other things wrong with this it just perpetuates the myth that women can’t lead. How is it that an entire sex couldn’t stand up for one of their own and make this no contest?\nDoes “the little guy” sitting out in BFE or even suburbia think this asshole really cares about them, or is anything like them? Or is it just that the “tuff guy” turns you on?\nOr maybe, you “just didn’t like either of them” so you did a “protest vote”. Well great f’n job because what you really did was vote for Mr T you spineless sack. I honestly don’t love Harris all that much, but at least I understand the consequences of being an idiot.\nAnd if I honestly ever hear someone that voted for this POS talk about “law and order” 🤬\nIt’s just a sad, sad day and I fear what’s to come for anyone that dares cross this POS the morons of this country elected.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-11-06T12:58:00Z","permalink":"/2024/11/i-hate-this-country/","title":"I hate this country"},{"content":"Check out this article: How to Beat Distraction and Still Enjoy Life (ft. Nir Eyal)\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-11-02T12:15:00Z","permalink":"/2024/11/how-to-beat-distraction-and-still-enjoy-life-ft-nir-eyal/","title":"How to Beat Distraction and Still Enjoy Life (ft. Nir Eyal)"},{"content":"Check out this article: Ok, but who should you pick?\nStop it with the “we’re not naming names”. I’m so sick of companies pulling that shit because they’re worried about DT retaliating. The man is unhinged, and a terrible person. It sickens me that even close to 1/2 of the country sees no problem with the ugly, petty, vindictive, divisive, dangerous platform he represents.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-10-31T12:06:00Z","permalink":"/2024/10/ok-but-who-should-you-pick/","title":"Ok, but who should you pick?"},{"content":"Check out this article: How to Find Your True Path in Life (ft. Robert Greene)\n“There’s too much talking”\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-10-27T12:16:00Z","permalink":"/2024/10/how-to-find-your-true-path-in-life-ft-robert-greene/","title":"How to Find Your True Path in Life (ft. Robert Greene)"},{"content":"Check out this article: The Case for Slowing Down\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-10-11T10:51:00Z","permalink":"/2024/10/the-case-for-slowing-down/","title":"The Case for Slowing Down"},{"content":"Check out this article: Appetites instead of estimates\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-10-07T00:46:00Z","permalink":"/2024/10/appetites-instead-of-estimates/","title":"Appetites instead of estimates"},{"content":"Check out this article: 5 Ways to Be Self-Disciplined Without Making Yourself Miserable\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-09-07T16:40:00Z","permalink":"/2024/09/5-ways-to-be-self-disciplined-without-making-yourself-miserable/","title":"5 Ways to Be Self-Disciplined Without Making Yourself Miserable"},{"content":"Check out this article: You’re a bigger target now\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-08-22T17:36:00Z","permalink":"/2024/08/youre-a-bigger-target-now/","title":"You’re a bigger target now"},{"content":"Check out this article: I Was Wrong about the Olympics\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-08-11T19:46:00Z","permalink":"/2024/08/i-was-wrong-about-the-olympics/","title":"I Was Wrong about the Olympics"},{"content":"Check out this article: 6 Ways to Stop Giving a F*ck\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-08-09T11:30:00Z","permalink":"/2024/08/6-ways-to-stop-giving-a-fck/","title":"6 Ways to Stop Giving a F*ck"},{"content":"Check out this article: Repair and Remain\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-08-03T18:21:00Z","permalink":"/2024/08/repair-and-remain/","title":"Repair and Remain"},{"content":"Check out this article: The Secret to Success Is… Giving Up?\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-07-14T14:21:00Z","permalink":"/2024/07/the-secret-to-success-is-giving-up/","title":"The Secret to Success Is… Giving Up?"},{"content":"Check out this article: How to Use Failure to Succeed\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-07-06T14:15:00Z","permalink":"/2024/07/how-to-use-failure-to-succeed/","title":"How to Use Failure to Succeed"},{"content":"Check out this article: This Is Making Us Sick… Here’s How We Fix It\nAs someone who creates technical solutions for a living I still think there’s a lot of truth here. Life isn’t an either/or choice, but rather yes/and. Use the tech to enhance and augment your life, not to replace it.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-05-21T12:11:00Z","permalink":"/2024/05/this-is-making-us-sick-heres-how-we-fix-it/","title":"This Is Making Us Sick… Here’s How We Fix It"},{"content":"Check out this article: Separation\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-05-13T12:11:00Z","permalink":"/2024/05/separation/","title":"Separation"},{"content":"Check out this article: Exploring the Ancient Philosophy That Doesn’t Give a F*ck (ft. Ryan Holiday)\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-05-02T00:51:00Z","permalink":"/2024/05/exploring-the-ancient-philosophy-that-doesnt-give-a-fck-ft-ryan-holiday/","title":"Exploring the Ancient Philosophy That Doesn’t Give a F*ck (ft. Ryan Holiday)"},{"content":"Check out this article: Why you need a “WTF Notebook”\nAn interesting idea to consider and try out\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-04-26T10:55:00Z","permalink":"/2024/04/why-you-need-a-wtf-notebook/","title":"Why you need a “WTF Notebook”"},{"content":"Check out this article: How Bad Therapy Can Ruin an Entire Generation (ft. Abigail Shrier)\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-04-14T12:15:00Z","permalink":"/2024/04/how-bad-therapy-can-ruin-an-entire-generation-ft-abigail-shrier/","title":"How Bad Therapy Can Ruin an Entire Generation (ft. Abigail Shrier)"},{"content":"Check out this article: Founder of Eight Companies Explains: How to Take Massive Action (ft. Noah Kagan)\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-03-31T10:23:00Z","permalink":"/2024/03/founder-of-eight-companies-explains-how-to-take-massive-action-ft-noah-kagan/","title":"Founder of Eight Companies Explains: How to Take Massive Action (ft. Noah Kagan)"},{"content":"Check out this article: Being Caitlin Clark: Inside the world of the player who redefined the game\nIf you’ve ever played sports, or had daughters, or wanted greatness, or knew you were capable of more… you have to read this article.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-03-24T15:55:00Z","permalink":"/2024/03/being-caitlin-clark-inside-the-world-of-the-player-who-redefined-the-game/","title":"Being Caitlin Clark: Inside the world of the player who redefined the game"},{"content":"Check out this article: Hackers Found a Way to Open Any of 3 Million Hotel Keycard Locks in Seconds\nIf you’re heading out on Spring Break be sure to check out this article.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-03-23T17:05:00Z","permalink":"/2024/03/hackers-found-a-way-to-open-any-of-3-million-hotel-keycard-locks-in-seconds/","title":"Hackers Found a Way to Open Any of 3 Million Hotel Keycard Locks in Seconds"},{"content":"Check out this article: Avoiding pile-ups\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-03-19T10:45:00Z","permalink":"/2024/03/avoiding-pile-ups/","title":"Avoiding pile-ups"},{"content":"Check out this article: 6 Things to Stop Doing in 2024 (to Change Your Life)\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-03-12T21:41:00Z","permalink":"/2024/03/6-things-to-stop-doing-in-2024-to-change-your-life/","title":"6 Things to Stop Doing in 2024 (to Change Your Life)"},{"content":"Check out this article: We need to talk about astrology\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-03-11T14:31:00Z","permalink":"/2024/03/we-need-to-talk-about-astrology/","title":"We need to talk about astrology"},{"content":"Check out this article: Trump’s “accelerating dementia”\nThe interesting thing is if you search “Trump dementia” you’ll find references (including his own party) back to 2019 and before so it’s not just a liberal attack.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-03-02T13:50:00Z","permalink":"/2024/03/trumps-accelerating-dementia/","title":"Trump’s “accelerating dementia”"},{"content":"Check out this article: The text file that runs the internet\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-02-15T13:06:00Z","permalink":"/2024/02/the-text-file-that-runs-the-internet/","title":"The text file that runs the internet"},{"content":"Check out this article: Chicken Littles Are Ruining America\n“We have produced a culture that celebrates catastrophizing… Trump thrives in an atmosphere of menace. Authoritarianism flourishes amid pessimism, fear, and rage. Trump feeds off zero-sum thinking, the notion that society is war—us-versus-them, dog-eat-dog. The more you contribute to the culture of depressive negativity, the more likely Trump’s reelection becomes.”\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-02-14T00:50:00Z","permalink":"/2024/02/chicken-littles-are-ruining-america/","title":"Chicken Littles Are Ruining America"},{"content":"Check out this article: Sex, Drugs, and Money Might Actually Make You Happier (ft. Sonja Lyubomirsky)\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-01-27T13:10:00Z","permalink":"/2024/01/sex-drugs-and-money-might-actually-make-you-happier-ft-sonja-lyubomirsky/","title":"Sex, Drugs, and Money Might Actually Make You Happier (ft. Sonja Lyubomirsky)"},{"content":"Check out this article: Dan Campbell put in the work, and it won over Lions fans\nLots of respect for this guy. Impressive what he’s done and love the work ethic.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-01-16T16:29:00Z","permalink":"/2024/01/dan-campbell-put-in-the-work-and-it-won-over-lions-fans/","title":"Dan Campbell put in the work, and it won over Lions fans"},{"content":"Check out this article: Crash Parties, Escape Dull Chitchat and Make Powerful Friends: What Davos Elites Know\nGood tips on networking apply to everyone. Not just the rich “elites”.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-01-15T16:11:00Z","permalink":"/2024/01/crash-parties-escape-dull-chitchat-and-make-powerful-friends-what-davos-elites-know/","title":"Crash Parties, Escape Dull Chitchat and Make Powerful Friends: What Davos Elites Know"},{"content":"Check out this article: 33 Life Learnings from 33 Years\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2024-01-05T12:15:00Z","permalink":"/2024/01/33-life-learnings-from-33-years/","title":"33 Life Learnings from 33 Years"},{"content":"Check out this article: A Few Laws of Getting Rich\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-12-10T15:16:00Z","permalink":"/2023/12/a-few-laws-of-getting-rich/","title":"A Few Laws of Getting Rich"},{"content":"Check out this article: The Infinite Wisdom of Charlie Munger\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-12-07T11:36:00Z","permalink":"/2023/12/the-infinite-wisdom-of-charlie-munger/","title":"The Infinite Wisdom of Charlie Munger"},{"content":"Check out this article: How Your Child’s Online Mistake Can Ruin Your Digital Life\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-12-02T18:11:00Z","permalink":"/2023/12/how-your-childs-online-mistake-can-ruin-your-digital-life/","title":"How Your Child’s Online Mistake Can Ruin Your Digital Life"},{"content":"Check out this article: Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s Partner and ‘Abominable No-Man,’ Dies at 99\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-11-30T13:39:00Z","permalink":"/2023/11/charlie-munger-warren-buffetts-partner-and-abominable-no-man-dies-at-99/","title":"Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s Partner and ‘Abominable No-Man,’ Dies at 99"},{"content":"Check out this article: Why one CTO moved away from the cloud\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-11-23T18:53:00Z","permalink":"/2023/11/why-one-cto-moved-away-from-the-cloud/","title":"Why one CTO moved away from the cloud"},{"content":"Check out this article: The ABC Goal System\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-11-22T19:07:00Z","permalink":"/2023/11/the-abc-goal-system/","title":"The ABC Goal System"},{"content":"Check out this article: Whole new ballgame: MLB’s new rules changed everything\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-11-18T14:57:00Z","permalink":"/2023/11/whole-new-ballgame-mlbs-new-rules-changed-everything/","title":"Whole new ballgame: MLB’s new rules changed everything"},{"content":"Check out this article: Your iPhone will soon be able to replicate your voice after 15 minutes of training\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-11-07T22:28:00Z","permalink":"/2023/11/your-iphone-will-soon-be-able-to-replicate-your-voice-after-15-minutes-of-training/","title":"Your iPhone will soon be able to replicate your voice after 15 minutes of training"},{"content":"Check out this article: Byron Wien’s 20 Life Lessons\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-11-05T17:17:00Z","permalink":"/2023/11/byron-wiens-20-life-lessons/","title":"Byron Wien’s 20 Life Lessons"},{"content":"Check out this article: The Art \u0026amp; Science of Conversation\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-11-05T16:24:00Z","permalink":"/2023/11/the-art-science-of-conversation/","title":"The Art \u0026 Science of Conversation"},{"content":"Check out this article: A Hospice Nurse on Embracing the Grace of Dying.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-10-30T21:48:00Z","permalink":"/2023/10/a-hospice-nurse-on-embracing-the-grace-of-dying/","title":"A Hospice Nurse on Embracing the Grace of Dying"},{"content":"Check out this article: Do Not Underestimate the To-Do List.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-09-18T12:23:00Z","permalink":"/2023/09/do-not-underestimate-the-to-do-list/","title":"Do Not Underestimate the To-Do List"},{"content":"Check out this article: Tom Brady’s Coach: You DON’T Need to Be the Best to Get the Best Results w/Greg Harden.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-09-10T13:34:00Z","permalink":"/2023/09/tom-bradys-coach-you-dont-need-to-be-the-best-to-get-the-best-results-w-greg-harden/","title":"Tom Brady’s Coach: You DON’T Need to Be the Best to Get the Best Results w/Greg Harden"},{"content":"Check out this article: Note-Taking when Reading the Web and RSS.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-08-31T12:02:00Z","permalink":"/2023/08/note-taking-when-reading-the-web-and-rss/","title":"Note-Taking when Reading the Web and RSS"},{"content":"Check out this article: Suicides more common in the U.S. than any time since World War II, CDC finds..\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-08-11T15:29:00Z","permalink":"/2023/08/suicides-more-common-in-the-u-s-than-any-time-since-world-war-ii-cdc-finds/","title":"Suicides more common in the U.S. than any time since World War II, CDC finds."},{"content":"Check out this article: Find Your Unique Ability and Ikigai w/ Ali Nasser.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-05-04T23:58:00Z","permalink":"/2023/05/find-your-unique-ability-and-ikigai-w-ali-nasser/","title":"Find Your Unique Ability and Ikigai w/ Ali Nasser"},{"content":"Check out this article: My impossible search for the best, most powerful, most private journaling app ever.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-05-02T11:54:00Z","permalink":"/2023/05/my-impossible-search-for-the-best-most-powerful-most-private-journaling-app-ever/","title":"My impossible search for the best, most powerful, most private journaling app ever"},{"content":"Check out this article: ‘The Godfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-05-01T12:39:00Z","permalink":"/2023/05/the-godfather-of-a-i-leaves-google-and-warns-of-danger-ahead/","title":"‘The Godfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead"},{"content":"Check out this article: Stevey’s Google Platforms Rant.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-04-14T15:48:00Z","permalink":"/2023/04/steveys-google-platforms-rant-2/","title":"Stevey’s Google Platforms Rant"},{"content":"Check out this article: The R.T.O. Whisperers Have a Plan.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-04-12T12:39:00Z","permalink":"/2023/04/the-r-t-o-whisperers-have-a-plan/","title":"The R.T.O. Whisperers Have a Plan"},{"content":"Check out this article: Desirelessness.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-04-11T21:54:00Z","permalink":"/2023/04/desirelessness/","title":"Desirelessness"},{"content":"Check out this article: Who Is Still Inside the Metaverse?.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-03-29T13:33:00Z","permalink":"/2023/03/who-is-still-inside-the-metaverse/","title":"Who Is Still Inside the Metaverse?"},{"content":"Check out this article: The Most Powerful Life Hacks.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-03-18T23:43:00Z","permalink":"/2023/03/the-most-powerful-life-hacks/","title":"The Most Powerful Life Hacks"},{"content":"Check out this article: The 2 Types of Happiness, Fake Urgency, \u0026amp; More.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-03-17T19:08:00Z","permalink":"/2023/03/the-2-types-of-happiness-fake-urgency-more/","title":"The 2 Types of Happiness, Fake Urgency, \u0026 More"},{"content":"Check out this article: How to Protect Your Money From a Bank Collapse.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-03-14T14:03:00Z","permalink":"/2023/03/how-to-protect-your-money-from-a-bank-collapse/","title":"How to Protect Your Money From a Bank Collapse"},{"content":"Check out this article: Standing firm against threats to private and safe communication.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-03-10T00:53:00Z","permalink":"/2023/03/standing-firm-against-threats-to-private-and-safe-communication/","title":"Standing firm against threats to private and safe communication"},{"content":"Just found the Lost Ballparks podcast, and have to say it’s been delightful so far! Be sure to check it out.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-03-09T01:16:00Z","permalink":"/2023/03/lost-ballparks-podcast/","title":"Lost Ballparks Podcast"},{"content":"Check out this article: Signal is for everyone, and everyone is different.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-03-08T02:27:00Z","permalink":"/2023/03/signal-is-for-everyone-and-everyone-is-different/","title":"Signal is for everyone, and everyone is different"},{"content":"Check out this article: 5 Microservices Misconceptions.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-03-07T17:28:00Z","permalink":"/2023/03/5-microservices-misconceptions/","title":"5 Microservices Misconceptions"},{"content":"Check out this article: I Have Delivered Value… But At What Cost?.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-03-06T12:34:00Z","permalink":"/2023/03/i-have-delivered-value-but-at-what-cost/","title":"I Have Delivered Value… But At What Cost?"},{"content":"Check out this article: Facebook and Google are handing over user data to help police prosecute abortion seekers.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-03-05T20:38:00Z","permalink":"/2023/03/facebook-and-google-are-handing-over-user-data-to-help-police-prosecute-abortion-seekers/","title":"Facebook and Google are handing over user data to help police prosecute abortion seekers"},{"content":"Check out this article: Phone and Laptop Seizures at Airports and Borders – Privacy Travel Guide.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-03-05T13:43:00Z","permalink":"/2023/03/phone-and-laptop-seizures-at-airports-and-borders-privacy-travel-guide/","title":"Phone and Laptop Seizures at Airports and Borders – Privacy Travel Guide"},{"content":"Check out this article: The Case For Shunning.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-03-01T22:22:00Z","permalink":"/2023/03/the-case-for-shunning/","title":"The Case For Shunning"},{"content":"Check out this article: Joe Montana Was Here.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-02-26T22:28:00Z","permalink":"/2023/02/joe-montana-was-here/","title":"Joe Montana Was Here"},{"content":"Check out this article: Signal would ‘walk’ from UK if Online Safety Bill undermined encryption.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-02-25T12:33:00Z","permalink":"/2023/02/signal-would-walk-from-uk-if-online-safety-bill-undermined-encryption/","title":"Signal would ‘walk’ from UK if Online Safety Bill undermined encryption"},{"content":"Check out this article: Locking down APIs? Traditional authentication tips apply.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-02-18T13:53:00Z","permalink":"/2023/02/locking-down-apis-traditional-authentication-tips-apply/","title":"Locking down APIs? Traditional authentication tips apply"},{"content":"Check out this article: The Day We Stopped Sprinting.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-02-16T13:13:00Z","permalink":"/2023/02/the-day-we-stopped-sprinting-2/","title":"The Day We Stopped Sprinting"},{"content":"Check out this article: The maze is in the mouse.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-02-15T11:23:00Z","permalink":"/2023/02/the-maze-is-in-the-mouse/","title":"The maze is in the mouse"},{"content":"Check out this article: Daniel Ek.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-02-11T16:18:00Z","permalink":"/2023/02/daniel-ek/","title":"Daniel Ek"},{"content":"Check out this article: Cops Can’t Be Allowed to Just Make Up Reasons for Pulling People Over.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-01-30T01:10:00Z","permalink":"/2023/01/cops-cant-be-allowed-to-just-make-up-reasons-for-pulling-people-over/","title":"Cops Can’t Be Allowed to Just Make Up Reasons for Pulling People Over"},{"content":"Check out this article: Over the thin blue line.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-01-30T00:33:00Z","permalink":"/2023/01/over-the-thin-blue-line/","title":"Over the thin blue line"},{"content":"Check out this article: The Shit Show.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-01-16T18:49:00Z","permalink":"/2023/01/the-shit-show/","title":"The Shit Show"},{"content":"Check out this article: Your Memories. Their Cloud..\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-01-09T22:25:00Z","permalink":"/2023/01/your-memories-their-cloud/","title":"Your Memories. Their Cloud."},{"content":"Check out this article: Fallacies of Distributed Systems.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-01-08T15:21:00Z","permalink":"/2023/01/fallacies-of-distributed-systems/","title":"Fallacies of Distributed Systems"},{"content":"Check out this article: McCarthy vs. Gaetz: Explained!.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-01-08T12:43:00Z","permalink":"/2023/01/mccarthy-vs-gaetz-explained/","title":"McCarthy vs. Gaetz: Explained!"},{"content":"Check out this article: I just got myself banned from Elon Musk’s Twitter. Here’s why you should, too.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-01-08T00:32:00Z","permalink":"/2023/01/i-just-got-myself-banned-from-elon-musks-twitter-heres-why-you-should-too/","title":"I just got myself banned from Elon Musk’s Twitter. Here’s why you should, too"},{"content":"Check out this article: Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central District of California.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-01-06T12:55:00Z","permalink":"/2023/01/grand-jury-subpoena-for-signal-user-data-central-district-of-california/","title":"Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data, Central District of California"},{"content":"Check out this article: You Want Modules, Not Microservices.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2023-01-06T11:23:00Z","permalink":"/2023/01/you-want-modules-not-microservices/","title":"You Want Modules, Not Microservices"},{"content":"Check out this article: Messed Up Things At Woodstock.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-12-31T14:48:00Z","permalink":"/2022/12/messed-up-things-at-woodstock/","title":"Messed Up Things At Woodstock"},{"content":"The last straw right here and why I will never go back. Don’t believe the BS they spew that they just took it down to improve it. Something like that can be worked in parallel, and to remove it at this time of year is nearly criminal IMO.\nCheck out this article: Exclusive: Elon Musk orders removal of Twitter suicide prevention feature, sources say.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-12-24T14:28:00Z","permalink":"/2022/12/exclusive-elon-musk-orders-removal-of-twitter-suicide-prevention-feature-sources-say/","title":"Exclusive: Elon Musk orders removal of Twitter suicide prevention feature, sources say"},{"content":"Check out this article: The Man Behind Mastodon Built It for This Moment.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-12-24T01:31:00Z","permalink":"/2022/12/the-man-behind-mastodon-built-it-for-this-moment/","title":"The Man Behind Mastodon Built It for This Moment"},{"content":"Check out this article: Adding Git-Bash to Windows Terminal.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-12-23T17:13:00Z","permalink":"/2022/12/adding-git-bash-to-windows-terminal/","title":"Adding Git-Bash to Windows Terminal"},{"content":"Check out this article: Not another dime: a protest that works.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-12-17T13:34:00Z","permalink":"/2022/12/not-another-dime-a-protest-that-works/","title":"Not another dime: a protest that works"},{"content":"Check out this article: Your brain does not process information and it is not a computer.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-12-12T17:24:00Z","permalink":"/2022/12/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer/","title":"Your brain does not process information and it is not a computer"},{"content":"Check out this article: Recruited for Navy SEALs, Many Sailors Wind Up Scraping Paint.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-12-12T12:54:00Z","permalink":"/2022/12/recruited-for-navy-seals-many-sailors-wind-up-scraping-paint/","title":"Recruited for Navy SEALs, Many Sailors Wind Up Scraping Paint"},{"content":"Check out this article: The Rise and Fall of Respectability.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-12-11T14:45:00Z","permalink":"/2022/12/the-rise-and-fall-of-respectability/","title":"The Rise and Fall of Respectability"},{"content":"Check out this article: You’re Being Lied to About Electric Cars.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-12-08T23:59:00Z","permalink":"/2022/12/youre-being-lied-to-about-electric-cars/","title":"You’re Being Lied to About Electric Cars"},{"content":"Check out this article: Jeff Herrod feels forgotten: ‘No one acknowledges the work we did’.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-12-07T12:46:00Z","permalink":"/2022/12/jeff-herrod-feels-forgotten-no-one-acknowledges-the-work-we-did/","title":"Jeff Herrod feels forgotten: ‘No one acknowledges the work we did’"},{"content":"Check out this article: ICES Experimental Economics Brown Bag Lecture.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-12-06T13:20:00Z","permalink":"/2022/12/ices-experimental-economics-brown-bag-lecture/","title":"ICES Experimental Economics Brown Bag Lecture"},{"content":"Check out this article: Why we’re leaving the cloud.\nInterested to see how many read the article and not just the headline. As with all things, the answer is usually “it depends”.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-12-06T01:54:00Z","permalink":"/2022/12/why-were-leaving-the-cloud/","title":"Why we’re leaving the cloud"},{"content":"I’ve been playing around recently with Azure, finally got some things working, and think I’m starting to understand things a little better (though still terrified somehow I’m going to create something that costs a boatload of money).\nOne of the things any app developer will always want to do is be able to review logs so that’s what I was in search of today. While it looks like you can monitor logs in real time… I hardly ever need to do that (that’s what local debugging is for). I was trying to figure out where/how to view my logs after they had generated… you know, like you have to do to support anything.\nAnyway, it appears the secret is that you need to configure things to send your logs to a log analytics workspace 1st (and if I’m wrong here I would love to know a better way). To do that I followed the instructions here.\nKeep in mind though that it take a bit for logs to start getting pulled over so it’s not like a real time stream. For a real time stream (like when debugging, but from the server) look at “Log stream” for your Function App…\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-12-05T00:02:00Z","permalink":"/2022/12/reviewing-azure-function-app-logs/","title":"Reviewing Azure Function App Logs"},{"content":"Check out this article: Army Veteran Went Into ‘Combat Mode’ to Disarm the Club Q Gunman.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-12-04T14:13:00Z","permalink":"/2022/12/army-veteran-went-into-combat-mode-to-disarm-the-club-q-gunman/","title":"Army Veteran Went Into ‘Combat Mode’ to Disarm the Club Q Gunman"},{"content":"Check out this article: I Was Wrong About Mastodon.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-12-03T21:59:00Z","permalink":"/2022/12/i-was-wrong-about-mastodon/","title":"I Was Wrong About Mastodon"},{"content":"Check out this article: Hate Speech’s Rise on Twitter Is Unprecedented, Researchers Find.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-12-03T16:06:00Z","permalink":"/2022/12/hate-speechs-rise-on-twitter-is-unprecedented-researchers-find/","title":"Hate Speech’s Rise on Twitter Is Unprecedented, Researchers Find"},{"content":"Check out this article: Want a four-day work week? Show the results of research to your boss.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-12-01T13:04:00Z","permalink":"/2022/12/want-a-four-day-work-week-show-the-results-of-research-to-your-boss/","title":"Want a four-day work week? Show the results of research to your boss"},{"content":"Check out this article: The Town That Went Feral.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-11-29T00:43:00Z","permalink":"/2022/11/the-town-that-went-feral/","title":"The Town That Went Feral"},{"content":"Check out this article: The New Methodology.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-11-27T01:22:00Z","permalink":"/2022/11/the-new-methodology/","title":"The New Methodology"},{"content":"Check out this article: Twitter’s ongoing cruel treatment of software engineers.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-11-26T13:43:00Z","permalink":"/2022/11/twitters-ongoing-cruel-treatment-of-software-engineers/","title":"Twitter’s ongoing cruel treatment of software engineers"},{"content":"Check out this article: 12 Time-Saving iPhone Tips to Make You a More Efficient User.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-11-25T21:28:00Z","permalink":"/2022/11/12-time-saving-iphone-tips-to-make-you-a-more-efficient-user/","title":"12 Time-Saving iPhone Tips to Make You a More Efficient User"},{"content":"Check out this article: Everything You Learned About Thanksgiving Is Wrong.\nNo, this doesn’t mean I’m some far left lib and think we have to quit doing Thanksgiving, but I do think we should at least not pretend things weren’t as they were. And even then, realize that the ideals we are (hopefully) striving for: gratitude, community, family, and togetherness, do matter.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-11-24T21:38:00Z","permalink":"/2022/11/everything-you-learned-about-thanksgiving-is-wrong/","title":"Everything You Learned About Thanksgiving Is Wrong"},{"content":"Check out this article: Why Does the U.S. Have So Many Mass Shootings? Research Is Clear: Guns..\nCan’t wait to see how many people make the assumption I think all guns should be confiscated purely based on the article or its title. I don’t. I do think we have way to many guns in this country, and too lax of laws around them (can you understand the distinction?). And anytime there is something that can used for a deadly purpose without adequate controls and restricted access there is a higher potential for that thing to be used in the heat of the moment (on oneself or others). Hopes and prayers will never bring anyone back or stop someone from violence, and it’s time to stop pretending like they will.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-11-24T12:53:00Z","permalink":"/2022/11/why-does-the-u-s-have-so-many-mass-shootings-research-is-clear-guns/","title":"Why Does the U.S. Have So Many Mass Shootings? Research Is Clear: Guns."},{"content":"Check out this article: ‘Dying Inside’: Chaos and Cruelty in Louisiana Juvenile Detention.\nOne of the saddest things I find in this article is the number of families at the point they think the experience of jail will make their kids “scared straight”, or that the kid just doesn’t have a responsible adult in their life. Instead of “scared straight” we get “traumatized into submission” and sometimes it’s the ultimate nihilist submission… suicide. Incarceration (esp the way and frequency we do it) is not the answer. Even more so for kids.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-11-23T14:09:00Z","permalink":"/2022/11/dying-inside-chaos-and-cruelty-in-louisiana-juvenile-detention/","title":"‘Dying Inside’: Chaos and Cruelty in Louisiana Juvenile Detention"},{"content":"Check out this article: Your words are wasted.\nI learned this lesson first from Christopher S Penn in a marketing sense, but still bears repeating (and why I run all “shares” on SM through this site first).\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-11-23T01:18:00Z","permalink":"/2022/11/your-words-are-wasted/","title":"Your words are wasted"},{"content":"Check out this article: The World Cup That Changed Everything.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-11-20T19:08:00Z","permalink":"/2022/11/the-world-cup-that-changed-everything/","title":"The World Cup That Changed Everything"},{"content":"Check out this article: How to Get Started on Mastodon.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. If you want to follow me, you can find me here:\nhttps://techhub.social/@markjacobsen\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-11-17T17:33:00Z","permalink":"/2022/11/how-to-get-started-on-mastodon/","title":"How to Get Started on Mastodon"},{"content":"Check out this article: Elon Musk demands Twitter employees commit to ‘extremely hardcore’ culture or leave.\nF that Sh*+. Unfortunately he’s going to have people that have to have the job for immigration, health, or financial purposes. And we’ll hold it up as a badge of honor to celebrate hustle culture.\nHint, if you’re an employee that isn’t compensated proportionally (and that could be negatively or positively) given the company’s performance there is absolutely nothing worth grinding for in a JOB.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-11-16T12:03:00Z","permalink":"/2022/11/elon-musk-demands-twitter-employees-commit-to-extremely-hardcore-culture-or-leave/","title":"Elon Musk demands Twitter employees commit to ‘extremely hardcore’ culture or leave"},{"content":"Now that I’m officially working remotely, and have had some questions about my setup, I figured I’d do a write up so everything was in 1 place. So, let’s start with a picture…\n… and I’ll tell you that my setup consists of a Desktop (not shown) and the Laptop you see in the photo. Also included in the photo are the microphone and camera. The Stream Deck shown in the lower right (as well as shells, rings, and baseball) is optional 😊.\nNow, how it all works together… The main monitor (with the rings at the base), keyboard, and mouse are controlled by the computer KVM which determines if I’m working off the Laptop or the Desktop. Essentially, the computer KVM takes “in” the keyboard, mouse, and HDMI from both the Laptop and Desktop, and sends “out” to the shared keyboard, mouse, and main monitor. A simple double tap on “Scroll Lock” + either “1” or “2” switches between them.\nI also use a USB Switch to toggle peripherals between the Laptop and Desktop. This allows me to switch between the computers but make the camera and microphone potentially “stick” to the backgrounded computer (i.e. be on a call/meeting on one computer, but switch to the other briefly as needed). Setup is as simple as the USB Switch taking a USB “input” from each computer, and having the peripherals tied into it. Switching between does take a press of the button on the USB Switch.\nSo, what about the other monitor and laptop monitor you may ask? The full monitor (upper left) is tied into the Desktop using a DVI output on my graphics card (but could be tied into whatever additional output you may have) so that when the Desktop is active I’ll have the 2 monitors. When I switch to the Laptop, the laptop and main monitor act as my 2 monitors.\nAnd finally, you may be asking, how do you tie all that stuff to the laptop if it only has a USB C and maybe a standard USB? For that, I use a USB Dock. The dock allows me to connect to my wired network (better reliability and throughput of signal), the computer KVM, USB Switch, and a few other USB peripherals (mostly for charging things). All that junk stays connect to the dock, and I simply need to unplug or connect the 1 USB C connector!\nOf course, if you don’t need to switch between multiple computers and just want to connect multiple monitors and an external keyboard and mouse the USB Dock is sufficient (and is how my wife’s work setup is configured).\nAs to the Stream Deck, that’s probably a post for a different day, but suffice it to say when the Laptop is active the aux monitor (upper left) is rotating through a number of browser tabs running on the Desktop and I can use the Stream Deck to control that (refresh, volume, mute, etc).\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-11-15T18:35:00Z","permalink":"/2022/11/wfh-setup/","title":"WFH Setup"},{"content":"Check out this article: Thousands Have Joined Mastodon Since Twitter Changed Hands. Its Founder Has a Vision for Democratizing Social Media.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-11-15T11:43:00Z","permalink":"/2022/11/thousands-have-joined-mastodon-since-twitter-changed-hands-its-founder-has-a-vision-for-democratizing-social-media/","title":"Thousands Have Joined Mastodon Since Twitter Changed Hands. Its Founder Has a Vision for Democratizing Social Media"},{"content":"Check out this article: Alone at the Edge of the World.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-11-14T20:25:00Z","permalink":"/2022/11/alone-at-the-edge-of-the-world/","title":"Alone at the Edge of the World"},{"content":"Check out this article: What is Mastodon? A social media expert explains how the ‘federated’ network works and why it won’t be a new Twitter.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-11-14T11:53:00Z","permalink":"/2022/11/what-is-mastodon-a-social-media-expert-explains-how-the-federated-network-works-and-why-it-wont-be-a-new-twitter/","title":"What is Mastodon? A social media expert explains how the ‘federated’ network works and why it won’t be a new Twitter"},{"content":"Check out this article: The Problem With Letting Therapy-Speak Invade Everything.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-11-12T19:48:00Z","permalink":"/2022/11/the-problem-with-letting-therapy-speak-invade-everything/","title":"The Problem With Letting Therapy-Speak Invade Everything"},{"content":"Check out this article: Hey Elon: Let Me Help You Speed Run The Content Moderation Learning Curve.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-11-05T12:23:00Z","permalink":"/2022/11/hey-elon-let-me-help-you-speed-run-the-content-moderation-learning-curve/","title":"Hey Elon: Let Me Help You Speed Run The Content Moderation Learning Curve"},{"content":"Check out this article: How Trust Determines the Speed of Your Success with Simon Sinek.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-11-02T12:43:00Z","permalink":"/2022/11/how-trust-determines-the-speed-of-your-success-with-simon-sinek/","title":"How Trust Determines the Speed of Your Success with Simon Sinek"},{"content":"Check out this article: Almost Timely News: The Future of AI and Regular Life (2022-10-23).\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-10-24T12:08:00Z","permalink":"/2022/10/almost-timely-news-the-future-of-ai-and-regular-life-2022-10-23/","title":"Almost Timely News: The Future of AI and Regular Life (2022-10-23)"},{"content":"This video has cracked me up ever since I started to learn git using the command line. With today’s web and desktop interfaces to git it’s not so bad anymore, but still… this is hilarious.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-10-22T12:28:00Z","permalink":"/2022/10/hitler-uses-git/","title":"Hitler uses git"},{"content":"Check out this article: Productivity Is About Your Systems, Not Your People.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-10-16T00:38:00Z","permalink":"/2022/10/productivity-is-about-your-systems-not-your-people/","title":"Productivity Is About Your Systems, Not Your People"},{"content":"Check out this article: Returning to the Office? Let’s Keep the Line Between Work and Home Blurry.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-09-30T12:13:00Z","permalink":"/2022/09/returning-to-the-office-lets-keep-the-line-between-work-and-home-blurry/","title":"Returning to the Office? Let’s Keep the Line Between Work and Home Blurry"},{"content":"Check out this article: Starting School Before 8 a.m. Can Be Harmful to Teens, Sleep Scientists Say.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-09-28T11:48:00Z","permalink":"/2022/09/starting-school-before-8-a-m-can-be-harmful-to-teens-sleep-scientists-say/","title":"Starting School Before 8 a.m. Can Be Harmful to Teens, Sleep Scientists Say"},{"content":"Check out this article: Why Bosses Should Ask Employees to Do Less—Not More.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-09-27T17:14:00Z","permalink":"/2022/09/why-bosses-should-ask-employees-to-do-less-not-more/","title":"Why Bosses Should Ask Employees to Do Less—Not More"},{"content":"Check out this article: How Much Can You Spend in Retirement? Answer These Questions First..\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-09-12T14:20:00Z","permalink":"/2022/09/how-much-can-you-spend-in-retirement-answer-these-questions-first/","title":"How Much Can You Spend in Retirement? Answer These Questions First."},{"content":"My solution? Switch to Signal no matter if you’re on Apple or iOS. It’s a far superior communication platform.\nCheck out this article: Apple CEO Tim Cook’s fix for those pesky green text bubbles? ‘Buy your mom an iPhone’.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-09-12T11:53:00Z","permalink":"/2022/09/apple-ceo-tim-cooks-fix-for-those-pesky-green-text-bubbles-buy-your-mom-an-iphone/","title":"Apple CEO Tim Cook’s fix for those pesky green text bubbles? ‘Buy your mom an iPhone’"},{"content":"Check out this article: The Death Penalty Case That Went Too Far.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-09-05T14:08:00Z","permalink":"/2022/09/the-death-penalty-case-that-went-too-far/","title":"The Death Penalty Case That Went Too Far"},{"content":"I think it’s a shame that this country can allow areas to go without basic living necessities like running water.\nCheck out this article: Jackson Water Crisis Forces Cities to Confront Their Own Aging Infrastructure.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-09-03T13:13:00Z","permalink":"/2022/09/jackson-water-crisis-forces-cities-to-confront-their-own-aging-infrastructure/","title":"Jackson Water Crisis Forces Cities to Confront Their Own Aging Infrastructure"},{"content":"[][1] _Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!_ Disclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-08-22T13:19:00Z","permalink":"/2022/08/early-morning-beach-walk/","title":"Early morning beach walk"},{"content":"Check out this article: 100 Rules — Personal Philosophy.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-08-17T12:33:00Z","permalink":"/2022/08/100-rules-personal-philosophy/","title":"100 Rules — Personal Philosophy"},{"content":"Check out this article: Meta faces backlash after Nebraska woman charged in abortion case with evidence from private Facebook messages.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-08-11T12:33:00Z","permalink":"/2022/08/meta-faces-backlash-after-nebraska-woman-charged-in-abortion-case-with-evidence-from-private-facebook-messages/","title":"Meta faces backlash after Nebraska woman charged in abortion case with evidence from private Facebook messages"},{"content":"Check out this article: We need to take away children.”.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-08-08T18:48:00Z","permalink":"/2022/08/we-need-to-take-away-children/","title":"We need to take away children.”"},{"content":"So it’s “Prime Day” and I figured I would go check if the very expensive router I just purchased was cheaper… and boy was it. So, I figured I could just contact a person and they’d adjust the price no problem and the world moves on. BIG MISTAKE. No. They want you to reorder the EXACT same thing, have it shipped to you, and return the EXACT same thing right back to them instead of just doing a price adjustment! You have got to be kidding me! Don’t believe me? Check out the chat thread…\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-07-12T15:31:00Z","permalink":"/2022/07/at-amazon-bots-are-greater-than-people/","title":"At Amazon, Bots \u003e= People"},{"content":"As is so often the case, Christopher S Penn said it better than I could so…\nCheck out this article: Almost Timely News, 26-June-2022: Good Habits Lead to Great Change (WARNING: POLITICAL).\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-06-26T11:23:00Z","permalink":"/2022/06/almost-timely-news-26-june-2022-good-habits-lead-to-great-change-warning-political/","title":"Good Habits Lead to Great Change (WARNING: POLITICAL)"},{"content":"Check out this article: The surprising afterlife of used hotel soap.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-05-02T22:59:00Z","permalink":"/2022/05/the-surprising-afterlife-of-used-hotel-soap/","title":"The surprising afterlife of used hotel soap"},{"content":"Check out this article: Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-04-28T12:35:00Z","permalink":"/2022/04/why-the-past-10-years-of-american-life-have-been-uniquely-stupid/","title":"Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid"},{"content":"Found this useful insight in James Clear’s newsletter:\n“What’s one decision you can make today that will save you from making ten more decisions in the future? Make the choice that eliminates other choices.”\nSometimes even if you don’t know the specific choice to make or what the future might look like, you can always at least narrow your options to provide greater clarity at a later time.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-04-26T12:20:00Z","permalink":"/2022/04/make-the-choice/","title":"Make the choice"},{"content":"Check out this article: Back to the Future of Twitter.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-04-25T12:04:00Z","permalink":"/2022/04/back-to-the-future-of-twitter/","title":"Back to the Future of Twitter"},{"content":"Long ago in a village in northern China, there lived a man who owned a magnificent horse. So beautiful was this horse that people came from miles around just to admire it. They told him he was blessed to own such a horse.\n“Perhaps,” he said. “But what seems like a blessing may be a curse.”\nOne day, the horse ran off. It was gone. People came to say how sorry they were for his bad luck.\n“Perhaps,” he said. “But what seems like a curse may be a blessing.”\nA few weeks later, the horse returned. It was not alone. It was followed by twenty-one wild horses. By the law of the land, they became his property. He was rich with horses.\nHis neighbours came to congratulate him on his good fortune. “Truly,” they said, “you have been blessed.”\n“Perhaps,” he said. “But what seems like a blessing may be a curse.”\nShortly after that his son — his only son — tried to ride one of the wild horses. He was thrown from it and broke his leg. The man’s neighbors came to say how sorry they were. Surely, he had been cursed.\n“Perhaps,” he said. “But what seems like a curse may be a blessing.”\nA week later, the king came through that village, drafting every able-bodied young man for a war against the people of the north. It was a horrible war. Everyone who went from that village was killed. Only that man’s son survived, because of his broken leg.\nTo this day, in that village, they say, ”What seems like a blessing may be a curse. What seems like a curse may be a blessing.”\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-04-18T22:23:00Z","permalink":"/2022/04/the-lost-horse/","title":"The Lost Horse"},{"content":"Check out this article: The Fortunes of MacKenzie Scott.\nNote: Since this is an automatically created post there’s no commentary on it. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-04-17T22:32:00Z","permalink":"/2022/04/the-fortunes-of-mackenzie-scott/","title":"The Fortunes of MacKenzie Scott"},{"content":"Great article/interview w/ Ukraine’s First Lady, Olena Zelenska. As we celebrate Easter and the belief that all those who believe in “him” will be saved… At the expense of being judged, I just can’t help but disagree. Most of use make terrible mistakes (aka decisions) in our lives, and I do think the vast majority of times those mistakes are forgivable and redeemable. But that does not mean all actions are forgivable, and we must all live with our decisions/mistakes. For instance, I do not believe that those Russians who started and continue to wage this war are forgivable. They should not be “saved”. Maybe you do. Maybe that makes you a better person than me. But I’ll just leave you with a few passages from the article:\nuntil the last minute it was impossible to believe that this would happen…in the twenty-first century? In the modern world? Russia does not have mercy for peaceful lives. How to explain to a child why she is not sleeping in her bed? This is a test you would not wish on anyone. The line you are talking about was crossed on the first day—the first! People killed on the street. Not military—civilians! Graves near playgrounds. I can’t even describe it. It makes me speechless. But it is necessary to look at it. I hope we are not the only ones who see the message Russia is sending. This message is not only addressed to us. This is their message to the world! Russia knows that the West will not cover the sky, and this fact encourages it to commit atrocities. The main thing is not to get used to the war—not to turn it into statistics. Continue going to protests, continue to demand that your governments take action. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-04-17T13:39:00Z","permalink":"/2022/04/life-under-siege/","title":"Life Under Siege"},{"content":"As I was listening to the Brewers game while driving home from a listing appointment on Wednesday, they happened to mention the Brewers Home Opener happing the next day. Not sure, why but it hit me that maybe I should try and go see it. After all, it was after working hours and the girls didn’t have Friday off, but I did :). So, after a bit of hemming and hawing, I actually pulled the trigger and bought the tickets!\nDrove out early Thursday morning so I could attend meetings from the rode, and get some stuff done, arriving with the few hours before game time.\nHad a great seat in section 220 (that’s a view from my seat below), and the Brewers won! Plus, I actually got to see a Brewers Home Opener, my first time in American Family Field, and even saw one of my Dad’s oldest friends.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-04-16T19:02:00Z","permalink":"/2022/04/brewers-home-opener/","title":"Brewers Home Opener"},{"content":"Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-04-13T20:50:00Z","permalink":"/2022/04/dropping-hints-%F0%9F%98%82/","title":"Dropping Hints 😂"},{"content":" Doggies run on Dunkin’ _Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!_ Disclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-04-11T19:43:00Z","permalink":"/2022/04/i-could-sure-use-a-coffee/","title":"I could sure use a coffee"},{"content":"So proud of my cousin, Michael, for having his work (below) featured in this WSJ article!\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-04-11T18:22:00Z","permalink":"/2022/04/my-cousins-work-in-wsj/","title":"My Cousin’s Work in WSJ"},{"content":" https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cb8CKu2F3xj/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-04-10T17:35:00Z","permalink":"/2022/04/that-dog-vs-mine-%F0%9F%98%82/","title":"That dog vs mine 😂"},{"content":"Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-04-10T14:27:00Z","permalink":"/2022/04/aqua-thermal-treatment-%F0%9F%98%82/","title":"Aqua-thermal treatment 😂"},{"content":"Found this gem in James Clear’s 3-2-1 newsletter, and it’s so true…\nPowerful combination = Hate being bad at stuff + Willing to look like a beginner.\nPeople who hate being bad at stuff are driven to improve. However, if they are unwilling to look like a beginner from time to time, they will avoid new challenges and struggle to reinvent themselves.\nMeanwhile, people who are willing to try new things, but lack a thirst to improve will settle for mediocre results. It’s the willingness to look foolish for a short time—but not for a long time—that leads to jumps in performance.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-04-08T11:35:21Z","permalink":"/2022/04/powerful-combination/","title":"Powerful Combination"},{"content":" \u0026lt;div class=\u0026quot;wp-story-meta\u0026quot;\u0026gt; \u0026lt;div class=\u0026quot;wp-story-icon\u0026quot;\u0026gt; \u0026lt;img loading=\u0026quot;lazy\u0026quot; decoding=\u0026quot;async\u0026quot; alt=\u0026quot;Site icon\u0026quot; src=\u0026quot;https://i0.wp.com/markjacobsen.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cropped-headshot-per-bw.jpg?fit=80%2C80\u0026amp;ssl=1\u0026quot; width=\u0026quot;40\u0026quot; height=\u0026quot;40\u0026quot; /\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/div\u0026gt; \u0026lt;div\u0026gt; \u0026lt;div class=\u0026quot;wp-story-title\u0026quot;\u0026gt; Story \u0026lt;/div\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/div\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/div\u0026gt; \u0026lt;div class=\u0026quot;wp-story-wrapper\u0026quot;\u0026gt; \u0026lt;div class=\u0026quot;wp-story-slide\u0026quot; style=\u0026quot;display: block;\u0026quot;\u0026gt; \u0026lt;figure\u0026gt;\u0026lt;img data-recalc-dims=\u0026quot;1\u0026quot; title=\u0026quot;\u0026quot; alt=\u0026quot;\u0026quot; class=\u0026quot;wp-block-jetpack-story_image wp-story-image \u0026quot; src=\u0026quot;https://i0.wp.com/markjacobsen.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/5440971360.jpg?w=474\u0026amp;#038;ssl=1\u0026quot; /\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/figure\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/div\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/div\u0026gt; \u0026lt;div class=\u0026quot;wp-story-overlay\u0026quot;\u0026gt; \u0026lt;div class=\u0026quot;wp-story-embed-icon-expand\u0026quot;\u0026gt; \u0026lt;svg class=\u0026quot;gridicon gridicons-fullscreen\u0026quot; role=\u0026quot;img\u0026quot; height=\u0026quot;24\u0026quot; width=\u0026quot;24\u0026quot; xmlns=\u0026quot;http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\u0026quot; viewBox=\u0026quot;0 0 24 24\u0026quot;\u0026gt; \u0026lt;g\u0026gt; \u0026lt;path d=\u0026quot;M21 3v6h-2V6.41l-3.29 3.3-1.42-1.42L17.59 5H15V3zM3 3v6h2V6.41l3.29 3.3 1.42-1.42L6.41 5H9V3zm18 18v-6h-2v2.59l-3.29-3.29-1.41 1.41L17.59 19H15v2zM9 21v-2H6.41l3.29-3.29-1.41-1.42L5 17.59V15H3v6z\u0026quot;\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/path\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/g\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/svg\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/div\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/div\u0026gt; \u0026lt;div class=\u0026quot;wp-story-pagination wp-story-pagination-bullets\u0026quot;\u0026gt; \u0026lt;div class=\u0026quot;wp-story-pagination-bullet \u0026quot; aria-label=\u0026quot;Go to slide 1\u0026quot;\u0026gt; \u0026lt;div class=\u0026quot;wp-story-pagination-bullet-bar\u0026quot;\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/div\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/div\u0026gt; \u0026lt;div class=\u0026quot;wp-story-pagination-bullet \u0026quot; aria-label=\u0026quot;Go to slide 2\u0026quot;\u0026gt; \u0026lt;div class=\u0026quot;wp-story-pagination-bullet-bar\u0026quot;\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/div\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/div\u0026gt; \u0026lt;div class=\u0026quot;wp-story-pagination-bullet \u0026quot; aria-label=\u0026quot;Go to slide 3\u0026quot;\u0026gt; \u0026lt;div class=\u0026quot;wp-story-pagination-bullet-bar\u0026quot;\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/div\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/div\u0026gt; \u0026lt;div class=\u0026quot;wp-story-pagination-bullet \u0026quot; aria-label=\u0026quot;Go to slide 4\u0026quot;\u0026gt; \u0026lt;div class=\u0026quot;wp-story-pagination-bullet-bar\u0026quot;\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/div\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/div\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/div\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/div\u0026gt; I know I’m an old man, but I love opening day! Only 1 game on during the work day this year so didn’t take a 1/2 day, but by 5 there were 3 games going on. Looking forward to spending the rest of the night watching games too 😀\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-04-07T21:42:00Z","permalink":"/2022/04/opening-day/","title":"Opening Day"},{"content":"From “the 34 ton bat”Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-04-05T17:53:00Z","permalink":"/2022/04/ouch-thats-gotta-hurt/","title":"Ouch! That’s gotta hurt."},{"content":" Just got back from a quick Spring Break trip to Amelia Island (Jacksonville, FL area). Stayed at this great Airbnb with some amazing ocean views. Spent each evening with the patio door wide open listening to the waves crash against the shore.\nThe first day we took a 2 hour boat trip with Amelia Adventures, and got to see wild horses, a manatee, and dolphins! Ate at Sliders Seaside Grill which was my favorite dining place of the trip (plus The Tavern by AIBC for beer and pretzels).\nWednesday we bummed around downtown Jacksonville and Neptune Beach. Downtown wasn’t all that great since the “Friendship Fountain” was closed, and not much to do, but Sweet Pete’s Candy Shop was a fun stop. There were also some museums and such, but we didn’t bother with those. Ate at Fish Camp on the beach, which was ok, but not as good as I’d heard it made out to be.\nThursday was a day for history and learning while we drove the A1A (“beachfront avenue”) and rode the St. Augustine Trolley Tour. Dinner at Salt Life Food Shack which was decent.\nOverall, I could have spent the entire time just reading and listening to the ocean, but alas the kids actually wanted to do things, and I guess we had to eat too 😊. I’d say check it out if you’re looking for a laid back trip.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-04-05T17:40:00Z","permalink":"/2022/04/take-me-back-amelia-island/","title":"Take me back: Amelia Island ✈"},{"content":" Super interesting book. Surprising how much I recall hearing about or living through, but now getting the behind the scenes look. From the people you always hear about like Musk, Thiel, and Hoffman to the less known names this is an easy read that’s worth the time.\nHere’s one passage in particular that I found telling and interesting. Specifically this “People who are smart and energetic are often angry. Not at each other, usually. Rather, they’re angry that we’re ‘not there yet\u0026rsquo;”\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-04-04T12:35:00Z","permalink":"/2022/04/the-founders-%F0%9F%93%96/","title":"The Founders 📖"},{"content":"Do you know where the first commercial use of a CAPTCHA was? PayPal\nDo you know CAPTCHA stands for Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart? I didn’t, but now you do!\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-04-03T19:43:00Z","permalink":"/2022/04/did-you-know-captcha/","title":"Did you know? CAPTCHA"},{"content":"Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-04-01T00:19:00Z","permalink":"/2022/03/the-pen-is-mightier-%F0%9F%98%82/","title":"The pen is mightier 😂"},{"content":" Seems like a good corollary to the brutality honest post. Because it’s true.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-03-30T15:38:00Z","permalink":"/2022/03/everything-happens-for-a-reason/","title":"Everything happens for a reason"},{"content":" This is an interesting one because I’ve more than once been given this feedback, but there’s a nuance… one can give honest feedback in constructive and helpful ways or just being a dick about it.\nI know it’s hard when the stupidity is so obvious, but that doesn’t really excuse being a jerk. Now, some people aren’t going to like what you have to say regardless, and you better have a good argument or alternative for your honesty. Being a seagull and just shitting all over everything and calling it “honesty” is no excuse.\nBe a part of the solution, but never be afraid to speak up and hold your ground (even if some people don’t like it).Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-03-28T17:43:00Z","permalink":"/2022/03/brutal-honesty/","title":"Brutal Honesty"},{"content":" As I’ve said before, I’m certifiable 😂. Passed the DP-900 exam on Saturday. Look about 30 minutes (plus 15-20 for the remote proctor to release the exam). As with the Azure Fundamentals certification it was a lot of just knowing the names or classifications of things. I guess that’s why it’s a “fundamentals” exam.\nAnyway, if work is going to pay for me to pad my resume I’ll take it.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-03-28T10:55:00Z","permalink":"/2022/03/azure-data-fundamentals-certification/","title":"Azure Data Fundamentals Certification"},{"content":"Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-03-28T01:14:00Z","permalink":"/2022/03/scientific-fact-%F0%9F%98%82/","title":"Scientific Fact 😂"},{"content":"Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-03-28T00:23:00Z","permalink":"/2022/03/no-2-pencils-%F0%9F%98%82/","title":"No. 2 Pencils 😂"},{"content":"“The goal of adulthood is to let go of the other possible existences and to make the best of the one. A successful adult is one who understands that it doesn’t matter which life you ultimately pick, only that you live it well.”\nFrom (spoiler alert you have to actually read the article not just the title): A Surprising Number Of Teens Think They’ll Die Young, Or Live Forever, Whichever Comes First\nBut, back to the quote, it’s actually pretty spot on if you think about it. Somewhat difficult to do, but living your life well (however you define that) seems like a worthwhile goal.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\u0026quot;\u0026gt; \u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;https://www.instagram.com/reel/CbbGjG8pTHh/?utm_source=ig_embed\u0026amp;utm_campaign=loading\u0026quot; style=\u0026quot; color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\u0026quot; target=\u0026quot;_blank\u0026quot;\u0026gt;A post shared by BeigeCardigan (@beigecardigan)\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/div\u0026gt; Posted mainly to see how Instagram video posts show up, but also because it’s cute and made me chuckle.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-03-26T12:43:00Z","permalink":"/2022/03/what-life-is-like-sometimes/","title":"What life is like sometimes"},{"content":" This… it’s always bugged me when people say “if my vacation is approved”. Like hell. I’m telling you I won’t be around so you can plan. Not to ask your permission.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-03-25T15:24:00Z","permalink":"/2022/03/vacation/","title":"Vacation"},{"content":"Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-03-25T12:46:00Z","permalink":"/2022/03/learning-to-communicate-%F0%9F%98%82/","title":"Learning to communicate 😂"},{"content":"Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-03-24T20:41:00Z","permalink":"/2022/03/on-consulting/","title":"On consulting…"},{"content":"Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-03-24T19:42:00Z","permalink":"/2022/03/backseat-driver/","title":"Backseat driver"},{"content":"Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-03-23T21:55:00Z","permalink":"/2022/03/chimneys-%F0%9F%98%82/","title":"Chimneys 😂"},{"content":"Writer Doris Lessing on how to choose what to read:\n“There is only one way to read, which is to browse in libraries and bookshops, picking up books that attract you, reading only those, dropping them when they bore you, skipping the parts that drag – and never, never reading anything because you feel you ought, or because it is part of a trend or a movement. Remember that the book which bores you when you are twenty or thirty will open doors for you when you are forty or fifty-and vise versa. Don’t read a book out of its right time for you.”Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-03-23T13:40:00Z","permalink":"/2022/03/what-to-read/","title":"What to read"},{"content":"Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-03-22T22:16:00Z","permalink":"/2022/03/fire-safety-%F0%9F%98%82/","title":"Fire safety 😂"},{"content":"Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2022-03-22T14:06:00Z","permalink":"/2022/03/i-look-like/","title":"I look like 😂"},{"content":"I find it interesting how we’ve made “labeling” into a negative. At least it feels that way to me. But labels are one of the most convenient and flexible ways of categorizing things (including people) that there is.\nJust a few labels you can feel free to apply to me: developer, realtor, father, athlete, introvert, extrovert, kind, jerk\n…and I’m sure there are plenty of others (even negative or conflicting ones like some of the above) you could apply to me. Season for taste… your taste.\nEither way, if I “label” you, it’s not a negative. Maybe you could consider the fact that I find you important enough to even take the time to “label”.\nNow, if I pigeonhole you then you might care, but by that point it probably doesn’t to you.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-11-15T23:29:00Z","permalink":"/2021/11/labeling-is-not-pigeonholing/","title":"Labeling != Pigeonholing"},{"content":"Day 28 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 389 items, but since it’s the last day of the month I threw in an extra 11 to bring the total up to a nice round 400. If you’re curious to see how the whole month went view the Tag.\nWhat did I learn in the course of getting rid of 400 physical items? Mostly that I had a lot of tech and misc wires/cables 🙂 but also that it wasn’t so bad. Looking around there’s definitely more to purge especially if we add in more family/kids items, but that’s for the whole family to decide on. For now I prob just need to move on to a shredding or burn party for old docs.\nIf you did the #LessIsNow #MinsGame challenge in the past, this last month, or are thinking about it for the future, drop a message in the comments. I’d love to hear your story.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-28T15:08:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-28/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 28"},{"content":"Day 27 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 361 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nMoving on to some of the kids stuff Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-27T14:46:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-27/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 27"},{"content":"Day 26 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 334 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nMoving onto the garage Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-26T12:00:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-26/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 26"},{"content":"Day 25 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 308 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nBreaking into the glassware Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-25T12:00:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-25/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 25"},{"content":"Day 24 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 283 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nStarting to dip into the tools now too… Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-24T23:34:37Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-24/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 24"},{"content":"Day 23 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 259 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nStill more cables, but also a good deal of history Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-23T13:00:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-23/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 23"},{"content":"Day 22 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 236 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nMostly old mementos I have touched or looked at in forever Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-22T13:00:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-22/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 22"},{"content":"Day 21 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 214 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nStarting to get serious with what where some bigger purchases back in the day… Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-21T13:00:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-21-2/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 21"},{"content":"Day 20 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 193 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-20T12:00:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-20/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 20"},{"content":"Day 19 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 173 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nAnother spaghetti mess of cables and tech Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-19T12:00:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-19/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 19"},{"content":"Day 18 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 154 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nEven more electronics and cables Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-18T12:00:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-18/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 18"},{"content":"Day 17 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 136 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nPortion of the CD collection Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-17T12:00:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-17/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 17"},{"content":"Day 16 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 136 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nBreaking into the CDs, cassettes, VHS, and books on tape! Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-16T12:00:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-16/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 16"},{"content":"Day 15 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 120 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nI swear I’m almost done with the cables and tech…? Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-15T12:00:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-15/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 15"},{"content":"Day 14 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 105 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nMore random tech/connectors Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-14T12:00:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-14/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 14"},{"content":"Day 13 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 91 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nRando tech/cables Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-13T12:00:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-13/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 13"},{"content":"Day 12 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 78 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nMore clothes and another random computer thing. Funny thing about all the clothes the past few days… most of them I “hid away” as a type of packing party… and forgot about 😂 Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-12T12:00:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-12/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 12"},{"content":"Day 11 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 66 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nI’m sorry momma… but tonight I’m cleaning out my closet. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-11T12:00:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-11/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 11"},{"content":"Day 10 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 55 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nPile o’ clothes Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-10T12:00:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-10/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 10"},{"content":"Day 9 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 45 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-09T12:00:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-9/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 9"},{"content":"Day 8 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 36 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nMore random electronics… Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-08T12:00:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-8/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 8"},{"content":"Day 7 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 28 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nOld tech… Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-07T12:00:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-7/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 7"},{"content":"Day 6 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 21 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nOld shirts and a baby pack of cards Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-06T12:00:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-6/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 6"},{"content":"Day 5 of the “Minimalism Game“. That’s 15 total items. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nSo many shiny things! Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-05T12:05:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-4-2/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 5"},{"content":"Day 4 of the “Minimalism Game“. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nJust some random old clothes Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-04T12:08:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-4/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 4"},{"content":"Here we go with Day 3 of the “Minimalism Game“. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nPlanned to use the magnets for the RE biz but they were super weak. Don’t use the 1st gen Chromecast, and some random chord. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-03T18:48:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-3/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 3"},{"content":"Here we go with Day 2 of the “Minimalism Game“. If you want to follow along and see how far I can make it: Watch the Tag\nI still think they’re cool looking, but I don’t really need to hang onto them. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-02T13:46:00Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-2/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 2"},{"content":"The new Less is Now documentary on Netflix reminded me of the “Minimalism Game“, and since Feb is the shortest month 😀 I thought I might give it a try.\nNo idea if I’ll be able to make it an entire month (even a short one), but any journey begins with the first step… Or in this case the first item shedd…\nThey were super comfy but haven’t worked or used for over a year… Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-02-01T22:12:41Z","permalink":"/2021/02/lessisnow-minsgame-day-1/","title":"#LessIsNow #MinsGame Day 1"},{"content":"The Hill We Climb\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-01-20T23:42:48Z","permalink":"/2021/01/amanda-gormans-inauguration-poem/","title":"Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem"},{"content":"I first read this in James Clear’s 3-2-1 Newsletter, but thought the idea from Naval Ravikant was so good that I just had to share…\nHumans evolved in societies where there was no leverage. If I was chopping wood or carrying water for you, you knew eight hours put in would be equal to about eight hours of output. Now we\u0026#8217;ve invented leverage\u0026#8230; As a worker, you want to be as leveraged as possible so you have a huge impact without as much time or physical effort. A leveraged worker can out-produce a non-leveraged worker by a factor of one thousand or ten thousand. With a leveraged worker, judgment is far more important than how much time they put in or how hard they work. For example, a good software engineer, just by writing the right little piece of code and creating the right little application, can literally create half a billion dollars\u0026#8217; worth of value for a company. But ten engineers working ten times as hard, just because they choose the wrong model, the wrong product, wrote it the wrong way, or put it in the wrong viral loop, have basically wasted their time. Inputs don\u0026#8217;t match outputs, especially for leveraged workers. What you want in life is to be in control of your time. You want to get into a leveraged job where you control your time and you\u0026#8217;re tracked on outputs. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2021-01-02T14:32:00Z","permalink":"/2021/01/the-importance-of-leverage/","title":"The Importance of Leverage"},{"content":"Last week I had the opportunity to “attend” ArchConf (virtually). Of the sessions I attended, Venkat Subramaniam’s presentation of “Building Evolutionary Architectures” was easily the best and combined an engaging and enthusiastic style with useful content. David Sietz’s “Data as a Service (DaaS)” presentation was also very good and applicable for my needs. Aside from that, Joshua Smith and Laine Minor from RedHat were probably the most entertaining/fun/funny.\nIf you’re interested, here are my notes for each session I attended and took notes for :). Replays (for attendees only)\nArchitecting Cloud Native Applications Nathaniel Schutta – 3/5\nMain Takeaway: In order to successfully implement micro-services they must have consistent/good monitoring Responsible Micro-Services ebook Beware of developers implementing technologies/languages/patterns for \u0026#8220;resume driven design\u0026#8221; reasons\u0026#8230; not for the right reasons. Shared servers are a liability The 12 Factor App: Best Practices in Cloud Native Applications and Microservices You can consider a service a function because you can spin the number of instances down to zero Quality Attributes/Requirements = Non Functional Requirements (NFR) Personally I would really like to see us start using \u0026#8220;Quality Attributes\u0026#8221; or \u0026#8220;Quality Requirements\u0026#8221; instead of NFR. The 7 Software “-ilities” You Need To Know Architecting For the -ilities Architecture Requirements are Ilities You have to consider what ility attributes are important for which stakeholder, and what decisions that results in. Evolutionary architecture book microservice = anything that can be re-written in 2 weeks or less I really like this definition and goal. high cohesion, low coupling A Modular Monolith might be a better approach in certain situations. A modular monolith is a software design approach in which a monolith is designed with an emphasis on interchangeable (and potentially reusable) modules. If you have to ask what something is (a tech, language, platform), you don\u0026#8217;t need it. Monitoring is vital to a thriving microservice arch The Four Golden Signals for Monitoring Distributed Systems: latency, traffic load, error rate, saturation Circuit Breaker Pattern Paved Roads – Architecting for Distributed Teams Nathaniel Schutta – 4/5\nMain Takeaway: Any alert someone gets should be informative and actionable. Otherwise, put it on a dashboard or report. Even when we\u0026#8217;re in person we\u0026#8217;re still communicating remotely (sending IMs, Texts, etc) Fitness function = todo list from arch to devs Review boards don\u0026#8217;t work! Just because we can measure it does NOT mean it matters If everything is an option, nothing is an option Look into spring cloud contract Temporal fitness function = essentially a reminder (ex: Review this code in 1 year) Keep track of non-decisions/non-goals too (i.e. we don\u0026#8217;t care about X because\u0026#8230;) Fitness functions should be visible and reviewed at least annually. If you\u0026#8217;re going to get an alert it needs to be informative AND actionable. Just informative goes on a dashboard or report. Look into building a \u0026#8220;radar\u0026#8221; thoughtworks.com/radar To Hug or to Strangle: Tips for Dealing with Monolith Pain Laine Minor \u0026amp; Josh Smith – 3/5\nMain Takeaway: Consider \u0026#8220;hugging\u0026#8221; (applying micro-service best practices) legacy apps that are too big to strangle pain = the thing that prevents you from doing the part of your job you came/want to do pain = mental load of things you know are not as they should be You get an architecture whether you plan for it or not Long time between delivery is a BUSINESS problem Biggest benefit of microservices is clean lines Option 1: strangle, then hug Option 2: hug, then strangle Hugging = applying microservice best practices to a monolith (monitoring, etc) Developer To Architect Nathaniel Schutta – 3/5\nMain Takeaway: Review boards and heavy handed governance doesn\u0026#8217;t work. Consequences can be positive and negative Maximizing one minimizes another Governance in most orgs is heavyweight, high ceremony\u0026#8230; and it does NOT work SLA vs SLA. The A matters and it indicates a consequence. If there is no consequence its an SLO (Objective) A reform most often advances via indirection It\u0026#8217;s not just about the tech. It\u0026#8217;s the relationships Portfolio architect provides high-level architectural and software engineering expertise to managers and technical staff. Domain architect : the way he describes it is essentially what we describe as a digital architect Specifically mentioned TOGAF as a \u0026#8220;meh\u0026#8221; certification Sifting Technologies – Separating the Wheat From the Chaff Nathaniel Schutta – 3/5\nMain Takeaway:\u0026nbsp;Consider implementing architectural briefings Education isn\u0026#8217;t something you finish Attention is like real estate. they\u0026#8217;re not making any more of it. Architectural briefing: why, how, where should/n\u0026#8217;t we use Not just how much does the thing cost, but how much does it cost to use it (dev, maint, hardware, etc)? Speed reduces risk There\u0026#8217;s a difference between a dead tech vs a mature one Developers are like cats. They\u0026#8217;ll push back just on principle. Building Evolutionary Architectures Venkat Subramaniam – 5/5\nMain Takeaway: Postpone decisions until the last possible moment because it\u0026#8217;s possible YAGNI and doing so lessens the considerations for reversibility. Keep all code as simple as possible. UFD =\u0026nbsp;Up Front Design Now that we\u0026#8217;re \u0026#8220;Agile\u0026#8221; we\u0026#8217;re not doing enough UFD (nor big UFD) Power point architects = dangerous Scrum master was never intended to be a title, else there\u0026#8217;s no such thing as a self organizing team \u0026#8220;adaptive planning\u0026#8221; and \u0026#8220;feedback driven development\u0026#8221; are the most important words for Agile Rate all features/stories by business value and architectural impact Goal should be delivering value. Not using a particular tech. People confuse unfamiliar w/ complex People confuse familiar with simple reversibility = the ability to back out of a decision (less expensive) postpone decisions until the last responsible moment YAGNI = You Aren\u0026#8217;t Gonna Need It parsimony = the most minimal solution. Ask \u0026#8220;do we have to\u0026#8221; for everything triangulate = implement 1 way, then another, and abstract common code to Base class Don\u0026#8217;t START with an abstraction. Refactor into it. Postel\u0026#8217;s law = be generous about what you receive and conservative about what you send Good reuse comes from repeated active use Be ruthless in minimizing dependencies including libraries and frameworks http://www.agiledeveloper.com/downloads.html Core Software Design Principles Venkat Subramaniam – 4/5\nMain Takeaway: Have the courage to postpone doing things, and when you do, keep it DRY DRY = don\u0026#8217;t repeat yourself Violating DRY results in duplication of effort, not just duplication of code Manual testing is a violation of DRY Manual deploy is a violation of DRY Effort: now \u003e later -\u003e postpone, now == later -\u003e postpone, now \u003c later -\u003e eval probability of needing it We need to have the courage to postpone doing things SRP = single responsibility principle SLAP = Single Level of Abstraction Principle Then use the Compose Method Pattern to combine same level SLAPs OCP = open close principle Software modules (functions, classes, etc) must be open for extension but closed from modification LSP = Liskov Substitution Principle Inheritance should only be used for substitutability and not for reuse DIY = Dependency Inversion Principle -\u003e class should not depend on another class. Both should depend on abstraction or interface. Cloud Integrations and Data Architecture for Enterprise Applications Rohit Bhardwaj – 3/5\nMain Takeaway: The API should come first. Or, when implementing an API for an existing implementation, don\u0026#8217;t model the API on the internal workings of the system. Application EA -\u003e define our objects, what things they are part of, and the relationships between them Applications interact with domains and data flows between them Orchestration services should always queue requests and process/respond async Lambda is basically serverless (functions) You might consider using topics/queues for each service instead of load balancer https://github.com/robertmrk/docker-cometd-demos Check out CometD Use a correlation id to sync across systems API comes first! Then the implementation. schema.org MDM data cleansing: normalize data formats, replace missing values, standardize values, map attributes Identify sources (producers and consumers of master data) -\u003e collect and analyze metadata -\u003e appt data stewards -\u003e implement data gov program and council -\u003e dev MD model and choose toolset -\u003e Design infra, generate and test MD -\u003e Modify producing and consuming -\u003e implement maint process Modeling for Architects Nathaniel Schutta – 2/5\nMain Takeaway:\u0026nbsp;The value in the artifact is not in the artifact itself. It\u0026#8217;s in the conversation it facilitates. If the team can\u0026#8217;t understand it, they can\u0026#8217;t build it It\u0026#8217;s ok to throw out or deprecate a diagram The value in the artifact is not in the artifact itself. It\u0026#8217;s in the conversation it facilitates. Component diagrams, deployment diagrams, and sequence diagrams are most common Architectural Awareness: Engineering Super-skill Ken Sipe – 3/5\nMain Takeaway: Question everything. Don\u0026#8217;t be afraid of a little chaos or of making mistakes Hardest part of architecting is being aware awareness = awareness or perception of a fact chaos breeds creativity Dryfus model: novice, advanced beginner (most people in IT industry), competent, proficient, expert you get what you tolerate shame and fear are toxic We shouldn\u0026#8217;t loosely couple everything. We should have it in the right places. Team strengths: empathy, vulnerable/humble, collaborate/communicate, ability to share vision. Is your process intentional or not? \u0026#8220;scrum but\u0026#8230;\u0026#8221; = I want all the benefits but don\u0026#8217;t want to pay for it Why are we doing ..x..? Should we do something else? Is it working? context matters\u0026#8230; and context could be foreign embrace inconsistency dependencies matter it\u0026#8217;s a mistake to worry too much about scalability from the start, but also to not think about it at all. Architectural Resiliency Jeremy Deane – 4/5\nMain Takeaway: Need to have ownership to have accountability, and ownership needs to be end to end. Threat Modeling book openmastery.org promote accountability/ownership. No orphans Correlate activities. use a tracking id/correlation id Do synthetic transactions Look into \u0026#8220;data dog\u0026#8221; for dashboarding Cloud hosting should be multi-region Security Resiliency: Secure by default, defense in depth, least privilege Event sourcing Postel\u0026#8217;s Law \u0026#8211; Be conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept Bulkheads. Limit failure exposure. Validate your input. Sanitize your output. Need to have end to end ownership https://prezi.com/mb-vcfp-cry8/architectural-resiliency/ Architectural Trade-offs Jeremy Deane – 4/5\nMain Takeaway: Be aware that there\u0026#8217;s a trade off (negative) to any choice you make. RBAC = Role Based Access Control (ex: AD, Prism) ABAC = Attribute Based Access Control (context based policies. ex: location based, etc) Feature Toggles tend to result in technical debt Blue green results in unnecessary releases orchestration causes coupling and dependencies choreography has complexity and needs monitoring Need to understand the requirements and your domain! Cloud providers tend to be \u0026#8220;sticky\u0026#8221;. Hard to get out of. How to Technology Good – Tips for Implementation at Scale Laine Minor \u0026amp; Josh Smith – 2/5\nMain Takeaway: For good or bad, metrics (or data if you prefer) are needed to promote any tech Metrics help build understanding, certainty, and trust Until you have metrics it\u0026#8217;s a non-starter Data as a Service (DaaS) David Sietz – 5/5\nMain Takeaway: Publish data changes to your topics, have microservices consume the data as needed, and version as necessary. Data model changes are expensive Use a NoSQL db Version all data coming in Provisioning data: real time, self guided flow, variable load, parallel Publishing data: real-time, variable endpoints, variable load, managed access Use a business lens: risks, rewards, volatility ROI is not always monetary Last Responsible Moment (LRM) There\u0026#8217;s nothing wrong with copying data as long as you understand the intent and retention Build your data marts at the last responsible moment Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2020-12-16T18:10:58Z","permalink":"/2020/12/archconf-2020/","title":"ArchConf 2020"},{"content":"Hats off to President Elect Biden. As I’ve said before, I’m not really even that big a fan of the Democratic Party, but the actions of the crybaby in chief, his minions, 17 state AGs, and hundreds of Congressmen have guaranteed I will NEVER vote for someone in the Republican Party. I can only hope a majority of Americans feel the same.\nUntil then, the restraint, kindness, and generosity shown by the President Elect is admirable. Too bad his predecessor and minions are all pathetic weasels.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2020-12-15T04:09:30Z","permalink":"/2020/12/why-is-this-necessary/","title":"Why is this necessary?"},{"content":" Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2020-11-22T12:36:00Z","permalink":"/2020/11/real-beauty/","title":"Real Beauty"},{"content":" Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2020-11-20T21:33:15Z","permalink":"/2020/11/like-a-girl/","title":"Like a Girl"},{"content":"What I’m watching/following…\nClick the map to create your own at 270toWin.com https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-us-election-results\nhttps://apps.npr.org/liveblogs/20201103-election/\nhttps://www.270towin.com/2020-election-results-live/\nhttps://go.cnn.com/?stream=cnn\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2020-11-03T15:36:28Z","permalink":"/2020/11/2020-election-results-and-news/","title":"2020 Election Results and News"},{"content":"A good perspective from the author of Sapiens, Homo Deus, and more on the Coronavirus\nhttps://www.ft.com/content/19d90308-6858-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca75Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2020-04-29T12:27:31Z","permalink":"/2020/04/yuval-noah-harari-the-world-after-coronavirus/","title":"Yuval Noah Harari: the world after coronavirus"},{"content":"This was from my parents pastor, but I thought it was good enough to share…\nIn 1948, professor and author, C.S. Lewis, wrote an essay titled On Living In An Atomic Age. With the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki still ringing in the world’s ears, fear about atomic technology was rampant. Lewis’ words were a timely reminder then. In the perilous times that we are currently living through, the professor’s words are just as important.\nAs you read through this excerpt from his larger essay, I’ve replaced the word “atomic” with “coronavirus”, and ask yourself, how will the bomb (or the virus) find you?\n*In one way we think a great deal too much of the coronavirus. ‘How are we to live in an coronavirus age?’ I am tempted to reply: ‘Why, as you would have lived in the sixteenth century when the plague visited London almost every year, or as you would have lived in a Viking age when raiders from Scandinavia might land and cut your throat at night; or indeed, as you are already living in an age of cancer, an age of syphilis, an age of paralysis, an age of air raids, an age of railway accidents, an age of motor accidents. *\n*In other words, do not let us begin by exaggerating the novelty of our situation. Believe me, dear sir or madam, you and all whom you love were already sentenced to death before the coronavirus was invented… It is perfectly ridiculous to go about whimpering and drawing long faces because the scientists have added one more chance of painful and premature death to a world which already bristled with such chances and in which death itself was not a chance at all, but a certainty. *\n*If we are all going to be destroyed by a virus, let that virus when it comes find us doing sensible and human things—praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends over a pint and a game of darts—not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about the coronavirus. They may break our bodies (a microbe can do that) but they need not dominate our minds. *\nWhat the coronavirus has really done is to remind us forcibly of the sort of world we are living in and which, during the prosperous period before, we were beginning to forget. And this reminder is, so far as it goes, a good thing. We have been waked from a pretty dream, and now we can begin to talk about realities.\n*It is our business to live by our own law not by [fear’s]: to follow, in private or in public life, the law of love and temperance even when they seem to be suicidal, and not the law of competition and grab, even when they seem to be necessary to our own survival. For it is part of our spiritual law never to put survival first: not even the survival of our species. We must resolutely train ourselves to feel that the survival of Man on this Earth, much more of our own nation or culture or class, is not worth having unless it can be had by honorable and merciful means. *\n*Nothing is more likely to destroy a species or a nation than a determination to survive at all costs. Those who care for something else more than civilization are the only people by whom civilization is at all likely to be preserved. Those who want Heaven most have served Earth best. Those who love Man less than God do most for Man. *\nLet the coronavirus find you doing well,\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2020-04-13T12:38:32Z","permalink":"/2020/04/how-will-the-bomb-find-you/","title":"How will the bomb find you?"},{"content":"This part may be even better than Part 1. Love the commentary on shared calendars and documenting over meetings.\nhttps://share.transistor.fm/s/2a0efd93Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2020-03-27T13:16:32Z","permalink":"/2020/03/remote-work-qa-part-2/","title":"Remote Work Q\u0026A, Part 2"},{"content":"Read the entire post, but it boils down to…\nCheck one national and one local new source each morning. Then – and this is the important part – don’t check any other news for the rest of the day. Presumably, time sensitive updates that affect you directly will arrive by email, or phone, or text.\nDistract yourself with value-driven action; lots of action. Serve your community, serve your kids, serve yourself (both body and mind), produce good work. Try to fit in a few moments of forced gratitude, just to keep those particular circuits active.\nhttps://www.calnewport.com/blog/2020/03/13/on-digital-minimalism-and-pandemics/Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2020-03-23T13:48:30Z","permalink":"/2020/03/on-digital-minimalism-and-pandemics/","title":"On Digital Minimalism and Pandemics"},{"content":"Great podcast on the transition to remote work from some of the guys that have been doing it for years. Strongly recommend anyone working remotely, especially managers or “leaders”, listen.\nhttps://share.transistor.fm/s/afeec331Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2020-03-23T13:47:31Z","permalink":"/2020/03/remote-work-qa-part-1/","title":"Remote Work Q\u0026A, Part 1"},{"content":"In the current remote work age there are a number of guides popping up out there with good tips/tricks. I thought this one was pretty good. Mostly management focused, but the last 3 sections are more employee focused.\nhttps://miro.com/guides/remote-work/Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2020-03-22T18:01:32Z","permalink":"/2020/03/the-ultimate-guide-to-remote-work-miro/","title":"The Ultimate Guide to Remote Work | Miro"},{"content":"Love him or hate him it’s an interesting little history lesson…\n“Even as hundreds of thousands of users expressed their disapproval of News Feed, their behavior indicated the opposite.”\n“I just think I take more chances, and that means I get more things wrong,”\nhttps://www.wired.com/story/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-lost-notebook/Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2020-02-21T14:35:34Z","permalink":"/2020/02/inside-mark-zuckerbergs-lost-notebook/","title":"Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Lost Notebook"},{"content":"An interesting take on a different approach to Agile.\n“We get better results faster when we help new agile teams begin with a flow-based approach rather than sprints.”\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/day-we-stopped-sprinting-joshua-kerievsky/Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2020-02-11T04:13:33Z","permalink":"/2020/02/the-day-we-stopped-sprinting/","title":"The Day We Stopped Sprinting"},{"content":"Yes, it’s an older post, but still some interesting ideas. Like he says, they may not be for everyone (including himself), but there may be something of use. I may even try the index card thing…\nhttps://pmarchive.com/guide_to_personal_productivity.htmlPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2020-02-09T23:43:31Z","permalink":"/2020/02/marc-andreessens-guide-to-personal-productivity/","title":"Marc Andreessen’s Guide to Personal Productivity"},{"content":"Our challenge is that we have been conditioned to believe the opposite of these things – that bold action or swift progress is somehow dangerous or reckless. But a certain degree of insanity and recklessness is necessary to advance or innovate anything, to make any new or remarkable or meaningful contributions. What great thing was ever accomplished without a little recklessness? So-called recklessness was required for the extraordinary to happen: crossing the oceans, ending slavery, rocketing man into space, building skyscrapers, decoding the genome, starting new businesses, and innovating entire industries. It is reckless to try something that has never been done, to move against convention, to begin before all conditions are good and preparations are perfected. But the bold know that to win, one must first begin. They also deeply understand that a degree of risk is inevitable and necessary should there be any real reward. Yes, any plunge into the unknown is reckless – but that’s where the treasure lies.\nFrom The Motivation ManifestoPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2020-02-08T17:43:16Z","permalink":"/2020/02/the-motivation-manifesto/","title":"The Motivation Manifesto"},{"content":"Personally, I’m a huge fan of our middle school principal and his measured and thought provoking commentary on what is happening in the school. This is just a snippet from a recent newsletter, but thought it worthwhile to share:\nWe notice how much of the drama and struggle kids have at school is linked directly to the time and influences they are getting from social media, edgy television, and interactive gaming when those things go unmonitored. I can’t tell you how many friendship break-ups happen in 5th and 6th grade because someone insulted someone else while playing Fortnite! I can’t tell you how many issues that would have been forgotten by 4pm but have grown into anxiety because kids continue the petty conversations through their texting apps and social media late into the night. I can’t tell you how many parents seek the school to fix these things or label other people’s kids as “the problem” when the real problem is any kids having unlimited access to interactive technology when their brain is not developed enough to deal with it. This is a societal problem.\nSomething I can tell you, is I believe as parents we’re all trying to do our best. I can also tell you that no child is born mean. Kids just aren’t ready for all that we’ve allowed them access to, because it’s so darn intriguing (and designed to addict us all).Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2020-02-05T03:18:54Z","permalink":"/2020/02/screens-social-media-and-middle-school-kids/","title":"Screens, Social Media, and Middle School Kids"},{"content":"I don’t recall how this gem of an article came to my attention recently, but even though it is now 8 years old it is still amazingly relavent. If you are at all invovled in writing software I would strongly encourage reading this and taking it to heart.\nhttps://gist.github.com/chitchcock/1281611Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2020-01-29T02:45:10Z","permalink":"/2020/01/steveys-google-platforms-rant/","title":"Stevey’s Google Platforms Rant"},{"content":"Read this on James Clear’s blog today and it made me stop and think. It really is good advice.\nWhen someone says no to a request, they usually mean “not right now” or “not in that way.”\nMost people want to help others, but there are many priorities competing for our time.\nDon’t take it personally. Ask again later. Ask differently.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2020-01-11T03:17:20Z","permalink":"/2020/01/on-being-told-no/","title":"On Being Told “No”"},{"content":"Ever connect to a wi-fi hotspot only to have nothing happen? Enter NeverSSL. After connecting to the hotspot, enter the URL (web address) http://neverssl.com into your browser of choice and watch magic happen.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2019-12-13T15:13:59Z","permalink":"/2019/12/neverssl/","title":"NeverSSL"},{"content":"It depends on what you want to consider…\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2019-10-25T20:17:40Z","permalink":"/2019/10/this-is-water/","title":"This is Water"},{"content":"As originally posted on the Habits.MarkJacobsen.net blog (2 weeks ago – apparently I forgot to hit publish over here)…\nOk, here’s the first 66 day challenge/habit… Log everything you eat and the time of day. Doesn’t matter if you take photos of everything, write it down electronically, on paper, or do some combination, but by the end of the day have 1 consolidated list of everything you ate – including those little snack size Snickers I know you’re eyeing – seeing as it is near Halloween and all 🙂\nNow, do that for 66 days. Every day. Every thing you eat (and drink).\nSee, super easy! I’m not even asking you to change anything about what you eat or drink. Just write it all down. Now, this may be simple for some, but if you’re like me I’ve tried to do this time and again. Usually by about the 4th day I miss something, then just say “ah, what’s the use” and quit.\nUsing HabitShare this is actually pretty easy – as I’ve been piloting it for a couple days. On any day, you can tap the circle for the day, then just click the triple ellipse “…”, I select the “Empty” icon at the start of the day, add your entry to the text area, and save. At the end of the day, just set the status to “Success” (the green check) if you’ve logged everything. You can even setup multiple reminders throughout the day so that you have a little tickler. For me I have 3 reminders for my “Log Food” habit scheduled at 7:15am, 12:30pm, and 7:15pm.\nNow, obviously this is setting us up for future challenges, but for now the goal is to get in the habit of tracking and logging something daily. As I mentioned, don’t worry about analyzing or adjusting now unless you truly get the itch. Just build the logging/tracking habit.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2019-10-14T11:04:29Z","permalink":"/2019/10/habits-challenge-01-food-log/","title":"Habits: Challenge 01: Food Log"},{"content":"As originally posted on the Habits.MarkJacobsen.net blog…\nSo it’s been a few years since my last series of challenges, and a few things have changed since then 🙂\nFor one, as posted yesterday, I’m now using HabitShare to track my habits and that’s where anyone that wants to participate in these new set of challenges can share their progress as well. Just be sure to let me know what email address you signed up under or look me up in the app to share.\nAlso, between reading things like Atomic Habits and The One Thing, the challenges will be a little longer (66 days to be exact) in an effort to make the habit a little more ingrained, but feel free to work on them as long as you see fit. That said, my plan is to start a new challenge monthly until I run out of ideas or fall off the bandwagon – which is why I’m hoping some of you will join in – to make the journey a little more fun.\nNow, don’t worry, I realize the holidays are coming up which is why the first few challenges will be relatively easy to get you in the habit of following a habit on a daily basis.\nHope to see you on the journey!\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2019-10-01T02:31:12Z","permalink":"/2019/09/habits-return-of-the-challenge/","title":"Habits: Return of the Challenge"},{"content":"As originally posted on the Habits.MarkJacobsen.net blog…\nI’ve used habit tracking apps off and on for years to try and get my life in order. The last one I tried, Coach.me, seemed to hold promise, but then they switched their model to be more coaching centric and less focused around social sharing. Plus, let’s be honest… I fell off the bandwagon a bit myself.\nAnyway, I recently started considering getting into coaching, but still wanted to find something that would be more social and flexible in terms of being able to share certain things with some people and not others – as well as not locked into sharing 50% of your income.\nWell, I think I may have found that app. It’s called HabitShare. Check it out on the App Store of your choice or start by visiting https://habitshareapp.com/\nOnce you’ve installed it, let me know if you’re interested in joining any of my 66 day challenges, or want some free coaching on a habit of your choice! It’s my treat as I see if it’s something I want to do on an ongoing basis, and so I can build up my skills.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2019-09-30T02:13:14Z","permalink":"/2019/09/habits-habit-tracking/","title":"Habits: Habit Tracking"},{"content":"If you want to get a years worth of podcast content in 1 show, this is the one to listen to.\n2018 Financial Freedom Lessons With Scott \u0026amp; MindyPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2019-02-14T11:50:28Z","permalink":"/2019/02/2018-financial-freedom-lessons-with-scott-mindy/","title":"2018 Financial Freedom Lessons With Scott \u0026 Mindy"},{"content":"I meant to post this over the holidays, but still think it’s relevant. Personally, I like the prominent visual aspect of the idea.\nSelling the Investment to Pay Down Technical Debt: The Code Christmas Tree | Agile AlliancePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2019-02-12T11:50:18Z","permalink":"/2019/02/selling-the-investment-to-pay-down-technical-debt-the-code-christmas-tree/","title":"Selling the Investment to Pay Down Technical Debt: The Code Christmas Tree"},{"content":"As we work through the process this seemed pertinent (emphasis is mine)…\nThe next leap is bringing these different units together (not only through the interface of the Product Owner) to form teams that are actually as knowledgeable about business, contracts, mathematics, sales, marketing, and everything else that is relevant for the company’s value stream as they are in software. For the Scrum teams, the leap means that they can’t “hide” behind their backlog or the Product Owner and need to explore and learn about the market, their customers, and the company’s value stream themselves. Basically it means that now the Agile teams’ focus is beyond software.\nYes, Cross-functional Teams — but Real Ones!Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2019-02-07T13:27:36Z","permalink":"/2019/02/yes-cross-functional-teams-but-real-ones/","title":"Yes, Cross-functional Teams — but Real Ones!"},{"content":"It’s at least worth considering.\nThe absolute _key _to success in early retirement, and indeed most areas of life, is to get the big picture approximately right and not sweat the small stuff. And design the big picture with a generous **Safety Margin, **which allow lots of slop and mistakes in your original forecasts and allows you to still come out with a surplus.\nHow to Retire Forever on a Fixed Chunk of MoneyPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2019-02-06T02:36:17Z","permalink":"/2019/02/how-to-retire-forever-on-a-fixed-chunk-of-money/","title":"How to Retire Forever on a Fixed Chunk of Money"},{"content":"So you need to copy a file you have on a remote server locally, or send a local file to a remote server? Fortunatally, it’s pretty easy with scp. Here’s an example to copy a remote server to the local machine.\nscp -P 65124 remoteuser@remotehost:/var/lib/path/to/file.txt /var/lib/path/to/ …which will connect to “remotehost” on port 65124 as “remoteuser” and copy the /var/lib/path/to/file.txt on “remotehost” to the local /var/lib/path/to/ directory.\nNeed to copy a local file to a remote host? Just switch the parameters up!\nscp -P 65124 /var/lib/path/to/file.txt remoteuser@remotehost:/var/lib/path/to/ Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2019-02-05T01:44:54Z","permalink":"/2019/02/use-scp-to-copy-files-between-remote-and-local-hosts/","title":"Use SCP to copy files between remote and local hosts"},{"content":"If you’ve ever been behind an enterprise proxy server and needed to reach things on the outside, you probably know how frustrating it is to try and just use your normal commands for something as simple as a wget. So, to get started you will need to know the URL and port for your proxy server, but once you have that, start by editing your .bashrc and add the following (setting proxyhost, the port, and adjusting “no_proxy” as appropriate)…\nfunction proxyon(){ echo -n \"password (for proxy): \" read -es password export http_proxy=\"http://$USER:$password@proxyhost.com:8181/\" export HTTP_PROXY=$http_proxy export https_proxy=$http_proxy export HTTPS_PROXY=$http_proxy export ftp_proxy=$http_proxy export rsync_proxy=$http_proxy export no_proxy=\"localhost,127.0.0.1,localaddress,.localdomain.com,.domain.com\" echo -e \"\\nProxy environment variable set.\" } function proxyoff(){ unset HTTP_PROXY unset http_proxy unset HTTPS_PROXY unset https_proxy unset FTP_PROXY unset ftp_proxy unset RSYNC_PROXY unset rsync_proxy echo -e \"\\nProxy environment variable removed.\" } # remove next line if you don't want to set proxy automatically on login proxyon Now you can turn your proxy on and off with the “proxyon” and “proxyoff” commands, but that doesn’t help you when you try to install something with yum or apt that requires sudo. To carry over the proxy values, you’ll need to “sudo visudo” and add the “Defaults” line like shown below…\n############################################### # DO NOT ADD ANYTHING FROM HERE TO END OF FILE # # #includedir /etc/sudoers.d # # DO NOT ADD ANYTHING ABOVE THIS LINE########### Defaults env_keep = \"http_proxy https_proxy HTTP_PROXY HTTPS_PROXY ftp_proxy\" … and now, hopefully you are all set.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2019-01-25T16:15:51Z","permalink":"/2019/01/set-a-proxy-and-carry-over-the-values-to-sudo/","title":"Set a proxy and carry over the values to sudo"},{"content":"As with all things Linux there’s a million ways to do things, and every brilliant release comes up with a new way to do the same old things in a “better” way. Can you tell I’m be sarcastic yet? Good.\nAnyway, after spending over an hour trying to get a freakin static IP on my desktop box I thought I’d share in case it saved anyone hours of their life.\nMy simple goal was to provide a static IP. Nothing more. Nothing less. Well, the “better” way of doing it now appears to be with “netplan”, and unless you enjoy banging your head against the wall, just create/edit this file and replace with the network interface (enp3s1), IP (192.168.20.55) and gateway (192.168.20.1) of your choice (this config appears to use the DNS servers from the router w/ DHCP turned on). Oh yeah, and don’t bother with the GUI based configuration tool, because apparently they’re not connected at all, and using this will force the config from this file (you’ve been warned and saved hours)\nsudo nano /etc/netplan/01-networkd.yaml # this is the actual file content network: version: 2 renderer: networkd ethernets: enp3s1: dhcp: no addresses: [192.168.20.55/24] gateway4: 192.168.20.1 Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2019-01-21T23:00:56Z","permalink":"/2019/01/configure-a-static-ip-in-ubuntu-18-04/","title":"Configure a Static IP in Ubuntu 18.04"},{"content":"Ever want to update your modification timestamp field any time an update is made to the row without having to add application logic? Well, DB2 makes it relatively painless…\nalter table XX.MY_TABLE add column last_updated_ts timestamp not null generated by default for each row on update as row change timestamp Check out these resources for additional information…\nhttps://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEPGG_11.1.0/com.ibm.db2.luw.admin.dbobj.doc/doc/c0051498.html https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEPGG_11.1.0/com.ibm.db2.luw.sql.ref.doc/doc/r0000888.html Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2019-01-03T17:02:00Z","permalink":"/2019/01/update-modification-timestamp-on-db2-table-automatically/","title":"Update modification timestamp on DB2 table automatically"},{"content":"If you’ve ever read or listened to anything by Seth Godin you know he has a knack for asking thought provoking questions, and challenging conventional wisdom. As such, he recently did a three part series on his Akimbo podcast about what school is for that I found fascinating. Hope they make you stop and think too.\nS 3 E 9 Stop Stealing Dreams\nS 3 E 10: Connect the DotsQ\u0026amp;A about Stop Stealing Dreams\nS 3 E 11 Getting In (to a Famous College)\nFind more at www.stopstealingdreams.comPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-12-14T13:58:00Z","permalink":"/2018/12/stop-stealing-dreams-by-seth-godin/","title":"Stop Stealing Dreams (by Seth Godin)"},{"content":"As I read this article what was running through the back of my mind was, “is it time to quit social media?”, and to be honest… but for being involved in real estate and a large bulk of that requiring being “engaged” I’m not sure I have much use for it. Never before has it been easier for marketers to target and connect with their “target audience”. You do realize that’s what social media has become right? The proverbial barrel where the fish are to shoot.\nSo, is it possible to take back the social networks? I’m not sure it is – at least with the current companies. Built from the ground up, or under a completely different model – maybe. But as the article linked to above points out it would be to the detriment of the “bottom line”.\nWould I like a feed where I only see posts from my family, and maybe some other groups at my leisure? Of course, but unless I’m paying for that the only recourse I have is to a platform that has the resources to provide it based on the party that is willing to pay for it – the marketers.\nSo what would this “social media” service of the future look like? Number one, it should be built on a privacy, no-advertising first model. Second, I believe it should be decentralized, but speak a standard protocol – just like how email service is provided. Then, organizations like companies, teams, or even families could manage their own little groups and individuals could determine what they want to see or who they want to connect with…\nAnd yet, as I sit here writing this, I wonder if it’s even possible or needed. After all, I’m able to run my own little blog right here. You can share it on social media if you so choose. In fact, I’ll probably post it to my account – and try not to look at the “likes” or “comments” that fuel the FB “engagement” engine.\nSo, while I may have just rambled for a number of paragraphs, let me finish by encouraging you to consider your use of social media, and at a minimum strongly consider turning off your notifications and moving the app to a sub-folder on your phone (just those two things alone have made a huge difference in my life). I would also encourage you to look into downloading and using Signal Messenger in place of text messaging and especially in favor of the social media messaging platforms.\nUntil we figure something out, you can always find me right here.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-10-21T18:45:00Z","permalink":"/2018/10/is-it-time-to-quit-social-media/","title":"Is it time to quit social media?"},{"content":"Recently I wanted to include the version of an artifact generated by a Maven build into a text file in that artifact. As Google and and good friends will help you with, I was pointed to this article that was exactly what I wanted.\nBasically, create a /src/main/resources/version.txt file with the following content…\n${project.version} … then including the following snippet in your “build”…\n\u0026lt;build\u0026gt; \u0026lt;resources\u0026gt; \u0026lt;resource\u0026gt; \u0026lt;directory\u0026gt;src/main/resources\u0026lt;/directory\u0026gt; \u0026lt;filtering\u0026gt;true\u0026lt;/filtering\u0026gt; \u0026lt;includes\u0026gt; \u0026lt;include\u0026gt;**/version.txt\u0026lt;/include\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/includes\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/resource\u0026gt; \u0026lt;resource\u0026gt; \u0026lt;directory\u0026gt;src/main/resources\u0026lt;/directory\u0026gt; \u0026lt;filtering\u0026gt;false\u0026lt;/filtering\u0026gt; \u0026lt;excludes\u0026gt; \u0026lt;exclude\u0026gt;**/version.txt\u0026lt;/exclude\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/excludes\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/resource\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/resources\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/build\u0026gt; Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-09-27T13:33:00Z","permalink":"/2018/09/including-the-version-in-a-maven-artifact/","title":"Including the version in a Maven artifact"},{"content":"You have to listen to this! If you don’t think you have time, start at 45 minutes. T.K. Coleman makes some great points.\nSchooling – The Minimalists PodcastPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-06-06T12:51:00Z","permalink":"/2018/06/schooling-the-minimalists-podcast/","title":"Schooling – The Minimalists Podcast"},{"content":"Another good post by Mr Money Mustache. Probably the biggest thing that jumped out at me was this…\nA cost difference of just $1.50 per person per meal, multiplied over a four-person family’s 372 meals per month makes a difference of** $558 per month, or about $96,000 per decade** after compounding.\nWhich, even if you don’t compound is around $65,000 in a decade.\nA Day In The Life of my Supposedly Frugal StomachPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-06-05T12:24:00Z","permalink":"/2018/06/a-day-in-the-life-of-my-supposedly-frugal-stomach/","title":"A Day In The Life of my Supposedly Frugal Stomach"},{"content":"Listen to/watch the video for details on all the below items, but this is a great list!\nBe proactive about being productive Outsource the Small Stuff Batch Similar Small Tasks Don’t Watch Too Much TV Focus on the 80/20 Rule Never Sit Down Without Knowing What You’re Going to Work on Time-Block Activities Wake Up Earlier Don’t Multitask Stop Paying Attention to the News Have a Dedicated Work Space Free of Distractions Focus on Being Effective, Not Just Efficient Sharpen You Ax Say No a Lot More – “Every yes is a no to your wife and kids” Reduce Social Media Usage Shorten Your Deadlines Review Your Goals Regularly Don’t Anwer Your Phone Do What You Love Find More Ways to Get into Flow Moderate Your Screen Time Hire a Coach Join a Mastermind Group Track the Things that Matter Get Really Good at What You Do Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-06-04T10:33:00Z","permalink":"/2018/06/25-productivity-tips-and-hacks-that-actually-work/","title":"25 Productivity Tips and Hacks That Actually Work"},{"content":"Yet another reason to use Signal…\nStop Using WhatsApp If You Care About Your PrivacyPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-05-10T14:46:00Z","permalink":"/2018/05/stop-using-whatsapp-if-you-care-about-your-privacy/","title":"Stop Using WhatsApp If You Care About Your Privacy"},{"content":"Love the idea of creating peak experiences. In fact, I’m reading the book now.\nThe EntreLeadership Podcast: #259: Dan Heath—Moments That Change LivesPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-05-09T12:36:00Z","permalink":"/2018/05/moments-that-change-lives-with-dan-heath/","title":"Moments That Change Lives with Dan Heath"},{"content":"You need to listen to this Twit episode.\nThis Week in Tech 663 Reasonably Miserable | TWiT.TVPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-05-08T12:15:00Z","permalink":"/2018/05/this-week-in-tech-663-reasonably-miserable/","title":"This Week in Tech 663 Reasonably Miserable"},{"content":"Probably more questions than answers, but still very interesting.\n338 – Michio Kaku: What The Future Holds… (How to Use Physics to Predict the Future) – Altucher ConfidentialPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-05-07T14:54:00Z","permalink":"/2018/05/what-the-future-holds-how-to-use-physics-to-predict-the-future-with-michio-kaku/","title":"What The Future Holds… (How to Use Physics to Predict the Future) with Michio Kaku"},{"content":"Super interesting talk on how to adapt tech using robotics and the consequences of little design choices.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-05-03T10:50:00Z","permalink":"/2018/05/whats-it-like-to-be-a-robot/","title":"What’s it like to be a robot?"},{"content":"Everyone should listen to this podcast, but especially anyone just starting out.\nBecome an overnight success in 10 short yearsPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-05-02T10:29:00Z","permalink":"/2018/05/become-an-overnight-success-in-10-short-years/","title":"Become an overnight success in 10 short years"},{"content":"You never like to think it could happen, but it’s always a good idea to be prepared.\n310: Tim Larkin: Surviving the UnthinkablePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-05-01T12:43:00Z","permalink":"/2018/05/surviving-the-unthinkable/","title":"Surviving the Unthinkable"},{"content":"Loved this Entreleadership podcast, and the book sounds like it could be interesting as well.\n243: Todd Henry—Be the Leader Creatives NeedPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-04-30T10:31:00Z","permalink":"/2018/04/herding-tigers/","title":"Herding Tigers"},{"content":"This is the quote that got me…\n“As someone who has suffered from severe depression, I can assure you that while you may think life is precious, to someone who suffers from mental illness, life is painful. It’s easy for those of you who don’t suffer from these things to say life has value, but to someone who suffers every day, there appears to be only two choices at times: continue suffering, or end the suffering (often via suicide). I know that sounds probably weird to normal people, but that’s the way suicidal people think” – Quote from HS student shared in a Hope Squad meeting\nThat’s from an article my sister brought to my attention about what a mother and father are doing to help fight suicide and mental illness after they lost their 15 year old to suicide in 2015.\nThe organization is is called the Hope Squad and traces its beginnings back to 1998. That’s the year police asked Greg Hudnall, who was then a high school principal, to identify the body of a 14-year-old who had killed himself in the public park next to his school.\n“I actually had to move the body to identify him. And afterwards I walked to my car, and I literally threw up and sobbed,” he said. “I mean this was an amazing young man.”\nHudnall vowed then to do anything he could to help prevent suicide in his Provo City School District of 14,000 students.\nNow, I think it’s time for us to bring the Hope Squad program to all the school districts in and around Lansing.\nHave you ever lost a loved one to suicide or know someone who has? Then you know how it can shatter a person, a family, and maybe even yourself. I lost my older brother to suicide just before my 21st birthday, and I’ve always wanted to do more. To know that maybe I helped even one person to hold on.\nPlease share this article or any of the resources in it with your superintendent, principles, and school board. (see below for links)\nSuicide Prevention Resources\nNational Suicide Prevention Hotline: 800-273-8255 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Hope Squad Lansing area school district websites Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-04-27T13:08:00Z","permalink":"/2018/04/hope-squad/","title":"Let’s bring a little Hope (Squad) to Lansing area schools"},{"content":"I could probably stand to work on this, but “Your goal should be to say “Yes” as often as you can”\nOr, from what I understand about improve it’s always, “yes, and”.\nKeys to Your “Happily Ever After” Marriage: Say Yes to Your SpousePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-04-26T14:16:00Z","permalink":"/2018/04/say-yes-to-your-spouse/","title":"Say Yes to Your Spouse"},{"content":"Please be safe out there\nSocial media sites are littered with seemingly innocuous little quizzes, games and surveys urging people to reminisce about specific topics, such as “What was your first job,” or “What was your first car?” The problem with participating in these informal surveys is that in doing so you may be inadvertently giving away the answers to “secret questions” that can be used to unlock access to a host of your online identities and accounts.\nDon’t Give Away Historic Details About Yourself — Krebs on SecurityPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-04-25T14:17:00Z","permalink":"/2018/04/dont-give-away-historic-details-about-yourself/","title":"Don’t Give Away Historic Details About Yourself"},{"content":"Great episode on risk, entrepreneurship, and bootstrapping.\n#257: Cousins Maine Lobster—Pushing Past FearPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-04-24T13:56:00Z","permalink":"/2018/04/cousins-maine-lobster-pushing-past-fear/","title":"Cousins Maine Lobster – Pushing Past Fear"},{"content":"If you’re not going to delete your FB account completely then at least look into how to not throw your friends under the bus.\nHow to Delete Your Phone Contacts from FacebookPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-04-23T14:36:00Z","permalink":"/2018/04/how-to-delete-your-phone-contacts-from-facebook/","title":"How to Delete Your Phone Contacts from Facebook"},{"content":"Ever forget how fortunate you are? How, to use Warren Buffet’s term, you won the “ovarian lottery”? Watch this and check out the site (dollarstreet.org).\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-04-20T15:01:00Z","permalink":"/2018/04/the-world-organized-by-income/","title":"The world organized by income"},{"content":"Great interview with Tyra and her mom…\n339 – Tyra Banks: – Altucher ConfidentialPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-04-19T15:25:00Z","permalink":"/2018/04/tyra-banks-and-her-mom-on-the-jame-altucher-show/","title":"Tyra Banks and her mom on the Jame Altucher Show"},{"content":"If you’re already on Signal you can find me there too. If not, I’d like to suggest it…\nWhy We Should All Ditch Other Messaging Apps for Signal\nAnd here are my reasons.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-04-18T13:55:00Z","permalink":"/2018/04/why-we-should-all-ditch-other-messaging-apps-for-signal/","title":"Why We Should All Ditch Other Messaging Apps for Signal"},{"content":"Personally, I think this is a great idea for just about anything…\nPut One Person in Charge of Each Task When Getting Ready to TravelPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-04-17T15:03:00Z","permalink":"/2018/04/put-one-person-in-charge-of-each-task-when-getting-ready-to-travel/","title":"Put One Person in Charge of Each Task When Getting Ready to Travel"},{"content":"I “like” 🙂 almost all the ideas here…\nBeyond #DeleteFacebook: More Thoughts on Embracing the Social Internet Over Social MediaPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-04-16T11:59:00Z","permalink":"/2018/04/beyond-deletefacebook-more-thoughts-on-embracing-the-social-internet-over-social-media/","title":"Beyond #DeleteFacebook: More Thoughts on Embracing the Social Internet Over Social Media"},{"content":"Warning: I may get slightly snarky below. I’m not intending to belittle anyone’s intelligence, but to forcefully promote the importance of privacy and security.\nSo… recently I know a number of people’s Facebook accounts that have been “hacked”, and since I don’t want to bore you with the technical details I do want to provide some basic security advice and show you how to lock down your account.\nFirst the basics… While I know it may be super tempting, or you “just weren’t thinking”…\nNEVER click on a link you don’t recognize and have a reason to click on. I don’t care if it’s unicorns and rainbows or will create world peace. Stop clicking on links for no reason. What’s a reason? Ex, your friend messages you and says, “Hey [what they would normally call you], here’s a great recipe we tried last night and [some family member of theirs] really enjoyed it [link]”. Notice how actual identifying information was included in that and it was targeted? But what about all the great articles on Facebook? Do you recognize the domain? Do you have a real reason to be going there? Maybe you should log out of Facebook and delete your account? But anyway, same rules apply… unless you recognize where the link is going to and you have a real reason – **don’t**click on the link! Here we’re going to get a little Facebook specific, but NEVER install apps, games, or allow third party access to any part of your profile unless you are 100% sure of the legitimacy. In fact, delete all apps with access to your account. Ready, for a real link? Here’s where you can delete apps with access to your account. You’ve heard of Cambridge Analytica, right? If not, go delete your Facebook account right now and never log back in. Ok, back to the basics… Never use the same password for sites. Hint, your Facebook account getting hijacked isn’t usually because of a bad password, it’s usually for one of the reasons above which I why this is listed forth. Still… don’t use the same passwords. Ok, ready for probably the most important thing you can do other than following the items above? Enable two factor authentication EVERYWHERE. In fact, go back and read that article I wrote 4 years ago. Ok, now I’m getting tired as this may be one of my longest posts ever. So, to wrap it up, here’s how to enable two factor authentication on your FB account (note, even 2FA won’t protect you from clicking on stupid links and installing apps).\nInstall an authenticator app on your phone like Google Authenticator. Go to your Facebook security settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=security Under “Setting Up Extra Security” enable “Use two-factor authentication” Under “Code Generator”, click the “third party app” link to generate a QR code you can scan w/ the Google Authenticator app. Follow the instructions. Now, go enable 2FA for your other important accounts like banking and Google/GMail.\nBut most importantly, stop clicking on links!\nPS: Again, apologies for any snarkyness. It’s interesting because in the wake of the cambridge analytica, #DeleteFacebook, and other campaigns I’ve been thinking of what it would take to create a distributed, secure, no ads based, non-profit social network. If you know of one already I would be interested. If not, and you’re a developer who might be interested in working on such a project, please let me know.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-04-14T14:00:00Z","permalink":"/2018/04/facebook-lockdown/","title":"Facebook Lockdown"},{"content":"Interesting article. I have the book queued up for perusal. If you have a subscription to Safari Books you can read it too!\nLean or Agile? Why choose when you can have it all? The power of applying Agile with a Lean mindsetPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-04-13T11:15:00Z","permalink":"/2018/04/lean-or-agile-why-choose-when-you-can-have-it-all-the-power-of-applying-agile-with-a-lean-mindset/","title":"Lean or Agile? Why choose when you can have it all? The power of applying Agile with a Lean mindset"},{"content":"I would strongly recommend listening to the segment on Facebook\nThis Week in Tech 658 The Matador Defense | TWiT.TVPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-04-12T11:14:00Z","permalink":"/2018/04/the-matador-defense-twit/","title":"The Matador Defense – TWiT"},{"content":"And now you know…\nThe Real History of Daylight Saving TimePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-04-11T13:32:00Z","permalink":"/2018/04/the-real-history-of-daylight-saving-time/","title":"The Real History of Daylight Saving Time"},{"content":"Lots of practical advice and hard work here…\nDesigning a Frugal But Luxurious FI Life by Age 32 with Liz ThamesPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-04-10T12:22:00Z","permalink":"/2018/04/designing-a-frugal-but-luxurious-fi-life-by-age-32-with-liz-thames/","title":"Designing a Frugal But Luxurious FI Life by Age 32 with Liz Thames"},{"content":"Just finished It’s Your Ship, and can’t recommend it highly enough! I haven’t read a book in a while that spoke to what I might call a “personal philosophy”, but this is about as close as it gets. Love the focus on feedback, fun, and treating people like responsible adults.\nLeadership principles outline in the book:\nTake command Learn real leadership Lead by example Listen aggressively Communicate purpose and meaning Create a climate of trust Look for results, not salutes Take calculated risks Go beyond standard procedure Build up your people Generate unity Improve your people’s quality of life Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-04-06T10:33:00Z","permalink":"/2018/04/its-your-ship/","title":"It’s Your Ship"},{"content":"“Of course, simply spending less may not be the solution to every financial problem that we encounter. But it is the solution to most.”\nStill the Most Important Piece of Financial Advice You’ll Ever ReceivePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-04-05T11:37:00Z","permalink":"/2018/04/still-the-most-important-piece-of-financial-advice-youll-ever-receive/","title":"Still the Most Important Piece of Financial Advice You’ll Ever Receive"},{"content":"Absolutely love every bit of this. Just a few nuggets…\n“it isn’t an either/or proposition”\n“Walking out is a powerful political statement being made by students too young to vote, but old enough to have performed multiple lockdown drills in their school.”\n“insinuating that children are responsible for mass gun violence because they simply don’t take the time to “befriend the lonely kid” is not only victim-blaming, it’s dangerous”\n“Walk up to the mirror, look yourself in the eyes, and tell yourself that you’ve done everything you can to prevent the next mass shooting. And if you can’t, stop looking to the students to save themselves and start looking at yourself.”\nTelling Our Kids To “Walk Up, Not Out” Isn’t Just Wrong, It’s Incredibly DangerousPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-04-04T12:35:00Z","permalink":"/2018/04/telling-our-kids-to-walk-up-not-out-isnt-just-wrong-its-incredibly-dangerous/","title":"Telling Our Kids To “Walk Up, Not Out” Isn’t Just Wrong, It’s Incredibly Dangerous"},{"content":"Have been trying this in various forms since around the beginning of this year. Thus far I’ve had success with abstaining from alcohol for almost 100 days, and intermittent fasting off and on. Haven’t had anything stick, but it does feel good to know that sometimes you can maintain some of that old self control… at least for a while.\nThe Value of Fasting (from Anything). And How to Get Started.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-04-03T11:16:00Z","permalink":"/2018/04/the-value-of-fasting-from-anything-and-how-to-get-started/","title":"The Value of Fasting (from Anything). And How to Get Started."},{"content":"There’s a lot of truth here, just as there is in Oh Damn, 401(k)s Aren’t Magic …\n401(k)s Aren’t ‘Bullshit’Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-03-23T10:36:00Z","permalink":"/2018/03/401ks-arent-bullshit/","title":"401(k)s Aren’t ‘Bullshit’"},{"content":"Seems like an interesting concept if you can pull it off. My only reservation is that it can cut down on “family time”, but if it means better bedtime routines then it may just be worth it.\nFeed Your Kid Dinner at 3 P.M.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-03-22T14:39:00Z","permalink":"/2018/03/feed-your-kid-dinner-at-3-p-m/","title":"Feed Your Kid Dinner at 3 P.M."},{"content":"Love the reminder why my kids aren’t getting a phone or going on social media any time soon (if ever)…\n“Puberty is harrowing enough in physical form, asking a child to also manage an online ego is like asking them to thread a needle while the plane is going down”\nPorn is not the worst thing on Musical.ly. – Anastasia Basil – MediumPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-03-21T11:59:00Z","permalink":"/2018/03/porn-is-not-the-worst-thing-on-obscure-social-media-sites/","title":"Porn is not the worst thing on obscure social media sites"},{"content":"Funny and scary at the same time…\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-03-20T11:55:00Z","permalink":"/2018/03/a-funny-look-at-the-unintended-consequences-of-technology/","title":"A Funny Look at the Unintended Consequences of Technology"},{"content":"This tip is very similar to how to “Execute a SQL file via the MySQL command line in one line” only this time specifying the DB you want to execute the script against and being prompted for your password…\nmysql -u user -p -h localhost MyDb \u0026lt; ~/SQL/script.sql Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-03-19T10:24:00Z","permalink":"/2018/03/execute-mysql-script-from-the-command-line/","title":"Execute MySql script from the command line"},{"content":"Ever need to replace very specific text on a particular line in a very large file on Linux? Enter the sed command.\nTo view the line (let’s say line 864 in this case) in the specific file, issue this command…\n$ sed -n '864'p myfile.txt And let’s say you get back the string ” I hate cheese”. Since we all know that’s not true, you can use a different variation of the sed command to replace “hate” with “love” like so…\n$ sed -i '864s/hate/love/' myfile.txt And if you’re really curious on how this even came about, it was due to an error in the phpMyAdmin export.php script when you had to change “break 2” to “break” on line 846 as identified here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/928883/500-error-on-phpmyadmin-export-on-phpmyadmin-export-php/930975Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-03-17T14:26:00Z","permalink":"/2018/03/using-sed-to-view-and-replace-text-on-a-specific-file-in-linux/","title":"Using sed to view and replace text on a specific file in Linux"},{"content":"Just finished reading “The Culture Code” by Daniel Coyle, and have to say that I would highly recommend it especially to anyone in a management or leadership position. You can find the 3 parts and some recommended actions below.\nBuild Safety Overcommunicate your listening Spotlight your fallibility early on – especially if you’re a leader Embrace the messenger Preview future connection Overdo thank-yous Be painstaking in the hiring process Eliminate bad apples Create safe, collision-rich spaces Make sure everyone has a voice Pick up trash Capitalize on the threshold moments Avoid giving sandwich feedback Embrace fun Share Vulnerability Make sure the leader is vulnerable first and often Overcommunicate expectations Deliver the negative stuff in person When forming new groups, focus on two critical moments (1st vulnerability \u0026amp; 1st disagreement) Listen like a trampoline In conversation, resist the temptation to reflexively add value Use candor-generating practices like AARs, BrainTrusts and Red Teaming Aim for candor; avoid brutal honesty Embrace the discomfort Align language with action Build a wall between performance review and professional development Use flash mentoring Make the leader occasionally disappear Establish Purpose Name and rank your priorities Be ten times as clear about your priorities as you think you should be Figure our where your group aims for proficiency and where it aims for creativity Embrace the use of catchphrases Measure what really matters Use artifacts Focus on bar-setting behaviors Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-03-16T10:23:00Z","permalink":"/2018/03/the-culture-code/","title":"The Culture Code"},{"content":"If you don’t want to read the entire article because Time’s website is so overrun with ads, here’s the summary…\nEverything is not equally important. Do fewer things and do them well. Decide what your values are — and which ones take precedence. Do the things that get disproportionate results. Focus on the things only you can do. Do the important things which must be done now. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-03-15T10:26:00Z","permalink":"/2018/03/how-to-achieve-work-life-balance-in-5-steps/","title":"How to Achieve Work-Life Balance in 5 Steps"},{"content":"And, this is applicable for more than just the sales and marketing teams if you ask me…\n“Put everyone on as few systems as possible, discourage fiefdoms of data, and you’ll win far more than you’ll lose.”\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-03-14T13:57:00Z","permalink":"/2018/03/the-top-business-killing-habit-silos/","title":"The top business-killing habit: silos"},{"content":"Here’s the rundown, but read the whole thing…\nFigure Out When to Go to Bed Based on When You Have to Get Up Set Your Clothes Out Don’t Check Facebook Get a Quick Breakfast Eat Lunch at Work Shower the Night Before Brew Your Own Coffee This Is How You Speed Up Your Morning Routine (and Get More Sleep)Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-03-12T14:42:00Z","permalink":"/2018/03/speed-morning-routine-get-sleep-1aday/","title":"This Is How You Speed Up Your Morning Routine (and Get More Sleep) #1aDay"},{"content":"I kind of like this idea. Even if you just announce it to yourself I think it’s a great mindful practice.\nAnnounce the Reason You Are About to Look at Your PhonePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-03-09T16:11:00Z","permalink":"/2018/03/announce-reason-look-phone/","title":"Announce the Reason You Are About to Look at Your Phone"},{"content":"“Clutter is in the eye of the beholder.”\nPodcast 118 | Collecting | The MinimalistsPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-03-08T13:52:00Z","permalink":"/2018/03/collecting-the-minimalists/","title":"Collecting | The Minimalists"},{"content":"Some hard truth here…\n312 – Jordan B. Peterson: 12 Rules for Life: A Solution to Suffering – Altucher ConfidentialPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-03-07T14:11:00Z","permalink":"/2018/03/12-rules-life-solution-suffering/","title":"12 Rules for Life: A Solution to Suffering"},{"content":"It probably wouldn’t hurt for me to remember this. My goal is for them to want to talk to me when there really are important things weighing on their minds, and I know I did and still do tend to shut down just as described when treated the same way.\nStop Asking Your Kid About Their DayPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-03-06T16:24:00Z","permalink":"/2018/03/stop-asking-kid-day/","title":"Stop Asking Your Kid About Their Day"},{"content":"It may seem ridged but I like the concept of how this guidance would help instill discipline while also establishing a routine with good intentions. Note also that it doesn’t say there is no possibility of deviation, but that changes should be highly considered before hand – perhaps by talking it through with someone more experienced and wise.\nAlexander Hamilton’s Deep Advice – Study Hacks – Cal NewportPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-03-05T14:09:00Z","permalink":"/2018/03/alexander-hamiltons-deep-advice/","title":"Alexander Hamilton’s Deep Advice"},{"content":"Job #1. Try to instill confidence in my girls…\nSuccess, it turns out, correlates just as closely with confidence as it does with competence.\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-03-02T12:17:00Z","permalink":"/2018/03/the-confidence-gap/","title":"The Confidence Gap"},{"content":"Impressive what this family did! Yet, still achievable my most.\nFrom Disorganized to Debt Free Through Budgeting and Routine with Rosemarie GronerPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-03-01T15:21:00Z","permalink":"/2018/03/disorganized-debt-free-budgeting-routine/","title":"From Disorganized to Debt Free Through Budgeting and Routine"},{"content":"Sometimes the solution isn’t to 10x everything, or maybe 5% less will make you 10% happier 🙂\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-02-28T11:32:00Z","permalink":"/2018/02/5-less/","title":"5% Less"},{"content":"Lots of good ideas here on ways to run good meetings, and not just Google centric.\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-02-27T14:43:00Z","permalink":"/2018/02/run-meeting-like-google/","title":"How to Run a Meeting Like Google"},{"content":"Like the reminder to charge what you’re worth. Also learned a little history lesson.\nEp. 303 – Jeff Goins: Real Artists Don’t Starve – Altucher ConfidentialPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-02-26T14:43:00Z","permalink":"/2018/02/real-artists-dont-starve/","title":"Real Artists Don’t Starve"},{"content":"You learn something new everyday. And naive little me thought marijuana was just marijuana.\n3 Things I Wish Parents – and Teens – Knew About PotPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-02-23T12:18:00Z","permalink":"/2018/02/3-things-wish-parents-teens-knew-pot/","title":"3 Things I Wish Parents – and Teens – Knew About Pot"},{"content":"Having a problem to solve is always a good way to really learn anything.\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-02-22T15:05:00Z","permalink":"/2018/02/secret-learning-anything/","title":"The secret to learning how to do anything"},{"content":"From early childhood to the teen years this does a good job of laying out a plan you may want to follow…\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-02-21T12:34:00Z","permalink":"/2018/02/teach-young-kids-budgeting-habits-early/","title":"How to Teach Young Kids Budgeting Habits Early On"},{"content":"A rather extensive post, but worthwhile read jic 🙂\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-02-20T16:57:00Z","permalink":"/2018/02/defeat-bad-breath/","title":"How to Defeat Bad Breath Once and For All"},{"content":"Read the full article for details, but these are the suggestions…\n7 AM: Do Some Creative Thinking 8 AM (or 1 PM): Book a Doctor’s Appointment 9 AM: Go to the Post Office 9 AM: Schedule a Job Interview 9 AM: Search for an Apartment 9:30 AM: Drink Your Coffee 2 PM: Take a Nap 2 PM: Send Email 2 PM: Send Email 6 PM: Exercise 8 PM: Shop for Groceries 10 PM: Go to Sleep 10:30 PM: Start and End eBay Listings Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-02-19T12:38:00Z","permalink":"/2018/02/best-time-day-just-anything/","title":"The Best Time of Day to Do Just About Anything"},{"content":"Wow! This was a great episode on setting expectations, following up, and coaching to success…\nPodcasts Archive – The ONE ThingPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-02-16T15:28:00Z","permalink":"/2018/02/coaching-people-to-their-possibilities/","title":"Coaching People to Their Possibilities"},{"content":"This is quiet the manifesto, but includes lots to ponder…\nwe’re born as subjects to the authoritarian figures of our parents, and from there we’re funneled straight into the education system, which steers us directly toward the employee workforce. In each of these systems, we are subordinates whose work is likely to be unrelated to our own values, on schedules that are always determined by someone else.\n… though he appears to have returned to the 9-5 (at least for now), the sentiment is still good.\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-02-15T15:40:00Z","permalink":"/2018/02/frightening-thing-learn-quit-9-5/","title":"The frightening thing you learn when you quit the 9 to 5"},{"content":"Some funny for my developer friends. If you don’t program for a living, just ignore everything in these articles because you will become convinced the world will implode shortly. On the other hand, if you do program I’m pretty sure you’ll love this…\nRead the full article here, or… check out the summaryPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-02-14T14:38:00Z","permalink":"/2018/02/code-bad-dont-stress-sucks/","title":"All Code Is Bad, So Don’t Stress If Yours Sucks"},{"content":"For all my friends in education, esp the principals…\nPodcasts Archive – The ONE ThingPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-02-13T14:40:00Z","permalink":"/2018/02/clarity-one-thing-managing-time/","title":"Clarity on Your ONE Thing \u0026 Managing Your Time"},{"content":"If you haven’t heard of Mr Money Mustache yet, let me introduce you…\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-02-12T12:37:00Z","permalink":"/2018/02/safety-expensive-illusion/","title":"Safety is an Expensive Illusion"},{"content":"Just finished 10% Happier by Dan Harris that chronicles his journey from young upstart reporter to drug use then finding meditation as a tool to help calm the mind and make him 10% happier. It really is a good book, and his sarcastic tone makes it a perfect read for anyone skeptical of meditation and Buddhism. Probably my favorite chapter is the one on his experience at a 10 day silent retreat, and the skeptical/derogatory thoughts running through his mind. In the end, the best part is that I didn’t think it came off as preachy or as my mom would say “she she la la”. Give it a try, or if you want to check out his next book try: Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics. It’s on my list.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-02-09T11:41:00Z","permalink":"/2018/02/10-happier/","title":"10% Happier"},{"content":" Read the full article here_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!_ Disclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-02-08T16:18:00Z","permalink":"/2018/02/20-little-things-make-big-difference-marriage/","title":"20 Little Things to Make a Big Difference in Your Marriage"},{"content":"Cross posting from the FreedomRE.com blog…\nListen to the full episode here, but here are the main points – some commentary added 🙂\nHave a pre-listing inspection performed by a licensed home inspector. Clean up your home. – Please, please, please – you have no idea how often this is missed/skipped Does it pass the sniff test? – It better unless you want it to take longer to sell. Take great pictures of your house. – That’s why you hire a great agent – like me! Be available. Have your home ready for showings at all times. – You never know when or where your buyer will show up. Be informative. Use an agent. – At your service Ask your agent for selling advice. Price your house right. – You mean Zillow doesn’t know everything? List in peak market time. – If you can. If not, I wouldn’t consider this a deal breaker. Just be ready for it to potenially take longer. Double check your listing information. Stage those weird areas that don’t have an obvious use. Leave during your showings and make sure you take your pets with you. – So awkward when the seller sticks around. Get out! I would also add “take any valuables and medications” as well. Be prepared to walk away from an offer. Tell everyone you know that your house is for sale. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-02-07T13:50:00Z","permalink":"/2018/02/16-tips-selling-properties-faster-money/","title":"16 Tips for Selling Properties Faster and for More Money"},{"content":" “All of this has always ignored the mathematical fact that scrimping and saving and investing wisely will not save you if you don’t have enough money in the first place. If you are a low-wage worker who cuts your expenses to the bone in order to sock away $500 a year, on which you earn 8%, you will still not go more than a year in retirement without starving to death. The math just doesn’t work. We need to actually give people more money. This is common sense, but is anathema to the sort of magical thinking that says that the root of all poverty is bad decisions by the poor.”\nRead the full article: Oh Damn, 401(k)s Aren’t MagicPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-02-06T13:36:00Z","permalink":"/2018/02/oh-damn-401ks-arent-magic/","title":"Oh Damn, 401(k)s Aren’t Magic"},{"content":"Interesting, and yet hard to do sometimes. My gut says that generally speaking husbands are more apt to do this, but maybe that’s just speaking from personal experience 🙂\nWhy You Should Let Kids FightPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-02-05T15:34:00Z","permalink":"/2018/02/let-kids-fight/","title":"Why You Should Let Kids Fight"},{"content":"Just finished Tribe of Mentors by Tim Ferriss which is really just a follow up to Tools of Titans if you ask me. That said, there’s still some wisdom here that is worth considering. Find some of my highlights and points to ponder below.\naddiction is when we’ve “lost the freedom to abstain.” Let us reclaim that freedom. While everyone else is running around with a list of responsibilities a mile long—things they’re not actually responsible for—you’ve got just that one-item list. You’ve got just one thing to manage: your choices, your will, your mind. So mind it. Most teenagers choose to fool around rather than exert themselves. Halfhearted, lazy effort gives them a ready-made excuse: “It doesn’t matter. I wasn’t even trying.” One of the most powerful things you can do as a human being in our hyperconnected, 24/7 media world is say: “I don’t know.” Or, more provocatively: “I don’t care.” There is almost no situation in which hatred helps. Yet almost every situation is made better by love—or empathy, understanding, appreciation We’d rather be pissed off, bitter, raging inside than risk an awkward conversation that might actually help this person and make the world a better place. We don’t just want people to be better, we expect it to magically happen amor fati (a love of fate). It’s not just accepting, it’s loving everything that happens. Let’s not confuse acceptance with passivity. Perhaps today will be the day when we experience happiness or wisdom. Don’t try to grab that moment and hold on to it with all your might. It’s not under your control how long it lasts. Enjoy it, recognize it, remember it. Having it for a moment is the same as having it forever. there is one thing and only one thing that causes unhappiness. The name of that thing is Attachment. Don’t let another day tick away in ignorance of the reality that you’re a dying person. We all are. Can today be the day we stop pretending otherwise? while we might be good at protecting our physical property, we are far too lax at enforcing our mental boundaries. Property can be regained; there is quite a bit of it out there—some of it still untouched by man. But time? Time is our most irreplaceable asset—we cannot buy more of it. We can only strive to waste as little as possible. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-02-02T12:42:00Z","permalink":"/2018/02/tribe-of-mentors/","title":"Tribe of Mentors"},{"content":"If someone has been doing something for 60+ years it probably makes sense to listen.\nOld-School Investing Wisdom from 60+ Years with Mike AndersonPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-02-01T14:20:00Z","permalink":"/2018/02/old-school-investing-wisdom-60-years-mike-anderson/","title":"Old-School Investing Wisdom from 60+ Years with Mike Anderson"},{"content":"Always good to have a reminder to put that key relationship first…\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-31T20:07:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/make-marriage-work/","title":"How to Make a Marriage Work"},{"content":"Another good Entreleadership podcast…\n#236: Dr. Michael Gervais—The Mental Game, Part 1Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-30T12:35:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/dr-michael-gervais-mental-game-part-1/","title":"Dr. Michael Gervais – The Mental Game, Part 1"},{"content":"A good deep dive on habits and goals to make your resolutions stick…\n3 Keys to Making Your New Year’s Resolutions Finally Stick (TPS176)Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-29T14:51:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/3-keys-making-new-years-resolutions-finally-stick/","title":"3 Keys to Making Your New Year’s Resolutions Finally Stick"},{"content":"Ever want an easy way to email a webpage to yourself? Maybe it’s to send it to your task list, or just to share with a co-worker? Of course there are extensions for most browsers to do this, but if you would prefer a bookmarklet that doesn’t require any installation, here’s how to do it. This is the basic link structure…\njavascript:document.location='mailto:?subject='+document.title+'\u0026amp;body='+escape(document.location); Or, for simplicity sake, just drag and drop this link into your bookmarks bar… Email\nOf course you can go wild and start customizing the URL to your hearts content. Set a value after the “mailto:”, or maybe even a CC. For example…\njavascript:document.location='mailto:me@here.com?subject='+document.title+'\u0026amp;cc=you@there.com\u0026amp;body='+escape(document.location); Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-26T13:41:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/email-bookmarklets/","title":"Email Bookmarklets"},{"content":"I’ve loved this since I read it. “I intend to”, “I just did”, and “I have been doing” are wonderful places to be, but take some time to get to. Still, like the article points out the leap from asking permission to stating your intent is probably the most crucial and beneficial.\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-25T14:06:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/motivating-others-starts-using-right-language/","title":"Why Motivating Others Starts With Using The Right Language"},{"content":"Over three years old now, but still as valid as ever…\nWhen you’re too busy looking down you don’t see the chances you miss.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-24T12:19:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/look-up/","title":"Look Up"},{"content":"It probably wouldn’t hurt if we all freed ourselves from our own little filter bubble. That said, telling others their in a bubble or ridiculing them is probably not the best way to get a health dialog going. FWIW: I’m always open to a good conversation and sharing of ideas.\nFree yourself from your filter bubblesPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-23T13:13:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/free-filter-bubbles/","title":"Free yourself from your filter bubbles"},{"content":"Something to think about…\nFor centuries, inbred weirdos in castles ruled every aspect of our lives. These days, they mostly just suck up public assistance that might be better spent on, I don’t know, helping sick kids or something.\n…and remember, you don’t even have to follow me on social media! You can just sign up for my newsletter!\nYou, Too, Can Live Like Royalty and Delete All Your Social Media AccountsPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-22T13:41:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/can-live-like-royalty-delete-social-media-accounts/","title":"You, Too, Can Live Like Royalty and Delete All Your Social Media Accounts"},{"content":"Seems appropriate for the new year…\nPodcasts Archive – The ONE ThingPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-19T13:38:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/establishing-healthy-habits-new-year/","title":"Establishing Healthy Habits for the New Year"},{"content":"The comparison of social media to a public bathroom door seems apt…\nEp. 296 – Linda Papadopoulos: Validation: Why It’s Dangerous…Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-18T12:45:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/linda-papadopoulos-validation-dangerous/","title":"Linda Papadopoulos: Validation: Why It’s Dangerous…"},{"content":" A happy, healthy, and lasting marriage is the goal of every couple. We have all heard that half of all marriages end in divorce, and nobody wants their marriage to be another statistic.\nThe list is below, but you can Read the full article here\nKiss Express Gratitude Touch Each Other Talk Go on Date Nights Fight Plan Things Do Nice Things Laugh Grow Together Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-17T13:36:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/10-simple-things-making-marriage-last-even-though-youre-not-aware/","title":"These 10 Simple Things You Do Are Making Your Marriage Last, Even Though You’re Not Aware Of It"},{"content":"Forget the sensationalist headline, and listen to the podcast episode. Interesting to get the perspective of people with more background then ourselves.\nTrump has given North Korea “the greatest gift ever”Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-16T11:31:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/trump-given-north-korea-greatest-gift-ever/","title":"Trump has given North Korea “the greatest gift ever”"},{"content":"I thought this was pretty good and she has an interesting story. Feel free to pick up a copy of the book too.\n#238: Kristen Hadeed—Learning to LeadPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-15T15:18:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/kristen-hadeed-learning-lead/","title":"Kristen Hadeed – Learning to Lead"},{"content":"Not sure why it isn’t listed on his website, but if you subscribe to his podcast you probably would have caught this.\nPain + Reflection = Progress\n5 step process:\nIdentify Goals\nIdentify problems\nDiagnose root cause\nDesign way around\nPush through and execute design\nEp. 290 – Ray Dalio: Principles for Investing in a Meaningful Life (Tested Strategies from 1 of The World’s Wealthiest Investors)Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-12T18:00:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/ray-dalio-principles-investing-meaningful-life-tested-strategies-1-worlds-wealthiest-investors/","title":"Ray Dalio: Principles for Investing in a Meaningful Life (Tested Strategies from 1 of The World’s Wealthiest Investors)"},{"content":"Please be sure to update/patch every device you have. On most Windows machines, you should be able to do a manual reboot (Start -\u0026gt; Power -\u0026gt; Restart) and have the updates applied. On iOS you want to go to Settings -\u0026gt; General -\u0026gt; Software Update\nScary Chip Flaws Raise Spectre of Meltdown — Krebs on SecurityPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-11T14:10:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/scary-chip-flaws-raise-spectre-meltdown-krebs-security/","title":"Scary Chip Flaws Raise Spectre of Meltdown — Krebs on Security"},{"content":"A Facebook slam… on Facebook! Expect another FB post coming up soon. In the mean time, the best way to reach me is in person, via my blog, or the messaging platform of your choice.\n“Scrolling through your news feed is distracting and depressing”\nFacebook Makes You Sad, So Try Using It LessPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-10T18:01:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/facebook-makes-sad-try-using-less/","title":"Facebook Makes You Sad, So Try Using It Less"},{"content":"Interesting stats\nWhite Women Keep Fucking Us OverPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-08T18:49:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/white-women-keep-fucking-us/","title":"White Women Keep Fucking Us Over"},{"content":"Interesting story. Discussion about the need to use performance enhancing drugs to reach the highest levels is thought provoking.\nEp. 278 – Floyd Landis: The Consequence of Exposing a Legend: Learning How to Take Your Life Back \u0026amp; Overcome Rejection – Altucher ConfidentialPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-07T12:44:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/floyd-landis-consequence-exposing-legend/","title":"Floyd Landis: The Consequence of Exposing a Legend"},{"content":"Just finished “The Hard Thing About Hard Things” by Ben Horowitz who is probably best known as the Horowitz in “Andreessen Horowitz” – as in Marc Andreessen of Netscape fame. It was a quick read. Mostly targeted at CEOs, especially CEOs of tech startups, but still had some useful ideas and concepts for those of us not in that camp. I’ve pulled out a few of my favorites below.\nIf you’re going to eat $hit, don’t nibble The customer only knows what she thinks she wants based on her experience with the current product. The innovator can take into account everything that’s possible In any human interaction, the required amount of communication is inversely proportional to the level of trust. Build a culture that rewards – not punishes – people for getting problems into the open where they can be solved. When you expect your employees to act like adults, they generally do. If you treat them like children, then get ready for your company to turn into one big Barney episode. Being too busy to train is the moral equivalent of being too hungry to eat. Management purely by numbers is sort of like painting by numbers—it’s strictly for amateurs. The Law of Crappy People states: For any title level in a large organization, the talent on that level will eventually converge to the crappiest person with the title. Once an employee takes a public stance, the social pressure for him to be consistent is enormous. Shock is a great mechanism for behavioral change. Move fast and break things. Perks are good, but they are not culture. You want to optimize the organization for the people—for the people doing the work—not for the managers. In life, everybody faces choices between doing what’s popular, easy, and wrong versus doing what’s lonely, difficult, and right. How easy is it for any given individual contributor to get her job done?” In well-run organizations, people can focus on their work (as opposed to politics and bureaucratic procedures) and have confidence that if they get their work done, good things will happen both for the company and for them personally. By contrast, in a poorly run organization, people spend much of their time fighting organizational boundaries and broken processes. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-06T13:08:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/hard-thing-hard-things/","title":"The Hard Thing About Hard Things"},{"content":"Not a huge fan of sharing things that come off BuzzFeed, but the list is decent and doesn’t require you to click next for each one.\nHere’s the list, but click through below for the detail:\nTry reading for a set amount of time each day. Practice swapping ‘sorry’ for ‘thank you’ when the situation is right. Don’t just put things down, put them away. And do your dishes every single day. If something’s going to take you less than two minutes, just do it then and there. Try to go to bed and get up at similar times each day. Actually start flossing your teeth every day. Put all of your spare change into a jar for an entire year. Make a plan for the following day before you go to bed at night. Practice a new kind of handwriting, like cursive or calligraphy. Learn three words in a new language every day. Get into the habit of writing in a journal daily. Run for as long as you can…and then run again the next day, and the next. Make your bed every morning before you leave the house. Add new and healthy foods to your diet rather than focusing on removing other food groups. And try meditating, starting with just five minutes a day. 16 Small Habits That Could Seriously Improve Your Life Within A YearPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-05T16:09:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/16-small-habits-seriously-improve-life-within-year/","title":"16 Small Habits That Could Seriously Improve Your Life Within A Year"},{"content":"Read the full article here but this was my main takeaway…\nI worked weekends on many occasions. One weekend a good friend from university was coming to New York on the way to a business trip in Chicago. He was only coming to see me. But IBM had asked me to work that weekend. I struggled to choose between them, trying to work out if I could do both. I couldn’t. So I told my employer I could not work. Dwin and I had a great weekend exploring the city. He is the godfather to my daughter and we see each other regularly. IBM does not remember that I did not work that weekend. Dwin would always have.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-04T11:30:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/work-wont-remember-weekend-didnt-give-friends-will/","title":"Work Won’t Remember That Weekend You Didn’t Give It. Friends Will."},{"content":"Still good 5 years later…\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-03T11:30:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/not-special-2012-commencement-speech-wellesley-high-school/","title":"You Are Not Special 2012 Commencement Speech from Wellesley High School"},{"content":"Here’s something I hope to practice even more in 2018. Maybe you can too.\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2018-01-02T11:30:00Z","permalink":"/2018/01/100k-question-ask-get-want/","title":"The $100k Question: How to Ask for \u0026 Get What You Want"},{"content":"Still as applicable now as it was then…\nMany people today resent the suggestion that they’re in charge of the way they feel. But trust me. Those people are mistaken.\nRead the full article here\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-31T11:59:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/man-asks-mike-rowe-life-advice/","title":"Man Asks Mike Rowe for “Life Advice”"},{"content":"Making your bed each morning seems like the least of our worries to start the day. However, according to Naval Adm. William McRaven, it may be the best way to start off your day.\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-30T11:30:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/making-bed-every-morning-matters-according-navy-seal/","title":"Why Making Your Bed Every Morning Matters, According to a Navy SEAL"},{"content":"Interesting how much more I’m seeing people in the tech sector getting off of or massively limiting their amount of time on social networks. There does seem to be a place for the concept, but I’d rather see an open spec like email whereby different groups could host a “group”, but then individuals could log into one app on their phone or computer and have very targeted settings for what they want. I guess an argument could be made that email fills almost that exact role…\nFormer Facebook exec feels ‘tremendous guilt’ for what he helped make\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-29T11:30:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/former-facebook-exec-feels-tremendous-guilt-helped-make/","title":"Former Facebook exec feels ‘tremendous guilt’ for what he helped make"},{"content":"Do I believe we should or can never yell? No. But it’s worth being mindful of when and why, and that there’s often a better way…\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-28T11:30:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/yelling-kids-can-just-harmful-spanking/","title":"Yelling at Kids can be Just as Harmful as Spanking"},{"content":"Another oldie but goodie…\nThe 4/64 Rule (80/20 of the 80/20) The 1000 Hour Rule (Good enough to be great, but not the best) The 30/150/Millions Rule (know/gossip/stories) Read the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-27T11:30:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/rules-need-know/","title":"The Only Rules You Need to Know"},{"content":"Just a quick note to wish everyone that reads this blog a very Merry Christmas!Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-25T10:55:01Z","permalink":"/2017/12/merry-christmas/","title":"Merry Christmas!"},{"content":"It’s worth listening to successful people…\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-23T11:30:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/taking-meeting-right-way-wrong-way/","title":"Taking a Meeting – The Right Way and the Wrong Way"},{"content":"Here’s the list, but please read the full article for additional detail/context…\nDon’t buy things Don’t fall in love with someone that is in love with someone else Don’t try to please people Run, don’t walk Don’t make promises you can’t keep Don’t steal paperclips from the office Don’t wait for them to say yes Don’t do anything you don’t want to do Don’t consume bad things Don’t time travel into the past Again, here’s the full article.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-22T12:21:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/10-regrets-can-avoid/","title":"10 Regrets You Can Avoid"},{"content":"Sometimes all it takes is one thing.\nPodcasts Archive – The ONE ThingPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-22T01:03:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/transform-health-business-income-finances-marriage-one-thing/","title":"Transform Your Health, Business, Income, Finances, and Marriage Doing This ONE Thing"},{"content":"A good and sobering reminder…\nEp. 288 – Mike Van Cleave: A Conversation About Cancer \u0026amp; Learning How to Discard the Meaningless – Altucher ConfidentialPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-20T11:48:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/mike-van-cleave-conversation-cancer-learning-discard-meaningless/","title":"Mike Van Cleave: A Conversation About Cancer \u0026 Learning How to Discard the Meaningless"},{"content":"Please read! Especially for my friends in or visiting the great white north…\nHow to Survive Deadly Black Ice On Winter RoadsPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-19T13:20:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/survive-deadly-black-ice-winter-roads/","title":"How to Survive Deadly Black Ice On Winter Roads"},{"content":"Having been doing this for 10 years there’s lots of truth here…\nYour first job is to love them Your example is more important than your words A hug is more powerful than punishment Trust them Let them be who they’re going to be Read with them Read the full article here\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-18T14:56:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/essence-fatherhood-6-simple-lessons/","title":"The Essence of Fatherhood: 6 Simple Lessons"},{"content":"Seems like a worthwhile reminder, especially around the holidays…\nNever Let a Good Deed Go Unpaid Never Forget a Name Never Interrupt Never Forget to Check In and Out Never Let Your Appearance Go Never Raise Your Voice Never Get Too Excited or Angry Never Let Yourself Get Walked On Never Swear in Front of People Not Your Age Never Be a Party Pooper Never Leave Someone Out Never Blurt Out Something Hurtful Never Fight Immaturely Never Laugh at Others’ Expense Never Get Caught Without a Clean Joke Never Upset the Apple Cart Never Ignore People Never Get Caught Without an Ice-Breaker Read the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-17T11:53:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/18-things-people-good-social-skills-never/","title":"18 Things People With Good Social Skills Never Do"},{"content":"Wondering why so many of your tech savvy friends are up in arms about the repeal of Net Neutrality? Here’s my answer in 1 paragraph…\nNearly 40% of the US has only 1 “choice” for broadband internet because of legislated monopolies lobbied for by those same providers. If net neutrality is wiped out not only can your favorite services be negatively impacted (think Netflix raises prices because Comcast charges them more – or you start seeing buffering on Netflix because of throttling- yes, that happened pre 2015), but many of the Netflix’s, Facebook’s, and Googles of tomorrow will likely never see the light of day if they have to pay to play as they start to reach critical mass. If there was real competition and real choice, I would have no issue. But there is not, and that’s the problem.\n…do I hope I’m wrong? Of course, but the real course of action should be to eliminate all legislated monopolies first so that competition can happen. Then, maybe, consider what is under way… but if you have any trust in ISPs to make your life better… well, could I interest you in a bridge?Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-16T11:15:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/care-net-neutrality/","title":"Why You Should Care About Net Neutrality (in 1 paragraph)"},{"content":"Nearly 2 years old, but I try to remind myself of it every chance I get…\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-15T18:55:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/little-girl-hears-tell-shes-pretty/","title":"What A Little Girl Hears When You Tell Her She’s Pretty"},{"content":"Maybe a little harsh, but lots of truth!\nEP246: Stop Hanging Out with LosersPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-14T11:23:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/stop-hanging-losers/","title":"Stop Hanging Out with Losers"},{"content":"This article makes me glad we haven’t given into giving the kids their own tablets and esp not a phone. How many years can we keep it up? Another reminder…\nThe scary truth about what’s hurting our kidsPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-11T13:19:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/scary-truth-whats-hurting-kids/","title":"The scary truth about what’s hurting our kids"},{"content":"Here’s some of Buffett’s best money advice.\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-10T22:12:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/warren-buffetts-best-money-advice/","title":"Warren Buffett’s Best Money Advice"},{"content":"Just in case you were interested…\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-10T03:52:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/20-misconceptions-sex/","title":"20 Misconceptions About Sex"},{"content":"Whether you’re calculating a tip or just in need of some fast math, percentages can be something even math students goof. This video from YouTube channel MindYourDecisions shows you the easiest way to find those numbers in your head.\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-08T19:57:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/calculate-nearly-percentage-head-simple-tricks/","title":"Calculate Nearly Any Percentage In Your Head with Simple Tricks"},{"content":" Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-07T14:16:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/building-dystopia-just-make-people-click-ads/","title":"We’re building a dystopia just to make people click on ads"},{"content":"Another oldie but goodie, and still largely applicable.\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-07T00:06:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/25-unnecessary-wastes-money-dont-think/","title":"25 Unnecessary Wastes of Money You Don’t Think About"},{"content":"Yeah, I think I’m done with the NFL.\nTurns Out the Nearly $90,000,000 Donation to Prove the NFL Cares About Social Justice Is BullshitPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-05T15:54:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/turns-nearly-90000000-donation-prove-nfl-cares-social-justice-bullshit/","title":"Turns Out the Nearly $90,000,000 Donation to Prove the NFL Cares About Social Justice Is Bullshit"},{"content":"Paying your mortgage every two weeks instead of monthly could save you tons of money in interest and shave years off your mortgage. However, if your lender offers a payment plan for doing this, you should probably skip it and set it up yourself. Here’s why.\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-04T11:24:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/why-you-shouldnt-use-your-lenders-biweekly-mortgage-payment-scheme/","title":"Why You Shouldn’t Use Your Lender’s Biweekly Mortgage Payment Scheme"},{"content":"I read this article way back in 2014 and found it in my blog’s “drafts” folder as I had obviously meant to share it back then. Anyway, much of what the writer describes is as applicable now as it was back then. If you have young boys at home, maybe you’ll consider sharing this at the appropriate time.\n“men need to understand as early in their lives as possible that men have a long history of getting their way for no good reason. This advantage comes, of course, at the expense of fellow human beings, and we need to learn to be aware of it and eliminate it wherever we see it.”\nDear Young MenPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-03T12:33:10Z","permalink":"/2017/12/dear-young-men/","title":"Dear Young Men"},{"content":"Tim Ferriss is making the rounds again for his new book, but he always has something worth listening to. Consider this.\nEp. 281 – Tim Ferriss: Using a New Lens To Make Life Easier – Altucher Confidential\n_Like this? Consider joining my mailing list_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-12-01T22:55:00Z","permalink":"/2017/12/ep-281-tim-ferriss-using-a-new-lens-to-make-life-easier-altucher-confidential/","title":"Tim Ferriss: Using a New Lens To Make Life Easier"},{"content":"An interesting perspective to consider. Then go out and DO something!\nEp. 282 – Tyler Cowen: What the Future Holds: Stagnation or Innovation? – Altucher Confidential\n_Like this? Consider joining my mailing list_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-11-30T22:55:00Z","permalink":"/2017/11/ep-282-tyler-cowen-what-the-future-holds-stagnation-or-innovation-altucher-confidential/","title":"Tyler Cowen: What the Future Holds: Stagnation or Innovation?"},{"content":" Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-11-29T22:59:00Z","permalink":"/2017/11/how-we-can-end-sexual-harassment-at-work/","title":"How we can end sexual harassment at work"},{"content":" Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-11-28T22:59:00Z","permalink":"/2017/11/how-amazon-apple-facebook-and-google-manipulate-our-emotions/","title":"How Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google manipulate our emotions"},{"content":"A good refresher on being clear about your priorities.\nPodcasts Archive – The ONE ThingPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-11-22T21:54:00Z","permalink":"/2017/11/podcasts-archive-the-one-thing-2/","title":"Podcasts Archive – The ONE Thing"},{"content":"A great reminder. Love the 5 step process…\n1 Keep 1 sleep schedule (wake up the same time every day)\n2 Stop caffeine before 2pm\n3 Stop alcohol intake 3 hours before bed\n4 Stop exercise 4 hours before bed\n5 Give the sun a high five – 5 minutes of direct sun\nKwik Brain 045: Improve Your Memory With A Good Night’s Sleep With Dr. Michael Breus | Jim KwikPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-11-21T21:27:00Z","permalink":"/2017/11/kwik-brain-045-improve-your-memory-with-a-good-nights-sleep-with-dr-michael-breus-jim-kwik/","title":"Kwik Brain 045: Improve Your Memory With A Good Night’s Sleep With Dr. Michael Breus | Jim Kwik"},{"content":"I thought this was a good show. While most of the talking is about moms there’s a lot that is appropriate for dads to keep in mind as well.\nParenting Great Kids with Dr. Meg Meeker: #40: Learning to Slow Down (with guest Nichole Nordeman)Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-11-20T20:54:00Z","permalink":"/2017/11/parenting-great-kids-with-dr-meg-meeker-40-learning-to-slow-down-with-guest-nichole-nordeman/","title":"Learning to Slow Down (with Nichole Nordeman – Parenting Great Kids with Dr. Meg Meeker)"},{"content":"So true. Please enable “DND while driving” on your phone! Both the iPhone and Android have the feature. I’ve been using it since I updated to iOS 11, and it works well. Just getting the notifications I found was a distraction, and since I can still get calls from my “favorites” it’s been a huge help.\nOPTIMIZE with Brian Johnson | More Wisdom in Less Time: +1 #52: The Most Dangerous Thing You Can Do While “Multitasking”Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-11-19T13:18:00Z","permalink":"/2017/11/optimize-with-brian-johnson-more-wisdom-in-less-time-1-52-the-most-dangerous-thing-you-can-do-while-multitasking/","title":"The Most Dangerous Thing You Can Do While “Multitasking”"},{"content":"I really like this post on A Stoic Response to Bad News, but just wanted to call out the philosophy of “amor fati”… which if truth be told I could stand to implement more often. Anyway, what does “amor fati” mean?\nLove your fate With it you feel that everything happens for a purpose, and that it is up to you to make this purpose something positive and active. Do not seek for things to happen the way you want them to; rather, wish that what happens happen the way it happens: then you will be happy. Treating each and every moment—no matter how challenging—as something to be embraced, not avoided. To not only be okay with it, but love it and be better for it. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-11-18T11:28:57Z","permalink":"/2017/11/amor-fati/","title":"Amor Fati"},{"content":"A worthwhile listen on the art of persuasion even if the main subject discussed is unpleasant.\nEp. 276 – Scott Adams: The Hardest Sell: Convincing Someone You’re Not What You Used to Be – Altucher ConfidentialPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-11-17T22:58:00Z","permalink":"/2017/11/ep-276-scott-adams-the-hardest-sell-convincing-someone-youre-not-what-you-used-to-be-altucher-confidential/","title":"The Hardest Sell: Convincing Someone You’re Not What You Used to Be"},{"content":"Love the perspective here. It would probably behoove me to consider some of this more often…\nRecognize your fears Consider your partners fears Know your numbers Make a plan and trust the plan EP232: How to Communicate with Your Partner About Money\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-11-16T22:58:00Z","permalink":"/2017/11/ep232-how-to-communicate-with-your-partner-about-money/","title":"How to Communicate with Your Partner About Money"},{"content":"Here’s why Bill Gates is so amazing. Hope the investment is able to bring about some information, relief, or even a full or partial cure.\nBill Gates is investing $100 million to fight Alzheimer’s, a deadly condition that becomes more common every year\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-11-15T22:58:00Z","permalink":"/2017/11/bill-gates-is-investing-100-million-to-fight-alzheimers-a-deadly-condition-that-becomes-more-common-every-year/","title":"Bill Gates is investing $100 million to fight Alzheimer’s, a deadly condition that becomes more common every year"},{"content":"Dr Cox was probably the single reason I watched Scrubs, and the interview is fascinating. Enjoy!\nEp. 275 – John C. McGinley: The Root of REAL Reinvention: Having The Right Attitude – Altucher Confidential\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-11-14T22:56:00Z","permalink":"/2017/11/ep-275-john-c-mcginley-the-root-of-real-reinvention-having-the-right-attitude-altucher-confidential/","title":"John C. McGinley: The Root of REAL Reinvention: Having The Right Attitude"},{"content":"Yes, I realize the irony of posting this to FB, but it will also be on my blog which is where I’d like to see a lot of what goes on SM now distributed to.\nBillionaire ex-Facebook president Sean Parker unloads on Mark Zuckerberg and admits he helped build a monster\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-11-10T22:57:00Z","permalink":"/2017/11/billionaire-ex-facebook-president-sean-parker-unloads-on-mark-zuckerberg-and-admits-he-helped-build-a-monster/","title":"Billionaire ex-Facebook president Sean Parker unloads on Mark Zuckerberg and admits he helped build a monster"},{"content":"Good discussion on Facebook and Twitter in This Week in Tech (TWiT 639: Anywhere but Albany):\nThis Week in Tech 639 Anywhere but Albany | TWiT.TV\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-11-07T22:55:00Z","permalink":"/2017/11/this-week-in-tech-639-anywhere-but-albany-twit-tv/","title":"This Week in Tech 639 Anywhere but Albany"},{"content":"Yes, I️ am seeing this happen…\nHow to Stop Your iPhone From Autocorrecting “i” to “A”\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-11-06T22:55:00Z","permalink":"/2017/11/how-to-stop-your-iphone-from-autocorrecting-i-to-a/","title":"How to Stop Your iPhone From Autocorrecting “i” to “A”"},{"content":"The ONE Thing – Ep. 50 – Work-Life Balance: It Starts With Your Mindset – with Gene Rivers\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-11-05T22:57:00Z","permalink":"/2017/11/the-one-thing-powered-by-produktive-ep-50-work-life-balance-it-starts-with-your-mindset-with-gene-rivers/","title":"The ONE Thing – Ep. 50 – Work-Life Balance: It Starts With Your Mindset – with Gene Rivers"},{"content":"The ONE Thing – Ep 87 – Lessons Learned From 2 Years With Gary Keller \u0026amp; Jay Papasan\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-11-04T21:57:00Z","permalink":"/2017/11/the-one-thing-powered-by-produktive-ep-87-lessons-learned-from-2-years-with-gary-keller-jay-papasan/","title":"Lessons Learned From 2 Years With Gary Keller \u0026 Jay Papasan"},{"content":"“PMs own the problems and Engineers own the solutions”\nHow product managers and engineers at Asana develop great relationships\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-11-02T22:00:00Z","permalink":"/2017/11/how-product-managers-and-engineers-at-asana-develop-great-relationships/","title":"How product managers and engineers at Asana develop great relationships"},{"content":"Recently finished listening to the audio version of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson, and have to say I would highly recommend it. You’ll have to get past the language if that’s an issue for you, but the message is definitely worth it.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-30T11:05:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/subtle-art-not-giving-fuck/","title":"The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*uck"},{"content":"Wow!\nWhat intelligent machines can learn from a school of fish\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-29T11:03:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/what-intelligent-machines-can-learn-from-a-school-of-fish/","title":"What intelligent machines can learn from a school of fish"},{"content":"So many good ideas and concepts in this podcast…\nWhen everything’s amazing, nothing is.\nAlso love the idea of traveling and living with less.\nParenting Great Kids with Dr. Meg Meeker: #38: Teaching Your Kids About Other Cultures (with guest Tsh Oxenreider)\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-28T00:09:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/parenting-great-kids-with-dr-meg-meeker-38-teaching-your-kids-about-other-cultures-with-guest-tsh-oxenreider/","title":"Teaching Your Kids About Other Cultures (with Tsh Oxenreider)"},{"content":"BiggerPockets Podcast : Real Estate Investing and Wealth Building to Help You Get Bigger Pockets : #250: Grant Cardone on Multifamily Investing and Why You Should Never Buy a House!\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-27T16:13:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/biggerpockets-podcast-real-estate-investing-and-wealth-building-to-help-you-get-bigger-pockets-250-grant-cardone-on-multifamily-investing-and-why-you-should-never-buy-a-house/","title":"Grant Cardone on Multifamily Investing and Why You Should Never Buy a House!"},{"content":"Addicted to Your iPhone? You’re Not Alone – The Atlantic\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-25T11:03:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/addicted-to-your-iphone-youre-not-alone-the-atlantic/","title":"Addicted to Your iPhone? You’re Not Alone – The Atlantic"},{"content":"Ep. 265 – 10 Unusual Things I Learned From Mr. X – Altucher Confidential\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-25T00:41:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/ep-265-10-unusual-things-i-learned-from-mr-x-altucher-confidential/","title":"10 Unusual Things I Learned From Mr. X – Altucher Confidential"},{"content":"Interesting…\nAmericans Are Retiring Later, Dying Sooner and Sicker In-Between\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-24T16:14:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/americans-are-retiring-later-dying-sooner-and-sicker-in-between/","title":"Americans Are Retiring Later, Dying Sooner and Sicker In-Between"},{"content":"Want to receive an email any time your linux server reboots? Just create this script…\nsudo nano /usr/local/sbin/startupemail.sh Here’s the code for the script…\n#!/bin/sh # Lets things startup sleep 60 # Get info IP=\u0026quot;$(ifconfig | grep -A 1 'eth0' | tail -1 | cut -d ':' -f 2 | cut -d ' ' -f 1)\u0026quot; HOSTNAME=`hostname` #Send email echo \u0026quot;IP: $IP, Host: $HOSTNAME\u0026quot; | mail -s \u0026quot;Server Started\u0026quot; me@there.com Make sure to make it executable…\nsudo chmod u+x /usr/local/sbin/startupemail.sh Then add it to your /etc/rc.local file_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!_\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-21T21:59:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/linux-startup-email/","title":"Linux Startup Email"},{"content":"The Impact, with the curious case of the $629 Band-Aid):\nbuff.ly\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-21T15:23:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/buff-ly/","title":"The Impact, with the curious case of the $629 Band-Aid"},{"content":"Just finished The Checklist Manifesto\n…and now I’m contemplating checklists for everything 🙂 Really though, it was a good quick read and had a number of gems like this one:\n“under conditions of true complexity—where the knowledge required exceeds that of any individual and unpredictability reigns—efforts to dictate every step from the center will fail. People need room to act and adapt. Yet they cannot succeed as isolated individuals, either—that is anarchy”\nIf you’re interested in receiving all of my book notes, please signup.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-20T18:23:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/the-checklist-manifesto/","title":"The Checklist Manifesto"},{"content":"The ONE Thing (Ep 83 – Why Accountability Starts By Looking in the Mirror | Geoff Woods):\nThe ONE Thing | Powered by Produktive: Ep 83 – Why Accountability Starts By Looking in the Mirror | Geoff Woods\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-20T11:03:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/the-one-thing-powered-by-produktive-ep-83-why-accountability-starts-by-looking-in-the-mirror-geoff-woods/","title":"The ONE Thing | Ep 83 – Why Accountability Starts By Looking in the Mirror"},{"content":"The EntreLeadership Podcast (#228: Donald Miller—How to Double Your Revenue):\nThe EntreLeadership Podcast: #228: Donald Miller—How to Double Your Revenue\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-17T02:16:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/the-entreleadership-podcast-228-donald-miller-how-to-double-your-revenue/","title":"The EntreLeadership Podcast: #228: Donald Miller – How to Double Your Revenue"},{"content":"The Productivity Show | 15 Productivity Tips That Are Weird But Work (TPS165):\n15 Productivity Tips That Are Weird But Work (TPS165) – Asian Efficiency\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-16T16:12:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/15-productivity-tips-that-are-weird-but-work-tps165-asian-efficiency/","title":"15 Productivity Tips That Are Weird But Work (TPS165) – Asian Efficiency"},{"content":"Love all of this!\nInvesting in Real Estate with Clayton Morris | EP220: How to Think Like a Wealthy Investor\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-14T11:03:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/investing-in-real-estate-with-clayton-morris-buy-and-hold-investing-morris-invest-turnkey-real-estate-passive-income-ep220-how-to-think-like-a-wealthy-investor/","title":"Investing in Real Estate with Clayton Morris | EP220: How to Think Like a Wealthy Investor"},{"content":"Learning to Relish Life with Your Spouse, Part 4\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-13T16:15:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/learning-to-relish-life-with-your-spouse-part-4/","title":"Learning to Relish Life with Your Spouse, Part 4"},{"content":"The Best Ways to Tell the Hard Truth at Work\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-12T11:03:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/the-best-ways-to-tell-the-hard-truth-at-work/","title":"The Best Ways to Tell the Hard Truth at Work"},{"content":"Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-11T12:07:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/chicken-scratch-2017-10-11/","title":"Chicken Scratch: 2017-10-11"},{"content":"#224: Brian Buffini—The Emigrant Edge\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-08T16:13:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/224-brian-buffini-the-emigrant-edge/","title":"#224: Brian Buffini—The Emigrant Edge"},{"content":"Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-06T00:35:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/chicken-scratch-2017-10-05/","title":"Chicken Scratch: 2017-10-05"},{"content":"Ep. 259: Amy Morin – Top 10 Lessons From Amy Morin – Altucher Confidential\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-03T23:29:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/ep-259-amy-morin-top-10-lessons-from-amy-morin-altucher-confidential/","title":"Ep. 259: Amy Morin – Top 10 Lessons From Amy Morin – Altucher Confidential"},{"content":"The ONE Thing Podcast – mindset, purpose, and relationships. It’s hard for me to share this one because she was lucky and privileged in so many ways. Still, glad she did turn it around and is trying to do some good.\nPodcasts Archive – The ONE Thing\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-03T11:03:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/podcasts-archive-the-one-thing/","title":"Podcasts Archive – The ONE Thing"},{"content":"I didn’t know the whole back story. Take a moment to read. Personally, I find it really encouraging that these two men could have an open and honest discussion, respect each other’s viewpoints, and reconsider some of their own. This is what makes America great.\nFACT CHECK: Did a U.S. Veteran Influence Kaepernick’s ‘Take a Knee’ Protest of Police Brutality?\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-10-01T16:11:00Z","permalink":"/2017/10/fact-check-did-a-u-s-veteran-influence-kaepernicks-take-a-knee-protest-of-police-brutality/","title":"Did a U.S. Veteran Influence Kaepernick’s ‘Take a Knee’ Protest of Police Brutality?"},{"content":"If you can’t treat someone with dignity and respect you need to get out!\nUSAFA Superintendent talks to cadets about racial slurs found on campus\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-09-30T11:22:00Z","permalink":"/2017/09/usafa-superintendent-talks-to-cadets-about-racial-slurs-found-on-campus/","title":"USAFA Superintendent talks to cadets about racial slurs found on campus"},{"content":"Nerd alert! Just started Docker and Kubernets for Java Developers and it’s awesome. Looking forward to working with this.\nDocker and Kubernetes for Java Developers\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-09-29T21:57:00Z","permalink":"/2017/09/docker-and-kubernetes-for-java-developers/","title":"Docker and Kubernetes for Java Developers"},{"content":"Only 3% will play in college and only 1% of that 3% will play professionally. Focus on the love of the game and the healthy benefits. Not the professional and scholarship aspects.\nFinding the Balance Between Youth Sports and Family, Part 8\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-09-27T23:58:00Z","permalink":"/2017/09/finding-the-balance-between-youth-sports-and-family-part-8/","title":"Finding the Balance Between Youth Sports and Family, Part 8"},{"content":"Thinking Time: the Counterintuitive Approach to Growth (Podcast)\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-09-27T16:14:00Z","permalink":"/2017/09/thinking-time-the-counterintuitive-approach-to-growth-podcast/","title":"Thinking Time: the Counterintuitive Approach to Growth (Podcast)"},{"content":"The Condom “Facts” Taught in Many Schools Are All Wrong\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-09-26T16:13:00Z","permalink":"/2017/09/the-condom-facts-taught-in-many-schools-are-all-wrong/","title":"The Condom “Facts” Taught in Many Schools Are All Wrong"},{"content":"Valid in life and real estate.\nBiggerPockets Podcast : Real Estate Investing and Wealth Building to Help You Get Bigger Pockets : #245: Creating Wealth that Lasts Generations with Bestselling Author Ryan Holiday\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-09-25T22:44:00Z","permalink":"/2017/09/biggerpockets-podcast-real-estate-investing-and-wealth-building-to-help-you-get-bigger-pockets-245-creating-wealth-that-lasts-generations-with-bestselling-author-ryan-holiday/","title":"BiggerPockets Podcast : Real Estate Investing and Wealth Building to Help You Get Bigger Pockets : #245: Creating Wealth that Lasts Generations with Bestselling Author Ryan Holiday"},{"content":"Just finished Ego is the Enemy. Quick read with some useful insight\nEgo Is the Enemy\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-09-25T16:14:00Z","permalink":"/2017/09/ego-is-the-enemy/","title":"Ego Is the Enemy"},{"content":"Just finished “Finders Keeper”. A good follow up to “Mr Mercedes”\nFinders Keepers: A Novel (The Bill Hodges Trilogy Book 2)\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-09-24T16:12:00Z","permalink":"/2017/09/finders-keepers-a-novel-the-bill-hodges-trilogy-book-2/","title":"Finders Keepers: A Novel (The Bill Hodges Trilogy Book 2)"},{"content":"Leader != Manager\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-09-21T16:13:00Z","permalink":"/2017/09/ted-talk-how-to-be-a-great-leader/","title":"TED Talk – How to be a Great Leader"},{"content":"Facebook’s Harm Is Taking Life Out of Context\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-09-20T22:40:00Z","permalink":"/2017/09/facebooks-harm-is-taking-life-out-of-context/","title":"Facebook’s Harm Is Taking Life Out of Context"},{"content":"It’s All Too Much: 3 Keys to Overcoming Information Overload\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-09-20T11:03:00Z","permalink":"/2017/09/its-all-too-much-3-keys-to-overcoming-information-overload/","title":"It’s All Too Much: 3 Keys to Overcoming Information Overload"},{"content":"Investing in Real Estate with Clayton Morris | Buy and Hold Investing | Morris Invest | Turnkey Real Estate| Passive Income: EP210: I Want to Retire Early. Where Should I Invest?\n_You can find all my shares on my Facebook Page_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-09-19T21:57:00Z","permalink":"/2017/09/investing-in-real-estate-with-clayton-morris-buy-and-hold-investing-morris-invest-turnkey-real-estate-passive-income-ep210-i-want-to-retire-early-where-should-i-invest/","title":"Investing in Real Estate with Clayton Morris | Buy and Hold Investing | Morris Invest | Turnkey Real Estate| Passive Income: EP210: I Want to Retire Early. Where Should I Invest?"},{"content":"The simplest way to get the list of users in an Active Directory group is to use the following command right from the command line:\nNET GROUP \u0026quot;my_group\u0026quot; /DOMAIN And yes, that is the work “DOMAIN”, not the domain you are in. The only value to change in the command is my_group\nRef: Is there a way to view the members of an Active Directory group if you aren’t a domain admin and can’t log into a domain controller?Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-08-14T20:21:00Z","permalink":"/2017/08/find-members-active-directory-group/","title":"Find the Members of an Active Directory Group"},{"content":"I was listening to another James Altucher podcast the other day when his guest, Shawn Stevenson, mentioned a “tabata” (aka HIIT) workout almost in passing. But what caught my attention was the 4 minute duration! Given that, how could I not give this a try…\nIf you want a quick primer (and it’s really simple) you can check out this link, but basically all you’re doing is 20 seconds at max intensity followed by 10 seconds of rest then repeat that 8 times.\nNow, don’t go trying to count the time in your head. Instead get an interval timer like the aptly named “Interval Timer” for audio and visual queues.\nOnce you have the interval timer setup here’s some suggestions (yes, I realize some are not really aerobic and purests may balk but I don’t care)…\nSprints (yeah, that’s it. But it’s only 4 minutes) Lap/Length in the pool (this one the timer may not work so great for, but 20 seconds is about how long it takes me to do a lap/length – depending on pool size) Curls, air squats, pushups, situps (x2) Other things you might throw in the mix could be jumping rope, running in place, jumping jacks, or anything else that gets you moving. Google Tabata or HIIT for other ideas. Let me know how it goes if you give it a try!\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-08-11T11:03:00Z","permalink":"/2017/08/hakuna-tabata/","title":"Hakuna Tabata"},{"content":"Many moons ago there weren’t a lot of options for good web based task management systems. Being the nerd I am I tried a few and fell fast for Toodledo. Not because of it’s pretty face, or exotic sounding name, but because it does just about everything and more.\nBut, time moved on and I couldn’t get my wife to understand and appreciate this fling (that, and the collaboration functionality is a paid feature). So, to make peace we decided to use Wunderlist (i.e. it was the only one I could get her to use) which was great for a time, but then it was bought out by Microsoft, the site started getting slow, and the announcement was made that they would pull the plug and force everyone over to their new todo app (which to date doesn’t have a fraction of the features of Wunderlist).\nSo, lost in the woods and dragging my tail between my legs I logged back into my Toodledo account after being gone for too long. There was the fast, no-nonsense, easy to use task system I loved from the beginning. And new features had been added since I ran off in the night like lists and habit tracking.\nNow, I’m back in love with the features that are sorely lacking or overly burdensome in most of the task management systems available. Things like start dates, start and due times (yes, imagine that – things need to be started or completed at specific times), duration planning, timers, priorities, status, and so much more! Add in the ability to create custom saved searches and it’s the engineers dream.\nIn addition, with the new habit tracking feature there’s one less app that I need on my phone, and because Toodledo “gets it”, the functionality is also available on the web and in the app.\nIn the end, if you’re tired of feeling like a sad sack with your trailer trash task management system that only lets you track tasks, and due date, and maybe a description I would strongly suggest you check out Toodledo and start up a new flame!Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-08-02T03:00:00Z","permalink":"/2017/08/toodledo-rekindling-old-flame/","title":"Toodledo: Rekindling an old flame"},{"content":"Yesterday caused me to be reminded of this great quote by Theodore Roosevelt…\n“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-04-09T11:55:00Z","permalink":"/2017/04/not-critic-counts/","title":"It’s not the critic who counts"},{"content":"The full version…\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-02-06T02:59:00Z","permalink":"/2017/02/favorite-super-bowl-ads/","title":"Favorite Super Bowl Ads"},{"content":"For a few years now I’ve watched as people I follow have picked 1-3 words to focus on. As Christopher S Penn as described it, “It’s something of a mantra, something of a phrase we used to remind ourselves what we are supposed to be focused on at any given time during the year.”\nWhile interesting, I haven’t taken the time to do so until this year. Now I realize the first month of the year is almost over, but I picked my word near the beginning. Plus, now that I’ve had a little time to test it out I think it’s more appropriate to write about it. So without further ado, my 1 word for 2017 is…\nPresent …and in case anyone is confused about what variation I’m referring to it’s “the period of time that is happening now”. In other words: being present in the present. Some may call it being mindful.\nOn the off chance you’re wondering why I happened to pick being present it mostly has to do with building connections and trying not to miss things because I’m distracted. Our kids only grow up once, and if you’re buried under a pile of work or have your nose buried in your phone you’ll miss it. I think this video does a great job of touching on the topic…\n… So now, if you’re like me you’re probably asking, “ok, so what are you actually going to do?”. I’ve already started by turning off nearly all notifications on my phone (yes, there are a few exceptions, but it would probably be in all of our best interests to find the notification settings on our phones). I’ve turned off email notifications at work (no, I don’t need the toaster popping up every time I get an email). I’m trying to remind myself to keep my phone in my pocket except for when I’m sitting down and not with others (lunch, walking the halls, etc). And as of today I’ve buried the Face Space app on my phone (will still be able to post, but the goal is to not check it except for 1 time a day and from a laptop/PC).\nWhat about you? Have you ever picked a word or words to focus on for a year? What did you pick and why?\nSee also:\nhttp://chrisbrogan.com/3words2017/\nhttp://www.christopherspenn.com/2017/01/my-three-words-for-2017/\nhttp://myoneword.org/pick-your-word/\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2017-01-30T18:42:00Z","permalink":"/2017/01/1-word-2017/","title":"My 1 Word for 2017"},{"content":"I had blogged this a number of years back, but due to changes it managed to disappear from the interwebs. Back for everyone’s benefit…\nAnyone who knows me knows that I’m not the cook in our family, but every so often I come across a recipe that becomes a staple. I think I found another one…\nWhile hanging out at my college buddy’s cabin in Canada Creek (near Atlanta, MI) he made the most delicious, fall off the bone baby back ribs I’ve probably ever had. Naturally, I had to get the recipe.\nGo to the store and get…\n– Baby Back Ribs\n– Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sauce\n– Garlic Salt\n– Paprika\n– Hickory Salt (I used Hickory Bacon Salt)\nThe morning of (or the night before), sprinkle the Garlic Salt, Hickory Salt, and Paprika on the ribs, wrap them in aluminum foil, and stick them back in the fridge.\nAppox 5-6 hours before dinner, put the ribs (still wrapped in aluminum foil – I’d also suggest on a cookie sheet) in the oven at 300. Let them cook for 4-6 hours (I did 5.5).\nOnce they have cooked for 4-6 hours, fire up the grill. Put the ribs on the grill (no cookie sheet) leaving the aluminum foil under them (but opened up). Slather with BBQ sauce and let cook for another 10 minutes or so.\nEnjoy!Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2016-10-21T02:47:00Z","permalink":"/2016/10/canada-creek-ribs/","title":"Canada Creek Ribs"},{"content":"If you ever get an error in DB2 along the lines of…\nSQLCODE=-727, SQLSTATE=56098, SQLERRMC=1;-551;42501;MARKJ|EXECUTE|XX.PROC_P …but in your code are executing the proc as another user (say “USR1”) instead of MARKJ, it may be that MARKJ created the proc and until recently still had the necessary access for executing everything in XX.PROC_P. Subsequently permissions were “fixed” and now stuff starts blowing up all over because MARKJ no longer has access. How to fix? Well, like all things I’m sure there are a million ways to do it, but the easiest in this situation was to have MARKJ transfer the ownership on everything he owned. To determine that, the following SQL was run to generate the commands, then the commands were run…\nSELECT CASE ROUTINETYPE WHEN 'F' THEN 'TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF FUNCTION '|| RTRIM(ROUTINESCHEMA)||'.'|| ROUTINENAME || ' TO USER DB2DBA PRESERVE PRIVILEGES; ' ELSE 'TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF PROCEDURE '|| RTRIM(ROUTINESCHEMA)||'.'|| ROUTINENAME || ' TO USER DB2DBA PRESERVE PRIVILEGES; ' END FROM SYSCAT.ROUTINES WHERE OWNER = 'MARKJ' WITH UR; Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2016-10-03T20:46:00Z","permalink":"/2016/10/db2-ownership-transfer/","title":"DB2 Ownership Transfer"},{"content":"Weekly challenge 9 will be structured slightly different than previous challenges. Because I’m trying to reduce the number of apps and things to update as well as to schedule things on my calendar, I’m dropping my personal use of coach.me. That said, if it works for you please keep using it to motive yourself!\nThis weeks challenge is a simple one, but one we probably all forget about. I want you to simply stretch every day. From what I’ve read our bodies start to tighten up as we get older and that can lead to other problems or at least make them worse.\nSo add stretching to your habit tracker, calendar, or task list of choice. If you still want accountability or to chat, just use this blog’s commenting features.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2016-07-17T12:38:00Z","permalink":"/2016/07/weekly-challenge-9-stretch/","title":"Weekly Challenge 9: Stretch"},{"content":"There’s no reason in today’s day and age that everyone shouldn’t have access to safe and clean water. Today I’ve recommitted myself by setting up a recurring contribution to charity:water. Will you join in? Donate today.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2016-06-18T15:40:00Z","permalink":"/2016/06/we-believe/","title":"We Believe"},{"content":"“These are weapons of war”. “Nobody I know or have ever met in my entire life should have access to a weapon that can kill so many people so quickly”\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2016-06-15T11:03:00Z","permalink":"/2016/06/time-grow-figure/","title":"It’s Time to Grow Up and Figure this Out"},{"content":"If you’re using OwnCloud and have a process whereby your add or remove files from directories via some sort of server process, you may find that you need to force OwnCloud to update/rescan the file listing. To do so you can manually run the following command…\nsudo -u username php /path/to/owncloud/console.php files:scan --all You may also want to consider adding it to the crontab for “username” on a daily basis.\nThanks to this site for pointing me in the right direction.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2016-06-06T18:54:00Z","permalink":"/2016/06/owncloud-webapp-not-reflecting-true-list-files/","title":"OwnCloud webapp not reflecting true list of files"},{"content":"Say you’re using sendmail to relay email on a web server that you own that’s named “domain.com”, and email is being delivered fine to any domain except domain.com. What could be the problem?\nRename your server. No server should be named with an actual domain name. Change /etc/hostname to the new name for your server Update /etc/hosts to remove the domain name and replace with the new hostname Remove the domain name from /etc/mail/local-host-names Restart sendmail “sudo service sendmail restart” Restart your server “sudo reboot” Once you’ve done that test sendmail out like so…\necho \u0026quot;command line test\u0026quot; | mail -s \u0026quot;Sendmail test\u0026quot; me@domain.com Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2016-06-02T12:31:00Z","permalink":"/2016/06/sendmail-isnt-sending-domain-com/","title":"Sendmail isn’t sending to domain.com : Linux"},{"content":"With four lines setup one time you can type the beginning of a command (ex: “ls”) then press the up and down arrows to see the most recent commands containing the text you typed (ex: “ls ~/scripts”) making it much easier to find what you’re looking for. To make this happen, create a text file called .inputrc in your home folder and put the following four lines inside:\n\u0026quot;\\e[A\u0026quot;: history-search-backward \u0026quot;\\e[B\u0026quot;: history-search-forward set show-all-if-ambiguous on set completion-ignore-case on Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2016-04-03T23:14:00Z","permalink":"/2016/04/improved-linux-command-history/","title":"Improved Linux command history"},{"content":"Weekly challenge 8 is the compliment to what we were trying to achieve in the week 1 and week 4 weekly challenges.\nNumerous studies have shown how important the amount of sleep we get is. It affects important things like our mood, memory, and ability to control ourselves/impulses. Take a minute to read this article by the National Sleep Foundation, this article by Sleepdex, and the info-graphic at the bottom of this post. Then, set a timer/alarm that’s at least 7 hours before the alarm you set in week 4 (which you’re still doing, right?). You may even consider setting an alarm for the amount of sleep you want plus a buffer so that you can wrap up what you’re doing or prep the next day so you’re ready to go when your alarm goes off in the morning.\nPersonally, I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m more of a night owl than a super early morning person so I’m getting up at 6:15. From what I can tell I need about 6.5-7 hours of sleep so that means I need to be asleep by 11:15 to 11:45 (asleep, not just getting into bed). Based on that I’ll be setting an alarm for 10:30 as a reminder that it’s time to start wrapping things up. What about you? What’s your schedule? How much sleep do you need?\nTo join the challenge follow this link or go to my goal page where you can find it and join in. Each day when you went to be at your scheduled time be sure to “check in” on coach.me.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2016-04-03T12:48:00Z","permalink":"/2016/04/weekly-challenge-8-go-bed/","title":"Weekly Challenge 8: Go to Bed!"},{"content":"Sorry for the delay, so hopping right to it… Here’s to the lucky #7 weekly challenge!\nThis weeks challenge is all about being present in our daily interactions. About taking the time for our loved ones. Let’s start with getting acquainted with the “do not disturb” function on our phone. Look it up if you don’t know how it works. Now, everyday before you go to work and when you come home I want you to turn “do not disturb” on. Maybe even consider setting your phone somewhere you’re not going to look at it.\nDon’t like that idea? Then turn off notifications. I’ll be doing a mix of the two. Might even turn off sound/vibrate on sms/messaging. The point here is to help get rid of that temptation to always be checking your phone, and it does not help if it’s always nagging you for your attention.\nSo, needless to say, if you have a job where you’re on-call and responsible for any sort of critical function you should either wait on this challenge or not participate (though I’d recommend waiting). Outside of that, I hope you’ll join me in giving your family and loved ones more attention.\nTo join the challenge follow this link or go to my goal page where you can find it and join in. Each day when you’ve ate nice and clean without any junk be sure to “check in” on coach.me.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2016-03-29T03:16:00Z","permalink":"/2016/03/weekly-challenge-7-present/","title":"Weekly Challenge 7: Be Present"},{"content":"If you’re been following along at home with the weekly challenges you should now be getting up earlier, have smooth clean teeth, be more relaxed, and writing all about it! Seriously though it’s been interesting to see what is sticking and what is not.\nThis weeks challenge is to try and clean out our systems a bit by “eating clean”. What do I mean by that? Whatever you want it to mean. We’re all adults and know whats not good for us. For me, my stomach has been queasy for a while now nearly every morning. Of the 3 things I think it could be, two of them are diet related so my focus will be on no sweets and no alcohol. I realize that I could have made these into 2 separate challenges, and maybe I’ll extend one or the other depending on the outcome of this weeks challenge.\nWhat about you? What is “eating clean” going to mean to you?\nTo join the challenge follow this link or go to my goal page where you can find it and join in. Each day when you’ve ate nice and clean without any junk be sure to “check in” on coach.me.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2016-03-21T10:39:00Z","permalink":"/2016/03/weekly-challenge-6-eat-clean/","title":"Weekly Challenge 6: Eat Clean"},{"content":"Hope everyone who participated in the 1st 4 weekly challenges has had great success, and is excited for this weeks. Waking up earlier hasn’t been too bad, but I had limited success w/ meditation. How about you?\nThis weeks challenge is to take up a habit that many dentists say is even more important than brushing your teeth. That habit is of course, flossing. If you’re anything like me you probably don’t do this nearly as much as you should.\nYou may have even gotten on a kick once or twice, but then fell of the bandwagon. Well here’s a chance to get back on or get started. Either way there’s no shame, and I’d love for all of us to have healthier teeth and happier dental hygienists 🙂\nTo join the challenge follow this link or go to my goal page where you can find it and join in. Each day when you have nice clean teeth, be sure to “check in” on coach.me.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2016-03-14T02:10:00Z","permalink":"/2016/03/weekly-challenge-5-floss/","title":"Weekly Challenge 5: Floss"},{"content":"This week we are going to build off of week 1s challenge to wake up every day at the same time to an alarm clock without hitting snooze.\nThis week, we’re going to wake up 30 minutes earlier. Don’t say I didn’t warn you that the challenges would build off of each other 🙂\nAgain, the rules are you need to use an alarm clock and no snooze button. By the end of the week, you need to be waking up 30 minutes earlier. Whether you want to jump right in and start w/ 30 minutes or work your way up to it by the end of the week is up to you. Personally, I am going to jump right in.\nOf course, if you’re getting up 30 minutes earlier I would also highly recommend that you start going to bed 30 minutes earlier as well. Sleep experts do still recommend 6.5-8 hrs of sleep a night – even for adults.\nWhat will you do with your 30 minutes in the morning? I’m planning to continue the meditation habit or try to do some working out.\nThere will be no “new” habit on Coach.me this week as we can continue to use week 1s habit. Looking forward to seeing the early risers!Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2016-03-06T12:00:17Z","permalink":"/2016/03/weekly-challenge-4-slightly-alarming/","title":"Weekly Challenge 4: Slightly Alarming"},{"content":"Hope everyone who participated in the 1st 2 weekly challenges has had great success, and is excited for this weeks. Feel free to continue to keep up the previous challenges as there may be future ones that build off of them 😉\nI have the feeling that some of you have already dismissed me as a new age wacko from the title of this weeks challenge alone, but there have been plenty of studies that have shown the long term benefits of meditation. Whether your goal is reduced stress, increased relaxation, or clarity of purpose meditation may just be the key.\nSpeaking frankly this has been a habit I’ve tried to build up for quite some time and have had little success sticking with so I’m hoping this challenge and all of you will help to keep me accountable.\nBut where to start? There are a number of apps out there and I’ll list a few I know of below. I’ve also read numerous blog posts and listened to a number of podcasts on the subject so a quick “google” should point you in the right direction. At the end of the day it all seems to boil down to this…\nFind a quiet place Sit still Count your breaths When your mind wanders (and it will), return to your breathing To join the challenge follow this link or go to my goal page where you can find it and join in. Each day when you complete your meditation, be sure to “check in” on coach.me.\nSome apps to help with the meditation habit:\nCalm Headspace Buddhify Meditation Timer Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2016-02-29T04:03:00Z","permalink":"/2016/02/weekly-challenge-3-meditate/","title":"Weekly Challenge 3: Meditate"},{"content":"As you likely know this weeks challenge to to journal every day. I’m glad that I’ve been successful everyday, but if I am honest I have been successful at doing so this entire year!\nWhat is new for me is the keeping of a separate “gratitude journal”. I’m not sure where I first heard about the practice, but if you read up on productivity, life hack, and minimalism topics (like I have a tendency to) it will undoubtedly come up.\nOriginally I tried to incorporate it into my daily journal, but found I just wasn’t making time for it and it wasn’t called out enough. What has been working for me is to do the gratitude journal 1st thing in the morning which helps set a more positive track for the day, and then journaling about what happened during the day right before bed.\nIf you’re not keeping a “gratitude journal” I would strongly encourage it. Even though it’s only been a few days it’s still fun to read, and they help bring a smile to my face.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2016-02-26T12:06:00Z","permalink":"/2016/02/the-gratitude-journal/","title":"The Gratitude Journal"},{"content":"To replace specific text in a string with other text, using perl, the syntax is…\n$fullString =~ s/$findString/$replaceString/; Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2016-02-25T19:12:00Z","permalink":"/2016/02/how-to-find-and-replace-text-in-a-string-using-perl/","title":"How to find and replace text in a string using Perl"},{"content":"Hope everyone who participated in the 1st weekly challenge had great success, and is excited for this weeks. Feel free to continue to keep up the 1st challenge as there may be future ones that build off of it 😉\nFor week 2 the challenge is to journal daily. Whether you call it a journal, diary, log, or chronicle the point is the same: to record your daily experiences so that you can reflect back on them. Plus, someday it may be interesting for your kids or family to read about your daily life after you’re gone.\nBut what to journal? Anything you want really, but here are a few ideas:\nYour feelings or workout What you had to eat What you did that day What you’re grateful for That you’re doing this crazy weekly challenge some guy named Mark came up with But where to journal? Choose what you will, but my preference is the Day One app for iPhone and Mac. Other options could be Evernote (cross platform), Journey (Android), or good old paper and pen.\nAgain, you may be asking what the challenge is if you’ve been a long time journaler, but if you’re like me you may have tried and stopped or been quite inconsistent. Here’s a chance to build up that consistency, and like the 1st weekly challenge this may be a foundational habit to challenges coming up. 😉\nTo join the challenge click here or go to my goal page where you can find it and join in. Each day when you complete your journal entry, be sure to “check in” on coach.me.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2016-02-21T12:30:24Z","permalink":"/2016/02/weekly-challenge-2-journal/","title":"Weekly Challenge 2: Journal"},{"content":"So my mom asked my opinion on the current standoff between Apple and the FBI over their insistence on building a back door into the iPhone “just this once” (wink, wink, nudge, nudge). As I said to her…\nI completely agree with Apple’s stance. Once they create such a method to circumvent the security on the phone, I guarantee it will be ordered to do so from now until eternity. That is unless you believe everything the government and law enforcement tell you. In that case, then yes it will be just one time (wink, wink, nudge, nudge).\nLet’s also address certain politicians insistence on “opening up” security and “using our heads”…\nSTART: Sarcasm and Contempt\nYeah, let’s open up security all over the place. In fact, then no one will ever be able to transmit anything securely ever again. Hint: “open up” just means lets build in a vulnerability, a bug – intentionally!! You didn’t want your credit card info submitted securely now do you? Probably should let the gov’t be able to scan all your photos and financial documents, and travel plans, and basically anything that’s stored digitally. Not like that’s everything now a days.\nNot that hackers or “bad guys” would take advantage of that or anything. Gahh!!\nEND: Sarcasm and Contempt_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!_\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2016-02-18T17:39:00Z","permalink":"/2016/02/apple-vs-fbi/","title":"Apple vs FBI"},{"content":"Welcome to the first in a series of weekly challenges. This first one is “nothing alarming”, and anyone should be able to do it.\nSimply pick a time you’re comfortable waking up. Set an alarm, and wake up when it goes off.\nWhat’s the challenge here? For some it may be waking up to an alarm. But here’s the kicker… No using the “snooze” and you have to wake up at the same time on the weekend (and tomorrow if you have it off).\nTo join the challenge search in coach.me for “WC01” or go to my goal page where you can find it and join in. Each day when you wake up to your alarm, be sure to “check in” on coach.me.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2016-02-14T12:20:13Z","permalink":"/2016/02/weekly-challenge-1-nothing-alaming/","title":"Weekly Challenge 1: Nothing Alaming"},{"content":"I would like to invite all of you to a little series of weekly challenges! Doing something for a day doesn’t provide much benefit. Asking to do something for an entire month may be too much…\nBut we can all do something for a week. Who knows. You may like it!\nMy goal is to post each challenge on Sunday right here on MarkJacobsen.net and provide a link to the goal on coach.me where you can check in each day, chat with others participating in the challenge, and follow your progress.\nAt the end of the week, if you want to keep up the challenge as a regular habit keep it around. If you want to just move onto the next do that.\nWhat are these challenges going to be? Who knows. Some may be easy. Others more difficult. They could be heath, diet, or productivity related. They may even be categorized as something else.\nYour first challenge is to go out and download the coach.me app from the iTunes App Store or the Play Store, create an account, get logged in, and follow me so I know you’re playing along.\nThe first challenge will be posted Sunday.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2016-02-11T03:46:00Z","permalink":"/2016/02/join-my-weekly-challenge/","title":"Join my weekly challenge!"},{"content":"As I sit here in the last hour or so of Thanksgiving I can’t help but reflect back on the many things I have to be thankful for…\nFor a wife that supports me whether it’s for work, new endeavors like real estate, or giving me time to work on projects for the family.\nFor being able to wake up to the smiling faces and “morning hugs” from my daughters. The ones who can make everything right in the world even if everything leading up to that point has been sh!+.\nFor family holidays like days of old. I may have passed out for an hour or two, and I could care less about people’s physical ailments, but it’s hard to explain how happy it makes me just to be around family on holidays. It’s how we grew up, and it’s how I want the girls to grow up.\nTo have a roof over our heads. Actually, our choice of roofs with the “new” house and the “old” one on the market. Paying off the house is probably one of the best things ever as it gives me the piece of mind to know that, while I want to unload it, I don’t have to do anything… but seriously, if you know someone please let me know. That said, I am beyond excited about the “new” place. I just love the 9′ ceilings, amazing kitchen, the privacy behind us, the changes being made, excitement to open the pool, and being in the same neighborhood with our friends.\nFor a growing family. We welcomed 2 new members of the clan this year and I was beyond honored to be asked to be Godfather to my niece. Family was such an important part of growing up that I hope the girls one day appreciate it.\nFor work and the mind and body to do it. Whether it’s software development, real estate, telecommunication, or even work on the house I love coming up with solutions that make my client’s lives better. While any one of them can be exhausting I’m glad to have the ability to do what needs to get done. To be a do’er. To make a difference.\nHoping you have much to be grateful the rest of this year and in the coming year!\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-11-27T02:51:00Z","permalink":"/2015/11/giving-thanks/","title":"Giving Thanks"},{"content":"If you’re regularly in Notepad++ you may find the NPPConsole to be a huge help. With it you can access a windows console or even cygwin if you prefer (I do). To get started…\nDownload the NPPConsole Plugin Extract the dll to your n++/plugins directory Restart Notepad++ if it was already running Use the Plugin Manager to make sure the plugin is available If you want to just use the Windows console (DOS) you should be all set. To integrate with CYGWIN…\nChoose Plugins -\u0026gt; NppConsole -\u0026gt; About… In “Command to run” enter: C:\\cygwin\\bin\\bash.exe ${–login -i} In Line number pattern after file name enter: :${LINE} Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-10-12T18:22:00Z","permalink":"/2015/10/access-a-console-including-cygwin-from-notepad/","title":"Access a Console (including CYGWIN) from Notepad++"},{"content":"Tried to turn on our iPad today and got nothing but a black screen. If you would take it into a dark room you could tell that the back light was going on and off, but other than that it was just black. Tried a hard reset, and even did a full factory restore from the PC to no avail.\nThen, I found this helpful YouTube video, and apparently the secret is just to beat the thing! Watch and see. It worked for me.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-09-08T03:29:00Z","permalink":"/2015/09/ipad-2-black-screen-of-death/","title":"iPad 2 Black Screen Of Death"},{"content":"If you’ve ever accidentally set batch files to open in a text editor, and now are unable to run them anymore you have to use the registry editor instead of the Control Panel file associations. As pointed out in this article…\nClick on “Start”-\u0026gt;”Run” and type in “REGEDT32” and press Enter to start the Registry Editor. Find the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\FileExts.BAT\\UserChoice Delete the key named “UserChoice” Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-09-01T16:33:00Z","permalink":"/2015/09/windows-batch-file-not-running/","title":"Windows Batch File (.bat) Not Running"},{"content":"I’ll admit right off the bat that I love Evernote. It has a ton going for it and is extremely flexible. I’ve been a premium subscriber for 3+ years now so I think have a good handle on the things I would really love to see integrated into the platform.\nRecurring Reminders – It’s nice to be able to get a reminder, but what about that weekly status report? iCal Integration – I get it, you want to keep people on the platform but if I can’t see reminders on my calendar there’s less chance of me opening up the app in the first place (prob even more true for new users) Differentiate between overdue and future reminders. When I look at my reminders all I see is a huge list until I do the mental processing to say “oh, that’s not due until next week” Stop clearing my iPhone reminder notices. As soon as I open up the app, and close it I have no more visual indicator that I have something in there waiting for me. My suggestion would be to give users a couple options for what they want the little red counter to represent: Due Today and Overdue Reminders Overdue Reminders Include Unread Chat Count Email tasks – I’ve sent this one in a number of times, but I’ll list it here to. I love the Evernote email integration, but why can’t I email myself a task? It could be as simple as all “[]” get converted to task checkboxes. (ex: “[] Pick up milk”) Improved search – I get it. The natural language and search in docs/images is great! But why can’t I easily search for all my overdue reminders? Or things due between this date and that? I don’t want to have to go to notes and click on the reminder icon that keeps moving but doesn’t show up unless your in snippet view. I should just be able to search “due:overdue” or “due:today”. Check out RTM, Gmail, etc. There’s a ton of companies doing this so not sure why you can’t. Web merge / multi-edit – One of the things I like the most about the desktop client is the ability to select multiple notes and merge them or edit (add tags, move to a notebook, etc). Would love this ability from the web client! Email clipper – When work doesn’t allow it or you’re on the go, to be able to send an email with a subject like “clip:http://freedomre.com” to my Evernote email address and have it clip the site/article to my account (instead of just creating a note w/ the link) would be awesome! Oh, and I’d also like to report what appears to be a bug. If I email multiple tags with a reminder the first tag and reminder get set, but the 2nd tag gets put in the note title (ex: “This is a note @_Inbox #tag 1 #tag 2 !tomorrow” gets turned into a note with the title “This is a note #tag 2”).\nWhile this may seem like a bunch of complaints you’ll notice most of it has to do with reminders and tasks. The rest of the platform is awesome and I love that I can use it across all my devices (Windows, Mac, Chromebook, iPhone, Android, Kindle, etc). I’d highly recommend giving it a try, and if you haven’t already, just click on this link to get a free month of Evernote Premium.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-08-15T12:53:00Z","permalink":"/2015/08/my-evernote-wishlist/","title":"My Evernote Wishlist"},{"content":"I know I posted a link to this on SM the other day, but wanted to add the abbreviated version here for my reference.\nIf you’ve ever had the need to capture a screen shot, but also capture a menu that may be open (like File -\u0026gt; New…) you can still use the build-in Windows “Snipping Tool” to grab what you need.\nRun the “Snipping Tool” Press the Esc key Open the menu you want to screen shot Press Ctrl+PrtScr Click “New” on the “Snipping Tool” and pick what you want to grab Here’s an example:\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-08-12T17:33:00Z","permalink":"/2015/08/screen-capture-open-menus/","title":"Screen Capture Open Menus"},{"content":"Ever have a DB2 query that all of a sudden went from performing just fine to being dog slow? If so, there may be an issue with the stats on one or more of the tables being used in the query. To check, run the SQL below replacing XX and TABLE_NM with your appropriate schema and table in 2 places…\n-- What DB2 thinks the table count is SELECT 'Stats' AS TYPE_X, CARD AS COUNT_NB, STATS_TIME AS UPDATED_TS FROM SYSCAT.TABLES WHERE TABSCHEMA = 'XX' AND TABNAME ='TABLE_NM' UNION -- Actual table count SELECT 'Actual' AS TYPE_X, COUNT(*) AS COUNT_NB, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AS UPDATED_TS FROM XX.TABLE_NM FOR READ ONLY WITH UR … if the record counts are way off, have your DBA do a runstats on the table in question followed by a rebind of any stored procs that use the table.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-07-07T14:30:00Z","permalink":"/2015/07/db2-stats-vs-actual/","title":"DB2 Stats vs Actual"},{"content":"Hopefully by now you’re familiar with…\njava -version … to determine what version of Java you have installed, but sometimes you may want to know if you’re running a 32 bit or 64 bit version because you get an error like this…\nCan't load AMD 64-bit .dll on a IA 32-bit platform … to find out just run this variation of the command…\njava -d64 -version … if you have a 64 bit version you’ll get typical output. If not, you’ll get an error similar to this…\nThis Java instance does not support a 64-bit JVM. Please install the desired version. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-04-08T19:48:00Z","permalink":"/2015/04/do-i-have-32-or-64-bit-java-installed/","title":"Do I have 32 or 64 bit Java Installed?"},{"content":"If you’ve ever had to do a recursive query in DB2 to get a hierarchy of records, feel free to use this as a starting point…\nWITH LINKS (PARENT_ID, CHILD_ID, UPDATED_TS) AS ( SELECT ROOT.PARENT_ID, ROOT.CHILD_ID, ROOT.UPDATED_TS FROM XX.EVENTS ROOT WHERE ROOT.CHILD_ID = '234ASDFASDF' UNION ALL SELECT CHILD.PARENT_ID, CHILD.CHILD_ID, CHILD.UPDATED_TS FROM LINKS PARENT, XX.EVENTS CHILD WHERE PARENT.PARENT_ID = CHILD.CHILD_ID ) SELECT PARENT_ID, CHILD_ID, UPDATED_TS FROM LINKS ORDER BY UPDATED_TS FOR READ ONLY WITH UR … yes, newer versions of DB2 have this ability built in but you’re not always using the most recent version are you??\nThanks to this page for pointing me in the right direction.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-04-03T20:58:00Z","permalink":"/2015/04/db2-recursive-query/","title":"DB2 Recursive Query"},{"content":"If you’ve ever had the need to remove the duplicate lines from a long list of entries like so…\nhi bye hi guy bye hi … and are looking for this…\nhi bye guy You can use the find/replace feature in Notepad++ to do it if you use the regex funcationality. Here’s the find string…\n^(.*?)$\\s+?^(?=.*^\\1$) Just replace with a zero length string.\nIf you’d like to read up on the details I found this tip herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-04-02T18:31:00Z","permalink":"/2015/04/remove-duplicate-lines-in-notepad/","title":"Remove Duplicate Lines in Notepad++"},{"content":" It’s an interesting and exciting time to be getting into real estate. Shouldn’t you have one of the most tech savey agents in the area on your side? Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-03-27T21:18:00Z","permalink":"/2015/03/photo-journal-for-3262015/","title":"Photo Journal for 3/26/2015"},{"content":"If you’ve used linux much and your terminal is set to display files and directories in color, you know how frustrating it can be to have dark blue text on a black background like so (I’ve seen it much worse too)…\nIf you would like to modify the output so the colors are a bit more readable, you can add the following to your .bashrc file…\nalias ls='ls --color' LS_COLORS='di=33:fi=36:ex=31' export LS_COLORS which will produce an easier to read version like so (with directories yellow, files a crayon/teal, and executable files red)…\nAs pointed out in this article…\nThe first line makes ls use the –color parameter by default, which tells ls to display files in different colours based on the setting of the LS_COLORS variable.\nThe second line is the tricky one, and what I have worked out so far has been by trial and error. The parameters (di, fi, etc.) refer to different Linux file types. I have worked them out as shown\ndi = directory\nfi = file\nln = symbolic link\npi = fifo file\nso = socket file\nbd = block (buffered) special file\ncd = character (unbuffered) special file\nor = symbolic link pointing to a non-existent file (orphan)\nmi = non-existent file pointed to by a symbolic link (visible when you type ls -l)\nex = file which is executable (ie. has ‘x’ set in permissions).\nThe *.rpm=90 parameter at the end tells ls to display any files ending in .rpm in the specified colour, in this case colour 90 (dark grey). This can be applied to any types of files (eg. you could use ‘*.png=35’ to make jpeg files appear purple.) As many or as few parameters as you like can go into the LS_COLORS variable, as long as the parameters are separated by colons.\nUsing trial and error (and a little bash script I wrote… my first one ever! 🙂 I worked out all the colour codes, at least my interpretation of them –\n0 = default colour\n1 = bold\n4 = underlined\n5 = flashing text\n7 = reverse field\n31 = red\n32 = green\n33 = orange\n34 = blue\n35 = purple\n36 = cyan\n37 = grey\n40 = black background\n41 = red background\n42 = green background\n43 = orange background\n44 = blue background\n45 = purple background\n46 = cyan background\n47 = grey background\n90 = dark grey\n91 = light red\n92 = light green\n93 = yellow\n94 = light blue\n95 = light purple\n96 = turquoise\n100 = dark grey background\n101 = light red background\n102 = light green background\n103 = yellow background\n104 = light blue background\n105 = light purple background\n106 = turquoise background_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!_\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-03-23T15:48:00Z","permalink":"/2015/03/linux-ls-output-colors/","title":"Linux ls output colors"},{"content":"\nHad a great time outside today. Nice to be on the swings again even if a hat and mittens were necessary. \nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-03-18T17:25:00Z","permalink":"/2015/03/photo-journal-for-3172015/","title":"Photo Journal for 3/17/2015"},{"content":"\nThe thing I like most when working with buyers is to find a home that doesn’t look like much from the outside, but when you walk in something like this beautiful sight hits you. Love the natural light. Love the floor to ceiling windows. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-03-15T11:03:00Z","permalink":"/2015/03/photo-journal-for-3142015/","title":"Photo Journal for 3/14/2015"},{"content":"If you’ve gotten used to apps that allow you to snooze your email (have it disappear from your inbox until the date you specify and then reappear) I just found this page which appears to be the perfect solution for implementing in Outlook.\nBasically it consists of creating a custom view of your inbox w/ 2 filters set. One for Due Date not existing and the other where Due Date is on or before “Today”.\nHit up the full post for step by step instructions and screen shots.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-03-13T17:55:00Z","permalink":"/2015/03/outlook-email-snooze/","title":"Outlook Email Snooze"},{"content":"Ok, so this is an obscure one, but if it saves anyone from multiple days of banging their head against the wall it’s worth it…\nRecently I was working in eclipse, had created my component, compiled it, and had it pushed to our ivy repository. I then went to bring it into another (web) project when I started getting complaints about a NullPointerException. For kicks I tried running the web app and received the error “NullPointerException (could not publish to server)”. With all that useful information how could I not figure out what the problem was?\nFortunately another developer I spoke with had seen the issue before and pointed me in the right direction. In the utility component/jar you have to (see screen shot below too)…\nGo to Project -\u0026gt; Properties Click on “Project Facets” Check “Utility Module” And then it will just magically work. Wasn’t that completely obvious?\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-03-10T21:30:00Z","permalink":"/2015/03/nullpointerexception-could-not-publish-to-server/","title":"NullPointerException – could not publish to server"},{"content":"Me and the infamous puke bucket got very familiar today. Can’t remember the last time I felt this lousy (don’t think I have at least in my adult life)\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-03-09T02:20:00Z","permalink":"/2015/03/photo-journal-for-382015/","title":"Photo Journal for 3/8/2015"},{"content":"\nAlways good to see good friends and support their endeavors. \nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-03-08T11:03:00Z","permalink":"/2015/03/photo-journal-for-372015/","title":"Photo Journal for 3/7/2015"},{"content":"\nWaiting around for a baby to be born and having daddy try to get some work done sometimes means allowing this tornado. Don’t worry dear, it got cleaned up :)\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-03-07T03:51:00Z","permalink":"/2015/03/photo-journal-for-362015/","title":"Photo Journal for 3/6/2015"},{"content":"\nSomeone lost another tooth… And is it just me or does that look gross?\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-03-05T12:03:00Z","permalink":"/2015/03/photo-journal-for-342015/","title":"Photo Journal for 3/4/2015"},{"content":"\nA little early birthday celebration for Grandpa. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-03-02T03:30:00Z","permalink":"/2015/03/photo-journal-for-312015/","title":"Photo Journal for 3/1/2015"},{"content":"\nGood to be with family. (the people, not the beer 🙂Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-28T21:53:00Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-2272015/","title":"Photo Journal for 2/27/2015"},{"content":" Rest in Peace Grandpa. You are always in our hearts and on our minds._Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!_ Disclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-25T00:45:00Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-2015-02-24/","title":"Photo Journal for 2015-02-24"},{"content":" Two days. Two trains. Still was good to see my Grandpa and some family in a whirlwind journey to WI._Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!_ Disclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-23T03:58:00Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-2222015/","title":"Photo Journal for 2/22/2015"},{"content":" Hoping it\u0026#8217;s not the last time, but in all likelihood it is._Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!_ Disclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-22T12:03:00Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-2212015/","title":"Photo Journal for 2/21/2015"},{"content":" Puttin\u0026#8217; on the Ritz\u0026#8230; Cause we\u0026#8217;re fancy like that in our jeans 🙂 “The key is to act like you know what you’re doing”Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-21T19:10:23Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-2192015/","title":"Photo Journal for 2/19/2015"},{"content":" Some days it never ceases to amaze me how small the world is, and how fortunate we are to have so many great friends. Thanks today to the Stuber family for having us over to enjoy the beach and pool!_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!_ Disclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-21T18:05:14Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-2182015/","title":"Photo Journal for 2/18/2015"},{"content":" Explain to me why I would come back_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!_ Disclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-21T16:50:18Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-2172015/","title":"Photo Journal for 2/17/2015"},{"content":" Where\u0026#8217;s my driver? This walking thing is for the birds._Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!_ Disclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-20T16:45:49Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-2162014/","title":"Photo Journal for 2/16/2014"},{"content":" Let\u0026#8217;s blow this Popsicle stand_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!_ Disclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-16T01:55:00Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-2152015/","title":"Photo Journal for 2/15/2015"},{"content":"\nThere was a slight wintery mix this morning, and by slight I mean pretty much a white out.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-15T04:07:00Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-2142015/","title":"Photo Journal for 2/14/2015"},{"content":"\nAnother fun time at the Goldfish Swim School family swim. Always good to see so many friendly faces.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-14T02:49:00Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-2132015/","title":"Photo Journal for 2/13/2015"},{"content":"\nThe photo doesn’t do it justice so hop on over to FreedomRE.com and check it out.\nJust a few of the recent enhancements include the new search functionality (MLS or address), the ability to deliver saved searches right to your inbox, the ability to save homes to your “favorites”, and a bunch more that will help me serve you better!Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-12T04:29:00Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-2112015/","title":"Photo Journal for 2/11/2015"},{"content":"\nHOMR got a flashy new grill 🙂Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-10T02:15:00Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-292015/","title":"Photo Journal for 2/9/2015"},{"content":"\nHad a great morning building snow forts and a snowman with the girls. Once again realized how fortunate we are when our neighbor brought over the snowman kit shown here so we didn’t have to use the jack-o-lantern kit we were using. 🙂Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-09T02:02:00Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-282015/","title":"Photo Journal for 2/8/2015"},{"content":"\nFortunate to have so many great friends. I was able to take Ali to the Spartan game today and we even got on the jumbo tron after posting this selfie to Twitter! Check it out at http://twitter.com/EastLansingRE_Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!_\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-08T03:46:00Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-272015/","title":"Photo Journal for 2/7/2015"},{"content":"\nVery cool midnight cross country skiing w good friends.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-07T12:39:00Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-262015/","title":"Photo Journal for 2/6/2015"},{"content":" Hey, it\u0026#8217;s not a picture about snow! Did have the opportunity to meet with a valued partner with Churchill Mortgage today! Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-06T02:57:00Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-february-05-2015-at-0915pm/","title":"Photo Journal for February 05, 2015 at 09:15PM"},{"content":" Good thing I have a handy, strong, and resourceful wife 🙂 Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-05T02:20:00Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-february-04-2015-at-0818pm/","title":"Photo Journal for February 04, 2015 at 08:18PM"},{"content":"Building off of yesterdays lesson on how to determine how much space a table is using (including LOBs and Indexes), there may come a time when you need to determine how much space 1 or more specific records are taking up. To do that, use the LENGTH() function which will return you how many bytes the field is using. Simply do some math to get a more useful value (like KB).\nSELECT length(LOB_DATA_X) BYTE_A, length(LOB_DATA_X) / 1024 KB_A FROM XX.MY_TABLE FETCH FIRST 10 ROWS ONLY WITH UR FOR READ ONLY; Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-04T23:36:00Z","permalink":"/2015/02/much-space-used-1-lob-clob-blob-db2/","title":"How Much Space Is Being Used by 1 LOB / CLOB / BLOB in DB2"},{"content":"If you have a DB2 table and want to get information as to how much space a particular table is using, you could try and deduce it from things like the row length, or you could just query the view via a table function and make your life a heck of a lot easier.\nFor instance, start with something like this…\nSELECT * FROM TABLE(SYSPROC.ADMIN_GET_TAB_INFO('XX', 'MY_TABLE')); Previous versions of this function include ADMIN_GET_TAB_INFO_V97 and ADMIN_GET_TAB_INFO_V95. The nice thing is that it appears you don’t have to be a DBA to query the info which is nice for us app developers out there!\nKeep in mind that sizes returned are in KB, so you may want to convert the data to something more useful like so…\nSELECT TRIM(TABSCHEMA) || '.' || TRIM(TABNAME) AS TABLE_NM, DATA_OBJECT_P_SIZE / 1024 AS DATA_P_SIZE_NB, LOB_OBJECT_P_SIZE / 1024 AS LOB_P_SIZE_MB, XML_OBJECT_P_SIZE / 1024 AS XML_P_SIZE_MB, LONG_OBJECT_P_SIZE / 1024 AS LONG_P_SIZE_MB, (DATA_OBJECT_P_SIZE + LOB_OBJECT_P_SIZE + XML_OBJECT_P_SIZE + LONG_OBJECT_P_SIZE) / 1024 AS TOTAL_P_SIZE_MB, INDEX_OBJECT_P_SIZE / 1024 AS INDEX_OBJECT_P_SIZE_MB FROM TABLE(SYSPROC.ADMIN_GET_TAB_INFO('XX', 'MY_TABLE')); See also: this linkPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-04T03:07:00Z","permalink":"/2015/02/get-space-used-lob-clob-blob-db2/","title":"Get Space Used by LOB / CLOB / BLOB in DB2"},{"content":" Thank you plow, garbage truck, or mailman. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-03T23:46:00Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-february-03-2015-at-0628pm/","title":"Photo Journal for February 03, 2015 at 06:28PM"},{"content":" Are you tired of seeing snow pictures yet? Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-03T01:24:00Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-february-02-2015-at-0820pm/","title":"Photo Journal for February 02, 2015 at 08:20PM"},{"content":" Still going\u0026#8230;. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-02T04:11:00Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-february-01-2015-at-1031pm/","title":"Photo Journal for February 01, 2015 at 10:31PM"},{"content":" It\u0026#8217;s begun Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-02-01T12:03:00Z","permalink":"/2015/02/photo-journal-for-february-01-2015-at-0227am/","title":"Photo Journal for February 01, 2015 at 02:27AM"},{"content":" Puzzle pallozza Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-31T12:23:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-25-2015-at-1126pm/","title":"Photo Journal for January 25, 2015 at 11:26PM"},{"content":" Absolutely amazed at these 2. No school because of ice and they played the entire day without any major blow ups. Because of it I actually had a productive day working from home. Amazing when the stars align. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-30T17:46:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-29-2015-at-0921pm/","title":"Photo Journal for January 29, 2015 at 09:21PM"},{"content":" This year\u0026#8217;s read-a-thon selection Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-30T12:07:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-23-2015-at-0844pm/","title":"Photo Journal for January 23, 2015 at 08:44PM"},{"content":" PSA: keep your plastic water bottles off the bottom rack of the dish washer unless you want to generate enough heat when it melts to start melting the other plastic things Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-29T21:26:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-28-2015-at-0731am/","title":"Photo Journal for January 28, 2015 at 07:31AM"},{"content":" Another good night with good friends. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-29T16:59:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-24-2015-at-1117pm/","title":"Photo Journal for January 24, 2015 at 11:17PM"},{"content":" Reminds me of all the time I spent building things as a kid. Sure would have preferred to have been playing Legos today vs work. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-29T15:54:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-27-2015-at-0808pm/","title":"Photo Journal for January 27, 2015 at 08:08PM"},{"content":" Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-23T04:25:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-22-2015-at-1108pm/","title":"Photo Journal for January 22, 2015 at 11:08PM"},{"content":" Don\u0026#8217;t forget to drink lots of liquids to help your organs! Recommended: 1) don\u0026#8217;t touch infected pigs. 2) get lots of rest. 3) drink lots of liquids Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-22T00:27:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-21-2015-at-0719pm/","title":"Photo Journal for January 21, 2015 at 07:19PM"},{"content":" Progress on the walkway Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-21T02:12:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-20-2015-at-0908pm/","title":"Photo Journal for January 20, 2015 at 09:08PM"},{"content":" Sometimes life is full of sh!*. RIP big man. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-19T22:26:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-19-2015-at-0523pm/","title":"Photo Journal for January 19, 2015 at 05:23PM"},{"content":" There was one important thing missing from today\u0026#8217;s festivities. Get better soon sweetie pie. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-18T20:39:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-18-2015-at-0320pm/","title":"Photo Journal for January 18, 2015 at 03:20PM"},{"content":" Birthday breakfast for Mary at Soup Spoon Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-18T01:00:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-17-2015-at-0756pm/","title":"Photo Journal for January 17, 2015 at 07:56PM"},{"content":" After a week on call this is necessary Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-17T00:41:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-16-2015-at-0737pm/","title":"Photo Journal for January 16, 2015 at 07:37PM"},{"content":" It\u0026#8217;s official! Sworn in today. Please let me know how I can help you or those you know with your real estate needs. I would forever be grateful and promise to do all that I can to make your experience as enjoyable as possible. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-15T16:51:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-15-2015-at-1128am/","title":"Photo Journal for January 15, 2015 at 11:28AM"},{"content":" OMFG and it was reading -17 at one point Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-14T14:03:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-14-2015-at-0845am/","title":"Photo Journal for January 14, 2015 at 08:45AM"},{"content":" Thankful that my wife has introduced me to so many new foods, but also that my parents didn\u0026#8217;t force things on me \u0026#8211; making me more open to learn new things at my own pace. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-14T02:40:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-13-2015-at-0937pm/","title":"Photo Journal for January 13, 2015 at 09:37PM"},{"content":" Another one bites the dust Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-13T02:25:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-12-2015-at-0843pm/","title":"Photo Journal for January 12, 2015 at 08:43PM"},{"content":" Mary\u0026#8217;s Ladies Breakfast Run was a huge success even w the temp in single digits. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-12T21:22:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-10-2015-at-1037pm/","title":"Photo Journal for January 10, 2015 at 10:37PM"},{"content":" It\u0026#8217;s the ties vs the triangles at Packers Stadium (yes, that is the concession stand in the background) Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-12T04:07:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-11-2015-at-1039pm/","title":"Photo Journal for January 11, 2015 at 10:39PM"},{"content":" First \u0026#8220;snow day\u0026#8221; of the year. Frickin freezing! Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-11T17:30:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-09-2015-at-0538pm/","title":"Photo Journal for January 09, 2015 at 05:38PM"},{"content":"In the life of a Java developer every now and then you’ll have one of your apps run out of memory. While this is usually due to poor coding (not closing resources, or managing large files) it helps to know exactly what the defaults are for your system. I had just this need today so went out looking for an answer.\nWhat I found that was the most helpful was this page, but for quick reference here’s how to do it on Windows…\nc:\\\u0026gt;java -XX:+PrintFlagsFinal -version | findstr /i \u0026quot;HeapSize PermSize ThreadStackSize\u0026quot; uintx InitialHeapSize := 266634176 {product} uintx MaxHeapSize := 4267704320 {product} uintx PermSize = 21757952 {pd product} uintx MaxPermSize = 85983232 {pd product} intx ThreadStackSize = 0 {pd product} java version \u0026quot;1.7.0_40\u0026quot; Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_40-b43) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.0-b56, mixed mode) Note that the values returned are in bytes so throw them into google to convert them into something useful 🙂Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-11T00:16:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/determine-default-java-jvm-heapsize/","title":"Determine Default Java JVM HeapSize"},{"content":" If I\u0026#8217;ve had to stare at it all day then so do you 🙂 Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-10T02:34:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-08-2015-at-1005pm/","title":"Photo Journal for January 08, 2015 at 10:05PM"},{"content":" Possibly the single most meaningful, amazing, and beautiful gift I\u0026#8217;ve ever received. Thank you so much Uncle Randy! Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-08T11:46:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-07-2015-at-0637pm/","title":"Photo Journal for January 07, 2015 at 06:37PM"},{"content":" Playing the I hate cars game For any of my friends who enjoy a car mystery… This is the 2006 Honda Odyssey. Yesterday around 1pm Mary got rear-ended but all seemed to be ok. It’s also colder than sin.\nToday, after having kids go in and out of various doors without indecent she went to pick Al up from school. After getting in the van and putting it into reverse or drive the door ajar alarm (constant buzz) would sound until the car was put in park or neutral. It did this until she got home (drove home with the buzz) and left it for me.\nWhen I went to look at it I noticed the same behavior and also noted that none of the door ajar dashboard lights were on. After fiddling with some things (mostly trying to diagnose a pattern), I discovered that if you put the rear doors into manual mode via the driver side dashboard switch the sound went away. Score 1 for the good guys.\nUnfortunately, I knew someone wouldn’t consider that a permanent fix so I went looking for another solution. What I found online suggested removing the drivers side #7 fuse labeled “back up”, so I gave that a shot. When you remove that fuse the beeping for doors open/key in the ignition stops and the rear power doors do not work at all. After waiting the prescribed 30-60 seconds I replaced the fuse and the constant buzz in drive/reverse is no longer there, but now the passenger side sliding door does not open automatically (just manually).\nSo I and apparently Google appear to be out of ideas. That and I’m tired. If any of you can help me w/ a solution that doesn’t require a trip to the mechanic there’s many beers or other beverages of choice in your future.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2015-01-06T12:38:00Z","permalink":"/2015/01/photo-journal-for-january-06-2015-at-1010pm/","title":"Photo Journal for January 06, 2015 at 10:10PM"},{"content":"Ever want to pass in a command line argument to an alias? You would think you could just do it with $1, but actually you have to create a function and then call that function. So, for instance if you want to pass a portion of a log file name, you could set your alias like this…\nalias catlog='function _catIt() { cat /var/logs/$1.log; };_catIt' then, when you want to see the XX00D log, you just call your alias like so…\ncatlog XX00D Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-11-28T15:11:06Z","permalink":"/2014/11/pass-command-line-argument-alias/","title":"Pass a Command Line Argument to an Alias"},{"content":"If you’re using AutoHotKey (and I would recommend that you do), here’s a handy script for remapping the caps lock to show the app launcher (which is convenient if you’ve gotten used to a Chromebook)\nSetCapsLockState, AlwaysOff Capslock::Run, chrome.exe --show-app-list Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-11-11T12:03:00Z","permalink":"/2014/11/google-app-launcher-keyboard-shortcut/","title":"Google App Launcher Keyboard Shortcut"},{"content":"Ever need to find out what’s using the most space on your Linux box? There are a couple commands that will help make things easier…\nTo find out how much space you have use:\ndf -h . Which will give you output like so…\nFilesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda 20G 15G 4.2G 79% / To list out the directories using the most space, use this handy command…\nsudo du /usr/local | sort -n … where /usr/local is the directory you want info for (you can also just start from root: /)\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-11-10T13:30:00Z","permalink":"/2014/11/checking-maintaining-linux-disk-space/","title":"Checking and Maintaining Linux Disk Space"},{"content":"Wow. Just the other day I received an updated report on what my 2012 birthday campaign helped achieve and I have to say I’m absolutely floored. The $1001 we raised helped over 860 people!\nLet me say that again, you helped over 860 people.\nThere’s a reason I’ve always been a big fan of charity:water and these types of results just help to reinforce that belief. Take a look at the projects here: Project Page\nWow. Just wow. And THANK YOU!!!Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-10-15T11:03:00Z","permalink":"/2014/10/charitywater-update/","title":"charity:water update"},{"content":"So you would think that as a programmer for many moons now that I would have considerable experience in VIM and VI, but I’m hear today to admit that I am not. For years I’ve gotten by with my favorite Windows text editor notepad++, but the geek in me wanted to know why everyone loves Vim so much. To that end the 2 things I started with are…\nDownloading the Windows vim editor from Vim.org\nWorking through the tutorial at http://www.openvim.com/tutorial.html I can’t say I’m a convert yet, but it’s always nice to have another tool in the toolbelt. Here for your and my reference is my quick VIM cheat sheet.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-09-24T11:49:00Z","permalink":"/2014/09/learning-vim/","title":"Learning VIM"},{"content":"To access DB2 via the command line on a UNIX/Linux box you need…\nThe DB2 client installed on the box The DB you’re trying to connect to cataloged in the client Once you know you have that, simply source your db2profile and connect…\n. /path/to/db2profile db2 connect to DBCATNAME user yourid using yourpw … where DBCATNAME is the name the DB is cataloged as on that box, yourid is your user ID for connecting to the DB, and yourpw is your password for connecting to the DB. Note, that if the actual database resides on the same box, and you want to login as the user your logged into the UNIX box as, you can simplify the connect string and not have to include your user ID or password…\n. /path/to/db2profile db2 connect to DBNAME Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-09-23T11:26:00Z","permalink":"/2014/09/connect-db2-via-unix-command-line/","title":"Connect to DB2 via UNIX Command Line"},{"content":"Sometimes you need to know what version of the DB2 client is installed on a particular unix/linux box. To do so, simple source the client profile and run db2level like so…\n. /path/to/db2profile db2level Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-09-19T15:10:00Z","permalink":"/2014/09/determine-db2-client-level-installed-unix-box/","title":"Determine DB2 Client Version (aka: level) installed on UNIX box"},{"content":"You can easily create test data to help debug SQL statements:\nwith data (key, value) as ( values ('key1', 'a') , ('key2', null) , ('key3', 'z') ) select 'min', min(coalesce(value,'')) from data union select 'max', max(coalesce(value,'')) from data Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-09-16T15:24:00Z","permalink":"/2014/09/generate-test-data-help-debug-db2-sql/","title":"Generate test data to help debug DB2 SQL"},{"content":"If you’re using the unix find command to search for files with a particular name\nfind -name theName find: `./dir/thing': Permission denied find: `./dir/thing1': Permission denied find: `./dir/thing2': Permission denied You might get distracted by all those “Permission denied” errors. The easy way to solve this is to redirect stderr to /dev/null like so…\nfind -name theName 2\u0026gt;/dev/null Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-09-10T11:49:00Z","permalink":"/2014/09/unix-dont-show-permission-denied-errors-using-find-command/","title":"UNIX: Don’t Show Permission Denied Errors when using find Command"},{"content":"Ever have a script that is executing another script and get an error that looks like this?…\n/path/stub.ksh[2]: /path/XX/script.ksh: not found [No such file or directory] Then you make sure that the file does in fact exist, and that you can read it?\nSo why does it say there’s “No such file or directory”?\nMight want to check if the file has Windows line breaks. Easiest way to do that is run the following…\ncat -v /path/XX/script.ksh … and you’ll probably see that your lines end with ^M characters. If so, you have Window’s line breaks and you might want to look into not introducing them in the first place (save in Unix format), or check out the dos2unix command.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-08-29T10:49:00Z","permalink":"/2014/08/unix-file-directory-file-exists/","title":"UNIX: No such file or directory but the file exists"},{"content":"I sit here on the eve of your death some 15 years ago. Of course I’ve had a few and have been listening to Runaway Train and Crazy Train a number of times. Not even sure why I’m writing this, but of course I do. It’s because I miss you. My girls miss you. And they never met you. You eliminated that possibility.\nFor years I’ve tried to come to terms with why you did what you did. I still can’t say I understand. I can’t say that I’ll ever be able to let it go.\nTry figuring out how to explain suicide to a brilliant 6 year old, or a 4 year old that won’t stop asking questions. Sure I’ve read the articles. The thing is, kids aren’t dumb. So instead we just stick with the fact that Uncle Scott died. We already have to deal with tears just for that fact. Often for no apparent reason.\nWhy not just write this in a “journal”? Because the thing is that in the “adult world” we like to gloss over the issue. We make gun to the head gestures in jest not knowing the potential pain we’re bringing to those nearby. We take the “righteous” and “pious” positions that suicide is a sin or that the person who committed suicide was “weak” or “cowardly”.\nMaybe, but what gives you the right? WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT???\nThe thing is, suicide takes someone from a family. From loved ones. From people who care about them.\nEven if they’ve screwed up. Even if they’ve done stupid things. Even if [insert your own reason].\nThe point is… I would argue that mental illness is a real thing. It’s not a weakness unless by weakness you mean a deficiency in some area that most of us have plenty of reserves (or at lease enough to make it through).\nTo wrap up this rant let me just say…\nI apologize to any coworkers I’m sorry Mom and Dad (let me know if you want me to delete this. I may anyway) Even if my girls never see this they mean more to me than words can ever describe and it makes me appreciate how far my parents have come, because I’m not sure I could be so strong. I miss you Scott Anyway, I’ll close with the poignant words to Runaway Train…\nPromised myself I wouldn’t weep. One more promise I couldn’t keep. It seems no one can help me now. I’m in too deep there’s no way out…\nCan you help me remember how to smile? Make it somehow all seem worthwhile? How on earth did I get so jaded? …\nIt seems no one can help me now. I’m in too deep there’s no way out. This time I have really led myself astray.\nBought a ticket on a runaway train. Like a mad man laughing at the rain. Little out of touch. Little insane. Just easier than dealing with the pain.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-08-25T15:45:00Z","permalink":"/2014/08/missing/","title":"Missing You"},{"content":"It may have been a little quiet around here lately, but that’s because I’ve been hard at work studying for my real estate sales license. Fortunately, I passed the exam on Thursday and am now free to help anyone buy or sell real estate in the state of Michigan!\nVisit my new site at FreedomRE.com (note it’s still under some construction)\nWhy did I want to get my license? It’s actually been something I’ve been interested in for a long time, and briefly considered probably 6 or 7 years ago. With a strong interest and actual background in finances, technology, business, and sales I figured that should pair well with my interest in Real Estate. In addition, I’ve been selling real estate Call Capture Hotlines to real estate agents and mortgage brokers for the last 9 years.\nWhat differentiates me and why would someone want to work with me? I would say it’s a combination of personality fit, professionalism, and competence. As anyone who has worked with me before knows, I have a reputation for getting things done and putting my client first. I’m not going to gush all over you or sit and gab your ear off, but I will provide you my 12+ years of technology and finance experience, 10+ years sales and marketing experience, and my reputation for success. Most of all, I don’t think you’ll find another agent in the area with anywhere close to my background and skills.\nI would love a chance to put my money where my mouth is and help you buy or sell that home! Contact me today:\nmark@freedomre.com\n517-252-4440\nhttp://www.freedomre.com/contact\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-08-23T11:40:00Z","permalink":"/2014/08/let-help-buy-sell-house/","title":"Let me help you buy or sell that house!"},{"content":"Leo provides more great insight on keeping your cool as a parent. I know I’m nowhere near perfect on this, but it’s a good reminder. As he says:\n“The main problem is that we have some ideal as parents, of how our kids should behave. We think they should be ideal kids, but in truth they’re not ideal, they’re real. They have faults, just like we do. They need help, they make mistakes, they get angry, they get frustrated. We do too. Let’s figure out how to behave when we make mistakes, get angry, get frustrated, and show the kids how to do this through our example.”\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-07-03T11:09:00Z","permalink":"/2014/07/parental-zen-keep-cool-parent-1aday/","title":"Parental Zen: How to Keep Your Cool as a Parent #1aDay"},{"content":"My third quarter charity:water campaign is now live! To date you’ve helped raise over $2,500 for clean water and in doing so helped over 300 people! I don’t know about you, but the fact that you can potentially save someone’s life for less then $9 just blows my mind.\nEvery day, 5,000 kids under the age of 5 die from water-related illnesses.\nSo, if you would like to help continue to help solve the water crises, please take a moment to consider a small donation. And remember, with charity:water’s 100% model your entire donation helps to serve the people who need it!\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-07-02T12:26:00Z","permalink":"/2014/07/q3-charitywater-campaign/","title":"Q3 charity:water Campaign"},{"content":"This one thing has made a huge difference in my life. Find out about it by reading the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-06-26T12:15:00Z","permalink":"/2014/06/the-single-easiest-habit-change-to-improve-your-life-forever-1aday/","title":"The Single Easiest Habit Change to Improve Your Life Forever #1aDay"},{"content":"Now go out and enjoy some of those freedoms provided by those who fought and served. And while you’re doing that, take a moment to say “thanks”.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-05-26T11:56:00Z","permalink":"/2014/05/happy-memorial-day/","title":"Happy Memorial Day"},{"content":" One of the top lessons that have recently come out of the ShankMinds Business Masterminds is that people simply don’t charge enough. And you probably don’t, either.\nI know I have this problem too, but over time I’ve learned to charge more. I know what I do is valuable, and should be compensated accordingly. Read Peter’s post and see if you disagree.\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-05-09T11:55:00Z","permalink":"/2014/05/youre-not-charging-enough-charge-more-end-of-discussion/","title":"You’re Not Charging Enough. Charge More. End of Discussion. #1aDay"},{"content":" It’s not just kids who are overdoing screen time. Parents are often just as guilty of spending too much time checking smartphones and e-mail — and the consequences for their children can be troubling.\nWhile I’m no angel when it comes to my phone I do make a conscious effort to disable just about every type of notification and not look at it when in the middle of talking to someone (unless it’s to check on something they asked about). If there’s one thing I can’t stand it’s the people who have every notification turned on then tell you that they don’t even notice it anymore… well the rest of us who are trying to talk to you do – and so do your kids as this article points out.\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-05-08T11:01:00Z","permalink":"/2014/05/for-the-childrens-sake-put-down-that-smartphone/","title":"For The Children’s Sake, Put Down That Smartphone #1aDay"},{"content":" My wife is probably going to hate this article, but I did promise a “clean” article after yesterday’s post.\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-05-07T11:01:00Z","permalink":"/2014/05/youre-washing-your-clothes-too-often-what-to-do-instead/","title":"You’re Washing Your Clothes Too Often! (What to Do Instead) #1aDay"},{"content":"Ok, so I’ve posted this one before, but I still love it every time I listen to it. Especially appreciate the part about leaders setting the example.\nSorry for the string of videos with “strong language”. I promise the next post will be “clean” 🙂\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-05-06T12:05:00Z","permalink":"/2014/05/go-the-fk-home/","title":"Go the F**k Home #1aDay"},{"content":" Last week, an obscure but potentially internet-transforming document was leaked from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. It revealed that government regulators are considering rules that would give big companies a chance to make their online services run faster than smaller ones.\nPersonally, the thing I like least about it is that it’s easy to see how small/new companies could get screwed and stifle innovation. The other thing that I had not though of until I read this is I trust the cable companies so little that I wouldn’t be surprised if they started “bundling” sites like they do with TV. I don’t need 100 channels! Of course, this is why I don’t have cable TV. Finally, the other thing you should be upset about is the cable companies “double dipping”. They’re already charging insane prices (because usually they have a monopoly in most areas other then major metros), and now they’re also going to start extorting the companies too – what, you didn’t think they’d actually lower your rates when they started charging the companies did you?… Comcrap-Warner wants it’s cake and to eat it too (see the video below – warning: language).\nRead the full article here\nComcast Doesn't Give a F*CK from Tarik Ellinger Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-05-05T12:19:00Z","permalink":"/2014/05/the-internet-is-about-to-become-worse-than-television/","title":"The Internet Is About to Become Worse Than Television #1aDay"},{"content":"Christopher Penn makes a good argument for the separate concept of concurrent (or parallel processing) over the traditional single vs multi-tasking debate. Of course the key to success in concurrent processing is knowing how to split up the work without getting stuck in analysis paralysis. In that case, I would strongly recommend dropping down to single tasking instead of what most people seem to do.\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-05-02T12:13:00Z","permalink":"/2014/05/concurrently-process-for-maximum-productivity/","title":"Concurrently process for maximum productivity #1aDay"},{"content":"Every time I hear stories like this it makes me worry for my kids. While I can be a competitive person there’s always been a release valve buried somewhere deep inside that has been able to say “the work will be there tomorrow” or (when I was in school) “Being first in class doesn’t matter. Just learn the material well enough. There’s always time to dig deeper.”\nThe question is, how to pass that on while still instilling the discipline and joy of hard work and sacrifice?\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-05-01T12:09:00Z","permalink":"/2014/05/the-hidden-health-costs-of-the-college-arms-race/","title":"The Hidden Health Costs of the College Arms Race #1aDay"},{"content":"We’re supposedly in a new era of financial sobriety. Yet the evidence suggests otherwise.\nPersonally, I find this article very scary because at some point someone (unfortunately, it will probably be the responsible) will have to help save the irresponsible.\nNeed to save money? Here’s a few quick ways anyone can do so…\nGet rid of your insanely expensive wireless plan and switch to something reasonable Get rid of cable TV – there are way better things to do than watch the idiot box Get rid of all the extra toys (kid and grown-up ones) Get rid of the gas guzzler Read the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-04-30T12:13:00Z","permalink":"/2014/04/if-youre-not-saving-youre-losing-out/","title":"If You’re Not Saving, You’re Losing Out #1aDay"},{"content":" Here’s an article that’s been spreading like wildfire it seems, and while it raises an interesting idea it seems to forget that the reason people are contacting you like they are isn’t because they don’t know how to or what method to use. They don’t care about what’s convenient for you. They care about what’s convenient for them.\nThat’s not to say you have to use every communication method known to man or have notification turned on for all channels (for heaven’s sake, TURN OFF THE NOTIFICATIONS). Still, if you want to get a hold of me, please email. Just don’t be shocked if I don’t reply or it takes a while. We all have to set limits 🙂\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-04-29T11:28:00Z","permalink":"/2014/04/emails-are-not-for-real-time-requests-and-other-rules-1aday/","title":"Emails Are Not For Real-Time Requests (and Other Rules) #1aDay"},{"content":" Apparently only around 20% to 30% of currently working programmers are female, and in my experience it seems to be closer to 20% than 30%. Still, the post raises some important points especially about behavior.\nI want my girls to be able to do anything they are capable of and interested in just like I wish the same for any boy.\nStill, regarding the cartoon, I half wonder if the person has ever watched a girl play with a doll. There is more going on in a 5 minute session than I can keep track of when I watch my girls with their dolls… And yes, they also love the “ipad” (aka Kindle Fire).\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-04-28T12:14:00Z","permalink":"/2014/04/the-male-dominated-field-of-programming/","title":"The Male Dominated Field of Programming #1aDay"},{"content":"With tax season behind us, here’s a little PSA to remind you why a big refund isn’t actually all that great even if it may feel that way. I just need to remind myself of this every time I have to write checks to Uncle Sam 🙂\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-04-21T12:04:00Z","permalink":"/2014/04/why-a-big-tax-refund-isnt-as-awesome-as-you-think/","title":"Why a Big Tax Refund Isn’t as Awesome as You Think #1aDay"},{"content":" After the furnace, the most important appliance in your home is probably the refrigerator. It’s also one of the most expensive ones. When you spend $1,000 or more on an item, you want it to last for many years.\nHow many of these tips have you heard?\nRead the full article herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-04-18T11:47:00Z","permalink":"/2014/04/make-your-fridge-last-almost-forever-with-these-8-tips/","title":"Make Your Fridge Last (Almost) Forever With These 8 Tips #1aDay"},{"content":" What are the 7 traps? Mental Accounting – Treating some money as more special than other money based on subjective criteria, such as how it will be spent or where it came from. The “Anchoring” Effect – Estimating the value of something based on irrelevant information (e.g., the “anchor”), such as the price you paid for it, the cost of something else you own, or what someone told you it was worth. Present Bias – Difficulty postponing immediate returns, or delaying gratification. Status Quo Bias – Preferring things you know over the things you don’t know, even if other options are superior. Restraint Bias – Overestimating our ability to resist temptation. Ownership Effect – Placing a higher value on the things you own, because you own them. Familiarity Bias – Gravitating toward products and investments that you know over unknown options, which may be better. While some of them may be pretty similar I’m sure we all have a tendency to fall into one of the traps from time to time. For me, it’s probably “Restraint Bias” – especially once I’ve gotten an idea in my head that I want something. How about you? What’s your biggest trap?\nRead the full post here\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-04-17T12:18:00Z","permalink":"/2014/04/stop-fooling-yourself-with-these-7-money-traps-1aday/","title":"Stop Fooling Yourself With These 7 Money Traps #1aDay"},{"content":"With the recent announcement of the Heartbleed vulnerability it’s more important than ever to consider your security precautions. Of particular importance you should be…\nUsing a password manager like LastPass or KeePass Using Two-Factor Authentication wherever you can Using strong passwords wherever you can’t use Two-Factor Authentication So now a few details…\nWhat is Heartbleed and why do I care? For those who are not server administrators, Heartbleed made it possible for attackers to steal information from servers memory. Of importance to you, that information may have included usernames and passwords. Should an attacker have your username and password I’m sure you can figure out that they could do not nice things with that information.\nWhat can I do? Use a password manager like LastPass or KeePass\nTools like LastPass and KeePass are great because they give you a secure and central place to store your usernames and passwords. Plus a service like LastPass includes additional tools and can provide valuable services like they did with Heartbleed to let you know where you should be updating your passwords. Concerned about using a service like LastPass? Here’s a good article on why you may not need to worry.\nUse Two-Factor Authentication wherever you can\nAs that article above pointed out, you should be using Two-factor authentication wherever you can. Two-factor authentication requires an additional step in addition to entering your password, usually by sending a message to your mobile phone or using an app on your smartphone. Basically, with 2 factor authentication, logins require something you know (your password) and something you have (your phone). In short, two factor auth prevents Heartbleed because should an attacker have your password, they still don’t have your phone and thus would not be able to login as you.\nYou can find a good site with lots of places that allow two factor authentication here. My suggestion, support companies like these with take security seriously.\nUse strong passwords wherever you can’t use Two-Factor Authentication\nIf a site does not allow two factor authentication, I would highly recommend that you use a strong password. Here’s another place where a service like LastPass or KeePass come in handy because they can generate strong passwords for you.\nChange your Passwords\nKeep an eye on this list for when and where to update your passwords. Even if a site sends you an email saying they weren’t affected, it wouldn’t hurt to change your password and add it to your password manager. Chances are you weren’t using a secure one to being with.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-04-16T11:28:51Z","permalink":"/2014/04/heartbleed-and-the-importance-of-two-factor-authentication/","title":"Heartbleed and the Importance of Two-Factor Authentication #1aDay"},{"content":"This “little” 🙂 query will do it for you. Just change the where clause at the bottom…\nSELECT Type_X AS \u0026quot;Type\u0026quot; , RefObj_X AS \u0026quot;Referencing Object\u0026quot; FROM ( SELECT RTRIM(SYSPROC.PROCSCHEMA)||'.'||RTRIM(SYSPROC.PROCNAME) AS RefObj_X , RTRIM(SYSPROC.PROCSCHEMA) AS Schema_X , RTRIM(SYSPROC.PROCNAME) AS Obj_X , RTRIM(PDEP.BSCHEMA)||'.'||RTRIM(PDEP.BNAME) AS BaseObj_X , 'Proc' AS Type_X FROM SYSCAT.PACKAGEDEP PDEP INNER JOIN SYSIBM.sysdependencies SYSDEP ON SYSDEP.BSCHEMA = PDEP.BSCHEMA AND SYSDEP.BNAME = PDEP.PKGNAME INNER JOIN SYSIBM.sysprocedures SYSPROC ON SYSDEP.DNAME = SYSPROC.SPECIFICNAME UNION ALL SELECT RTRIM(TRIGSCHEMA)||'.'||RTRIM(TRIGNAME) AS RefObj_X , RTRIM(TRIGSCHEMA) AS Schema_X , RTRIM(TRIGNAME) AS Obj_X , RTRIM(BSCHEMA)||'.'||RTRIM(BNAME) AS BaseObj_X , 'Trigger' AS Type_X FROM SYSCAT.TRIGDEP UNION ALL SELECT RTRIM(VIEWSCHEMA)||'.'||RTRIM(CAST((VIEWNAME) AS CHAR(126))) AS RefObj_X , RTRIM(VIEWSCHEMA) AS Schema_X , RTRIM(CAST((VIEWNAME) AS CHAR(126))) AS Obj_X , RTRIM(BSCHEMA)||'.'||RTRIM(BNAME) AS BaseObj_X , CASE DTYPE WHEN 'S' THEN 'SUMMARY TABLE' ELSE 'View' END AS Type_X FROM SYSCAT.VIEWDEP UNION ALL SELECT RTRIM(INDSCHEMA)||'.'||RTRIM(INDNAME) AS RefObj_X , RTRIM(INDSCHEMA) AS Schema_X , RTRIM(INDNAME) AS Obj_X , RTRIM(TABSCHEMA)||'.'||RTRIM(TABNAME) AS BaseObj_X , 'Index' AS Type_X FROM SYSCAT.INDEXES UNION ALL SELECT RTRIM(TABSCHEMA)||'.'||RTRIM(TABNAME) AS RefObj_X , RTRIM(TABSCHEMA) AS Schema_X , RTRIM(TABNAME) AS Obj_X , RTRIM(BASE_TABSCHEMA)||'.'||RTRIM(BASE_TABNAME) AS BaseObj_X , 'Alias' AS Type_X FROM SYSCAT.TABLES WHERE TYPE = 'A' UNION ALL SELECT DISTINCT RTRIM(CAST(RTRIM(TABSCHEMA) AS VARCHAR(126))) || '.' || RTRIM(TABNAME) AS RefObj_X , RTRIM(CAST(RTRIM(TABSCHEMA) AS VARCHAR(126))) AS Schema_X , RTRIM(TABNAME) AS Obj_X , RTRIM(REFTABSCHEMA)||'.'||RTRIM(REFTABNAME) AS BaseObj_X , 'Table' AS Type_X FROM SYSCAT.REFERENCES ) AS RefTbl WHERE BaseObj_X = 'XX.MY_TABLE' ORDER BY Type_X , RefObj_X;\u0026lt;/pre\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;_Please remember to subscribe to the \u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;https://markjacobsen.net/newsletter\u0026quot; target=\u0026quot;_blank\u0026quot;\u0026gt;newsletter\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt; or \u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;https://markjacobsen.net/feed\u0026quot; target=\u0026quot;_blank\u0026quot;\u0026gt;feed\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt; to stay up to date!_\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt; _\u0026lt;small\u0026gt;Disclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don't link to anything I don't use myself.\u0026lt;/small\u0026gt;_ ","date":"2014-04-15T07:15:00Z","permalink":"/2014/04/how-to-tell-what-objects-reference-a-db2-table/","title":"How to Tell What Objects Reference a DB2 Table"},{"content":"List installed packages…\ndpkg --get-selections | grep -v deinstall List installed packages (but filter based on name)…\ndpkg --get-selections | grep -v deinstall | grep filter Install a package…\nsudo apt-get install the-package-name Uninstall/remove a package…\nsudo apt-get remove the-package-name Update package lists/dependencies (does not actually install anything)…\nsudo apt-get update Apply updates to existing packages based on an “update” call (without removing anything)…\nsudo apt-get upgrade Apply updates to existing packages based on an “update” call and remove obsolete packages…\nsudo apt-get dist-upgrade Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-04-10T07:18:38Z","permalink":"/2014/04/quick-apt-get-tutorial/","title":"Quick apt-get Tutorial"},{"content":"If doing a conversion of data where you need to force a value into a field that is GENERATED ALWAYS after the conversion, you can still load values into the generating and generated fields.\nIn your conversion load process, use the “generatedoverride” modifier (ex: LOAD FROM C012 OF CURSOR MODIFIED BY generatedoverride MESSAGES $l_sLog). This will allow you to force values into GENERATED ALWAYS fields.\nOnce your load completes, issue one of the following statements to take your table out of the “set integrity pending” state:\nSET INTEGRITY FOR table-name GENERATED COLUMN IMMEDIATE UNCHECKED; -- will not verify the values you supplied in the load\u0026lt;/pre\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt; SET INTEGRITY FOR table-name IMMEDIATE CHECKED; -- will verify the values you supplied in the load\u0026lt;/pre\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/p\u0026gt; Ref: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v9/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.db2.udb.admin.doc/doc/c0004592.htm _Please remember to subscribe to the \u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;https://markjacobsen.net/newsletter\u0026quot; target=\u0026quot;_blank\u0026quot;\u0026gt;newsletter\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt; or \u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;https://markjacobsen.net/feed\u0026quot; target=\u0026quot;_blank\u0026quot;\u0026gt;feed\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt; to stay up to date!_ _\u0026lt;small\u0026gt;Disclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don't link to anything I don't use myself.\u0026lt;/small\u0026gt;_ ","date":"2014-04-08T07:12:23Z","permalink":"/2014/04/force-values-into-db2-generated-always-fields/","title":"Force values into DB2 GENERATED ALWAYS fields"},{"content":"If you…\nSELECT * FROM SYSCAT.DBAUTH\u0026lt;/pre\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt; ... you will get back a lot of details about what permissions people have including DB Admin. _Please remember to subscribe to the \u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;https://markjacobsen.net/newsletter\u0026quot; target=\u0026quot;_blank\u0026quot;\u0026gt;newsletter\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt; or \u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;https://markjacobsen.net/feed\u0026quot; target=\u0026quot;_blank\u0026quot;\u0026gt;feed\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt; to stay up to date!_ _\u0026lt;small\u0026gt;Disclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don't link to anything I don't use myself.\u0026lt;/small\u0026gt;_ ","date":"2014-04-03T07:09:57Z","permalink":"/2014/04/how-to-tell-who-has-db-admin-privileges-in-db2/","title":"How to Tell who has DB Admin Privileges in DB2"},{"content":"The fastest way to setup scheduled tasks in Linux is with cron. To list your cron tasks, run:\nsudo crontab -l To modify your cron tasks, run:\nsudo crontab -e For help generating the string for when your tasks should run, just google around for “cron calculator”, and remember to test, test, test.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-04-02T02:50:16Z","permalink":"/2014/04/quick-cron-tutorial/","title":"Quick CRON Tutorial"},{"content":"This little bit of SQL should help you determine who created a table or when it was created…\nSELECT CASE TAB.TYPE WHEN 'A' THEN 'Alias' WHEN 'N' THEN 'Nickname' WHEN 'S' THEN 'MQT' WHEN 'T' THEN 'Table' WHEN 'V' THEN 'View' ELSE 'OTHER: '||TAB.TYPE END AS T_TYPE ,RTRIM(TAB.TABSCHEMA)||'.'||TAB.TABNAME AS TABLE_NAME ,DATE(CREATE_TIME) AS CREATED ,DATE(ALTER_TIME) AS ALTERED ,TAB.COLCOUNT AS COLUMNS ,TAB.DEFINER AS CREATED_BY FROM SYSCAT.TABLES TAB WHERE TABSCHEMA = 'XX' ORDER BY TABLE_NAME FOR READ ONLY WITH UR;\u0026lt;/pre\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;_Please remember to subscribe to the \u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;https://markjacobsen.net/newsletter\u0026quot; target=\u0026quot;_blank\u0026quot;\u0026gt;newsletter\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt; or \u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;https://markjacobsen.net/feed\u0026quot; target=\u0026quot;_blank\u0026quot;\u0026gt;feed\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt; to stay up to date!_\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt; _\u0026lt;small\u0026gt;Disclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don't link to anything I don't use myself.\u0026lt;/small\u0026gt;_ ","date":"2014-03-27T07:08:00Z","permalink":"/2014/03/when-was-a-db2-table-created-and-by-who/","title":"When Was a DB2 Table Created and by Who?"},{"content":"Of course you want to use our old friend “ALTER TABLE”…\nALTER TABLE XX.MY_TABLE ALTER COLUMN THE_COL RESTART WITH 1001; Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-03-25T07:05:31Z","permalink":"/2014/03/how-to-force-or-reset-the-starting-index-for-a-db2-identity-column/","title":"How to Force or Reset the Starting Index for a DB2 IDENTITY Column"},{"content":"Now Reading Ayn Rand’s Classic: Atlas Shrugged\nIt’s been a long time since I’ve started on a book that has been hard to put down. After hearing about this book for years I finally had someone get it for me off of my wishlist and I’ve been up every night until around midnight to 1am reading. At over 1000 pages it’s a long read but it’s a great story with a message I mostly agree with (so far). Of course there are a few things I’m not entirely on board with, but I’m interested to see how it all shakes out in the end. By far my favorite part is Francisco’s speech at Jim Taggat’s wedding about 35% of the way into the book. Right now I’m on John Galt’s radio address near the end and sadly it’s my least favorite part. Too long winded. If he wants to sell his idea to the world I say he needs to cut to the chase instead of blathering on. The mental image I keep getting is of the entire nation listening, and after about ten minutes just tuning out.\nStill, this is one book I would highly recommend.\nAnyone else out there read it? Thoughts?\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-03-25T02:24:27Z","permalink":"/2014/03/atlas-shrugged/","title":"Now Reading Atlas Shrugged"},{"content":"Did you do a LOAD and lock up your tablespace? The best way to find out is from the command line via…\nLIST TABLESPACES SHOW DETAIL Note: The issuer must have sysadm, sysctrl, sysmaint, dbadm, or load authorization\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-03-20T07:02:41Z","permalink":"/2014/03/check-db2-tablespace-status-for-load-pending-state/","title":"Check DB2 Tablespace Status for Load Pending State"},{"content":"select * from HH.MY_TABLE where TEXT_X like '%' || chr(13) || chr(10) || '%' \u0026lt;/pre\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt; ... or ... select * from HH.MY_TABLE where TEXT_X like '%' || chr(10) || '%' \u0026lt;/pre\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt; ... or ... select * from HH.MY_TABLE where TEXT_X like '%' || chr(13) || '%'\u0026lt;/pre\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;_Please remember to subscribe to the \u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;https://markjacobsen.net/newsletter\u0026quot; target=\u0026quot;_blank\u0026quot;\u0026gt;newsletter\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt; or \u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;https://markjacobsen.net/feed\u0026quot; target=\u0026quot;_blank\u0026quot;\u0026gt;feed\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt; to stay up to date!_\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt; _\u0026lt;small\u0026gt;Disclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don't link to anything I don't use myself.\u0026lt;/small\u0026gt;_ ","date":"2014-03-18T07:59:55Z","permalink":"/2014/03/find-db2-fields-containing-carriage-returns-line-feeds-or-both-crlf/","title":"Find DB2 Fields Containing Carriage Returns, Line Feeds, or Both CRLF"},{"content":"One trick I’ve used for quite a while is to have stored procs “log” information to a table with the structure…\nXX.SYS_PROC_AUD ( PROC_X, ACTIVITY_X, CREATED_TS, ERROR_NB ) …which is great for seeing what’s going on across the board, on a proc by proc basis, or looking for specific things. But what about when management request “metrics” about how things are running? Well, since I already log stop and start of the procs to the aforementioned table, you can use a WITH query to help get run times of procs and even between procs without resorting to Excel like so…\nWITH rows AS ( SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY CREATED_TS) AS rn, CREATED_TS, PROC_X FROM XX.SYS_PROC_AUD WHERE ( PROC_X = 'XX.FIRST_PROC_P' AND ACTIVITY_X = 'Starting Exec' ) OR ( PROC_X = 'XX.LAST_PROC_P' AND ACTIVITY_X = 'Finished Exec' ) ORDER BY CREATED_TS DESC FETCH FIRST 1000 ROWS ONLY WITH UR ) SELECT mc.CREATED_TS as START_TS, mp.CREATED_TS as END_TS, TIMESTAMPDIFF(2, CHAR(mp.CREATED_TS - mc.CREATED_TS)) AS SEC, TIMESTAMPDIFF(2, CHAR(mc.CREATED_TS - mpe.CREATED_TS)) AS SEC_BETWEEN_LAST FROM rows mc INNER JOIN rows mp ON mc.rn = mp.rn - 1 INNER JOIN rows mpe ON mc.rn = mpe.rn + 1 WHERE mc.PROC_X = 'XX.FIRST_PROC_P' ORDER BY mc.CREATED_TS DESC FETCH FIRST 100 ROWS ONLY WITH UR FOR READ ONLY Note: I prefer to see the most recent things first so you may need to adjust your ordering appropriately if you don’t like that setup.\nThanks to this post for getting me started.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-03-17T15:39:21Z","permalink":"/2014/03/find-time-between-records-in-a-logging-table-with-db2/","title":"Find time between records in a logging table with DB2"},{"content":"I’m not a fan of NULL columns. So check out the query below if you want to find DB2 fields that are defined as nullable, but which contain no null values. You can also modify the query to show you how many records contain null values. Make sure to set the COLS.TABSCHEMA in the WHERE predicate.\nSELECT RTRIM(TAB.TABSCHEMA)||'.'||TAB.TABNAME AS TABLE_OBJECT_NAME , COLS.COLNAME AS COLNAME , COLS.TYPENAME AS TYPE ,RTRIM(CHAR(COLS.LENGTH))|| CASE COLS.SCALE WHEN 0 THEN ' ' ELSE ','||RTRIM(CHAR(COLS.SCALE)) END || CASE COLS.TYPENAME WHEN 'VARCHAR' THEN ' AVG:'||RTRIM(CHAR(COLS.AVGCOLLEN)) ELSE ' ' END AS LENGTH ,TAB.CARD as TAB_CARD ,COLS.COLCARD AS COL_CARD ,CASE WHEN NULLS ='Y' THEN 'NULL ('||RTRIM(CHAR(NUMNULLS))||')' WHEN NULLS = 'N' THEN 'NOT NULL' ELSE '??' END as NUM_NULLS ,RTRIM(COLS.TABSCHEMA)||'.'||COLS.TABNAME||'2' AS SORTCOL,COLS.COLNO AS SORTCOL2 FROM SYSCAT.COLUMNS COLS INNER JOIN SYSCAT.TABLES TAB ON (COLS.TABSCHEMA = TAB.TABSCHEMA AND COLS.TABNAME = TAB.TABNAME) WHERE RTRIM(COLS.TABSCHEMA) = 'XX' AND ( (NULLS = 'Y' AND NUMNULLS=0 AND TAB.CARD \u0026gt; 0) --OR (COLS.TYPENAME = 'VARCHAR' AND COLS.AVGCOLLEN \u0026gt;= COLS.LENGTH-2) ) ORDER BY SORTCOL,SORTCOL2 FOR READ ONLY WITH UR; Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-03-14T07:52:43Z","permalink":"/2014/03/find-nullable-columns-in-db2-with-no-null-values/","title":"Find Nullable Columns in DB2 with no Null Values"},{"content":"There’s 2 ways to do this…\nThe first way should work on any version of DB2. Make sure to add to add the savecount and nonrecoverable as seen below so you don’t put your table space into a bad condition.\n{CALL SYSPROC.ADMIN_CMD('LOAD FROM /dev/null of del savecount 1000 replace into XX.MY_TABLE nonrecoverable')}; The seconds is easier but has only been around since v9.5 or v9.7…\nTRUNCATE TABLE XX.MY_TABLE IMMEDIATE Just make sure you include that IMMEDIATE in there 🙂\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-03-13T07:43:57Z","permalink":"/2014/03/how-to-truncate-a-db2-table/","title":"How to Truncate a DB2 Table"},{"content":"To find out when stats were updated for an index, run the following SQL substituting your schema and table names…\nSELECT IND.TABSCHEMA, IND.TABNAME, IND.INDNAME, IND.COLNAMES, IND.STATS_TIME AS IDX_STATS_TIME, T.STATS_TIME TBL_STATS_TIME, CASE T.VOLATILE WHEN 'C' THEN 'YES' ELSE T.VOLATILE END AS TBL_VOLATILE, T.OWNERTYPE AS TBL_OWNERTYPE, T.TYPE AS TBL_TYPE FROM SYSCAT.INDEXES IND LEFT OUTER JOIN SYSCAT.TABLES T ON IND.TABSCHEMA = T.TABSCHEMA AND IND.TABNAME = T.TABNAME WHERE T.OWNERTYPE != 'S' AND IND.TABNAME = 'MY_TABLE' AND IND.TABSCHEMA = 'XX' ORDER BY IND.TABSCHEMA, IND.TABNAME, IND.INDNAME FOR READ ONLY WITH UR; Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-03-07T20:51:56Z","permalink":"/2014/03/db2-when-were-index-stats-last-updated-on-a-table/","title":"DB2: When were index stats last updated on a table?"},{"content":"I thought there were some good points in this article: Recline!.\nTwo of my favorites:\nThe general American tendency to think that “more time at work” equals “better work” is exacerbated by the All Crisis All the Time culture When a workplace is full of employees who always lean in and never lean back, it’s full of employees who are exhausted, brittle, and incapable of showing much creativity or making good decisions. Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-02-26T12:27:45Z","permalink":"/2014/02/recline-why-leaning-in-is-killing-us/","title":"Recline! Why “leaning in” is killing us"},{"content":"Here are Five Reasons to Lower Your Thermostat. Who can argue with…\nLosing weight Extending the life of your fridge (have you seen the prices of fridges?) Better sleep Find out the details and the other reasons in the article.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-02-24T07:00:15Z","permalink":"/2014/02/five-reasons-to-lower-your-thermostat/","title":"Five Reasons to Lower Your Thermostat"},{"content":"In trying to diagnose an Out of Memory error in a large Java application, a co-worker of mine (Chad Handrich) came across the article Analyzing a Memory Leak in Java Applications using VisualVM and used the tips in it to find a memory leak that had been causing OOM errors for quite some time.\nHe also found that another helpful tool is the “Performance Monitor” app that comes with Windows. To use it, create a new “User Defined Data Collector Set”. Choose the option “Create Manually”, then “Performance Counter”, then you can select “Process”, and choose all the byte-count style counters if analyzing memory usage. And choose the “java.exe” instance from the list. Once it’s created, right click the collector you made and select “Start”. It will begin polling and saving the metrics you specified.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-02-21T19:00:30Z","permalink":"/2014/02/analyzing-a-memory-leak-in-a-java-application/","title":"Analyzing a Memory Leak in a Java Application"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 2/3\nMelanie Pinola helps answer: How Should I Teach My Kids About Money? – http://bit.ly/1imvpoX\nTue 2/4\nMelanie Pinola tells us: What Happens When You Tip: It Doesn’t Always Go to Your Server – http://bit.ly/1emPaxx\nWed 2/5\nThorin Klosowski gives us: Lessons from the Top: What We Can All Learn from CEOs – http://bit.ly/N1CyjX\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-02-09T12:43:27Z","permalink":"/2014/02/weekly-round-up-2214-to-2814/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 2/2/14 to 2/8/14"},{"content":"Take a quick look at this article from NBCNews.com, and then remind yourself that return calls should be handled just like email… If you don’t know who or what it is, just ignore it and delete it. Do NOT click on it or call back!\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-02-07T07:00:22Z","permalink":"/2014/02/missed-a-call-one-ring-cell-phone-scam-could-cost-you-money/","title":"Missed a call? ‘One-ring’ cell phone scam could cost you money"},{"content":"Have you ever wondered what tables and indexes a DB2 stored proc are using? How about if the proc has been rebound since the stats were last updated? Are there even stats for the table you’re querying? Luckily I work with a very talented application DBA (Fred Johnson) who put together the following query to tell you all these sorts of things. It’s quite long, but all you need to do is set your proc in the “FILTER_PARMS” “VALUES” section at the top of the query.\n------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- DB2 for AIX QUERY --PROCS WITH DEPENDENT TABLES INDEXES CALLED_PROCS AND OTHER OBJECTS --FLAG column shows possible stats issues. See FOOTNOTES ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Directions: Change FILTER_PARMS,Cut and paste, run, examine output -- More than 1 proc can be reviewed by adding addition lines ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WITH FILTER_PARMS (ROUTINESCHEMA,ROUTINENAME) AS (VALUES ('XX','PROC1_P') ,('XX','PROC2_P') ) ,ROUTINEDEP (STOREDPROC,TEXTX,OBJECTNAME,CARD,BIND_STATS_CREATE_TIME,FLAG,SORTCOL) AS (SELECT RTRIM(X.ROUTINESCHEMA)||'.'||X.ROUTINENAME AS STOREDPROC , 'PACKAGE' AS TEXTX ,RTRIM(P1.PKGSCHEMA)||'.'||P1.PKGNAME AS OBJECTNAME ,' ' AS CARD , 'BIND: '||CHAR(DATE(P1.LAST_BIND_TIME))||'*'||CHAR(TIME(P1.LAST_BIND_TIME)) AS BIND_STATS_CREATE_TIME ,CASE WHEN P1.LAST_BIND_TIME \u0026lt; CURRENT_TIMESTAMP - 9 DAYS THEN '*STALE REBIND ' ELSE ' ' END || CASE WHEN P1.VALID = 'N' THEN '*PACKAGE INVALID ' WHEN P1.VALID = 'X' THEN '*PACKAGE INOPERATIVE ' ELSE '' END AS FLAG ,RTRIM(X.ROUTINESCHEMA)||X.ROUTINENAME||'1' AS SORTCOL FROM SYSCAT.PACKAGES P1 INNER JOIN SYSCAT.ROUTINEDEP R ON (P1.PKGNAME = R.BNAME AND P1.PKGSCHEMA = R.ROUTINESCHEMA) INNER JOIN SYSCAT.ROUTINES X ON (R.ROUTINENAME = X.SPECIFICNAME AND R.ROUTINESCHEMA = X.ROUTINESCHEMA) INNER JOIN FILTER_PARMS FP ON (FP.ROUTINESCHEMA = X.ROUTINESCHEMA AND FP.ROUTINENAME = X.ROUTINENAME) UNION --TABLES SELECT ' ' AS STOREDPROC , CASE WHEN P.BTYPE = 'A' THEN 'ALIAS' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'B' THEN 'TRIGGER' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'D' THEN 'SERVER DEF' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'F' THEN 'PROC/FUNC' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'I' THEN 'INDEX' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'M' THEN 'FUNCTION MAP' WHEN TAB.TYPE = 'N' THEN 'NICKNAME' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'O' THEN 'PRIVILEGE DEP' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'P' THEN 'PAGE SIZE' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'R' THEN 'STRUCT TYPE ' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'S' THEN 'MQTABLE' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'T' THEN 'TABLE' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'U' THEN 'TYPED TABLE' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'V' THEN 'VIEW' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'W' THEN 'TYPED VIEW' ELSE ' ?' END AS TEXTX ,RTRIM(P.BSCHEMA)||'.'|| P.BNAME AS OBJECTNAME ,RTRIM(CHAR(TAB.CARD)) AS CARD ,'STATS:'||COALESCE(CHAR(DATE(TAB.STATS_TIME))||'*'||CHAR(TIME(TAB.STATS_TIME)) ,'NO STATS') AS BIND_STATS_CREATE_TIME ,CASE WHEN TAB.CARD = -1 THEN '*NO TABLESTATS' WHEN TAB.STATS_TIME \u0026gt; P1.LAST_BIND_TIME THEN '*PROC BIND \u0026lt; STATS' ELSE ' ' END || CASE WHEN TAB.STATUS \u0026lt;\u0026gt; 'N' THEN '*STATUS '||RTRIM(TAB.STATUS) ELSE '' END AS FLAG ,RTRIM(X.ROUTINESCHEMA)||X.ROUTINENAME||'2'||RTRIM( P.BSCHEMA)||'.'||P.BNAME||'2' AS SORTCOL FROM SYSCAT.PACKAGES P1 INNER JOIN SYSCAT.ROUTINEDEP R ON (P1.PKGNAME = R.BNAME AND P1.PKGSCHEMA = R.ROUTINESCHEMA) INNER JOIN SYSCAT.ROUTINES X ON (R.ROUTINENAME = X.SPECIFICNAME AND R.ROUTINESCHEMA = X.ROUTINESCHEMA) INNER JOIN FILTER_PARMS FP ON (FP.ROUTINESCHEMA = X.ROUTINESCHEMA AND FP.ROUTINENAME = X.ROUTINENAME) INNER JOIN SYSCAT.PACKAGEDEP P ON (P1.UNIQUE_ID = P.UNIQUE_ID AND P.PKGNAME = R.BNAME AND P.PKGSCHEMA = R.ROUTINESCHEMA) INNER JOIN SYSCAT.TABLES TAB ON (P.BSCHEMA = TAB.TABSCHEMA AND P.BNAME = TAB.TABNAME AND P.BTYPE IN ( 'T','N','S','U','W')) UNION --INDEXES SELECT ' ' AS STOREDPROC , ' INDEX' AS TEXTX ,RTRIM(P.BSCHEMA) ||'.'||P.BNAME AS OBJECTNAME ,RTRIM(CHAR(IND.FULLKEYCARD)) AS CARD ,'STATS:'||COALESCE(CHAR(DATE(IND.STATS_TIME))||'*'||CHAR(TIME(IND.STATS_TIME)),'NO STATS') AS BIND_STATS_CREATE_TIME ,CASE WHEN IND.FULLKEYCARD = -1 THEN '*NO INDEXSTATS' WHEN IND.STATS_TIME \u0026gt; P1.LAST_BIND_TIME THEN '*PROC BIND \u0026lt; STATS ' ELSE '' END ||CASE WHEN IND.STATS_TIME \u0026lt; TAB.STATS_TIME - 10 SECONDS THEN '** IND.STATS_TIME \u0026lt; TAB.STATS_TIME' ELSE '' END AS FLAG ,RTRIM(X.ROUTINESCHEMA)||X.ROUTINENAME||'2'||RTRIM(IND.TABSCHEMA)||'.'||IND.TABNAME||'3' AS SORTCOL FROM SYSCAT.PACKAGES P1 INNER JOIN SYSCAT.ROUTINEDEP R ON (P1.PKGNAME = R.BNAME AND P1.PKGSCHEMA = R.ROUTINESCHEMA) INNER JOIN SYSCAT.ROUTINES X ON (R.ROUTINENAME = X.SPECIFICNAME AND R.ROUTINESCHEMA = X.ROUTINESCHEMA) INNER JOIN FILTER_PARMS FP ON (FP.ROUTINESCHEMA = X.ROUTINESCHEMA AND FP.ROUTINENAME = X.ROUTINENAME) INNER JOIN SYSCAT.PACKAGEDEP P ON (P1.UNIQUE_ID = P.UNIQUE_ID AND P.PKGNAME = R.BNAME AND P.PKGSCHEMA = R.ROUTINESCHEMA) INNER JOIN SYSCAT.INDEXES IND ON (P.BSCHEMA = IND.INDSCHEMA AND P.BNAME = IND.INDNAME AND P.BTYPE = 'I') INNER JOIN SYSCAT.TABLES TAB ON (IND.TABSCHEMA = TAB.TABSCHEMA AND IND.TABNAME = TAB.TABNAME) UNION SELECT ' ' AS STOREDPROC , ' OTHER '|| CASE WHEN XDEP.ROUTINETYPE = 'F' THEN 'FUNCTION ' WHEN XDEP.ROUTINETYPE = 'M' THEN 'METHOD' WHEN XDEP.ROUTINETYPE = 'P' THEN 'STORED PROC' ELSE ' ?' END AS TEXTX ,RTRIM(XDEP.ROUTINESCHEMA)||'.'||XDEP.ROUTINENAME AS OBJECTNAME ,' ' AS CARD ,'CREATED:'||CHAR(DATE(XDEP.CREATE_TIME)) AS BIND_STATS_CREATE_TIME ,CASE WHEN XDEP.ROUTINETYPE = 'P' THEN CASE WHEN NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM FILTER_PARMS FP WHERE FP.ROUTINESCHEMA = XDEP.ROUTINESCHEMA AND FP.ROUTINENAME = XDEP.ROUTINENAME) THEN ','||'('||''''||RTRIM(XDEP.ROUTINESCHEMA) ||''''||','||''''||RTRIM(XDEP.ROUTINENAME) ||''''||')' ELSE ' ' END ELSE ' ' END AS FLAG --('CH','GET_NEXTID_P') ,RTRIM(X.ROUTINESCHEMA)||X.ROUTINENAME||'3' AS SORTCOL FROM SYSCAT.PACKAGES P1 INNER JOIN SYSCAT.ROUTINEDEP R ON (P1.PKGNAME = R.BNAME AND P1.PKGSCHEMA = R.ROUTINESCHEMA) INNER JOIN SYSCAT.ROUTINES X ON (R.ROUTINENAME = X.SPECIFICNAME AND R.ROUTINESCHEMA = X.ROUTINESCHEMA) INNER JOIN FILTER_PARMS FP ON (FP.ROUTINESCHEMA = X.ROUTINESCHEMA AND FP.ROUTINENAME = X.ROUTINENAME) INNER JOIN SYSCAT.PACKAGEDEP P ON (P1.UNIQUE_ID = P.UNIQUE_ID AND P.PKGNAME = R.BNAME AND P.PKGSCHEMA = R.ROUTINESCHEMA) INNER JOIN SYSCAT.ROUTINES XDEP ON (P.BNAME = XDEP.SPECIFICNAME AND P.BSCHEMA = XDEP.ROUTINESCHEMA) UNION --OTHER SELECT ' ' AS STOREDPROC , ' OTHER '|| CASE WHEN P.BTYPE = 'A' THEN 'ALIAS' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'B' THEN 'TRIGGER' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'D' THEN 'SERVER DEF' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'F' THEN 'PROC/FUNC' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'I' THEN 'INDEX' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'M' THEN 'FUNCTION MAP' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'N' THEN 'NICKNAME' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'O' THEN 'PRIVILEGE DEP' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'P' THEN 'PAGE SIZE' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'R' THEN 'STRUCT TYPE ' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'S' THEN 'MQTABLE' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'T' THEN 'TABLE' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'U' THEN 'TYPED TABLE' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'V' THEN 'VIEW' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'W' THEN 'TYPED VIEW' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'Q' THEN 'Sequence object' WHEN P.BTYPE = 'G' THEN 'Global temporary table' ELSE ' ?'||RTRIM(P.BTYPE) END AS TEXTX ,RTRIM(P.BSCHEMA)||'.'||P.BNAME AS OBJECTNAME ,' ' AS CARD , '' AS BIND_STATS_CREATE_TIME ,' ' AS FLAG ,RTRIM(X.ROUTINESCHEMA)||X.ROUTINENAME||'4' AS SORTCOL FROM SYSCAT.PACKAGES P1 INNER JOIN SYSCAT.ROUTINEDEP R ON (P1.PKGNAME = R.BNAME AND P1.PKGSCHEMA = R.ROUTINESCHEMA) INNER JOIN SYSCAT.ROUTINES X ON (R.ROUTINENAME = X.SPECIFICNAME AND R.ROUTINESCHEMA = X.ROUTINESCHEMA) INNER JOIN FILTER_PARMS FP ON (FP.ROUTINESCHEMA = X.ROUTINESCHEMA AND FP.ROUTINENAME = X.ROUTINENAME) INNER JOIN SYSCAT.PACKAGEDEP P ON (P1.UNIQUE_ID = P.UNIQUE_ID AND P.PKGNAME = R.BNAME AND P.PKGSCHEMA = R.ROUTINESCHEMA) WHERE P.BTYPE NOT IN ( 'I','F','T','S','N','U','W') ) SELECT STOREDPROC,TEXTX,OBJECTNAME,CARD,BIND_STATS_CREATE_TIME,FLAG FROM ROUTINEDEP ORDER BY SORTCOL WITH UR; ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- FLAG column show possible stats mismatch where a -- procs bind time \u0026lt; stats time for Tables/Indexes -- -- Also review CARD, which shows row counts for tables based on stats -- is that what you expect? -- -- Flag column also generates values clause that you can cut and paste -- into the values clause to review called procs using this query ------------------------------------------------------------------------ And a few things Fred suggested to be mindful of\u0026hellip; \u0026ldquo;It should work with DB2luw and has been tested in AIX v9.5-10.2. There is one major caveat. The query assumes one proc has only one specific name i.e., it only works for non-overloaded procs. It also uses at least one deprecated column, ROUTINENAME in ROUTINEDEP. Changing the proc to use specific names wouldn’t be a big deal.\u0026rdquo;\nHave fun, and if you use this or have any suggested enhancements, please leave a comment below.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-02-04T11:00:02Z","permalink":"/2014/02/db2-stored-proc-performance-analysis/","title":"DB2 Stored Proc Performance Analysis"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 1/27\nHilary Stout says More Retailers See Haggling as a Price of Doing Business – http://bit.ly/Mk8hg6\nTue 1/28\nSarah Koppelkam @skoppelkam on How to Talk to Your Daughter About Her Body – http://bit.ly/1aFaQ7b\nWed 1/29\nTessa Miller answers the question: Do I Really Need to Log Out of Webapps? \u0026lt;- See the longer answer. - http://bit.ly/1nj5LEu\nThu 1/30\nMMM @mrmoneymustache on The Low Information Diet – http://bit.ly/1npmxBX\nFri 1/31\nCourtney Carver @bemorewithless says to Encourage Simplicity by Redefining Your Purchase Process – http://bit.ly/1kjq6am\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-02-02T12:43:30Z","permalink":"/2014/02/weekly-round-up-12614-to-2114/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 1/26/14 to 2/1/14"},{"content":"Use du piped to sort for a nice list with the files using the most space at the bottom…\ncd /dir/you/care/about du -a|sort -n Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-01-28T20:42:50Z","permalink":"/2014/01/what-files-are-taking-up-the-most-space-on-my-linux-box/","title":"What files are taking up the most space on my LINUX box?"},{"content":"\nA few weeks ago I was honored to receive an advanced copy of “Clutterfree with Kids” by Joshua Becker for review. One of the things I appreciate most about Joshua’s writing and articles is that he’s what I consider a “normal” minimalist in that he owns a house, has kids, and has a job. In other words, he’s just like you and me – only he and his family have chosen to live a life of less so that they may appreciate it more. Even better, he rightfully acknowledges that everyone’s brand of minimalism is different.\nRegarding the book, I’ll say that if you’ve read one book on minimalism you’ve read them all and this is not a huge exception to the rule, but if you have not this is a great place to start if you consider yourself to be a “normal” person and are interested in how living a life of less can give you more.\nI think the key if you’re married is that you have to get your spouse on-board. Otherwise, don’t expect to have a truly “clutterfree” life (not that it’s really even possible with kids). I think the most you can really hope for is a more organized chaos. Making intentional choices like limiting TV or Internet time. Choosing to eat together as a family. Choosing your activities more deliberately. Choosing to travel with less so that you experience more.\nTo hit on some of the high points, these were a few of my main take-aways…\nMinimalism is the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of everything that distracts us from it \u0026lt;- Read that again Start with small victories. Don’t tackle the hard things first. Owning less allows us to own higher quality items. Consider the true cost of your purchases – time, maintenance, cleaning Less is different than none. There is more joy to be found in owning less then can ever be found in organizing more. Organizing more never addresses the underlying problem. It is far better to de-own than to declutter. Intentionally or unintentionally we are all minimizing something. Gift giving: take time to let the fads show themselves then purge without concern. Conversely don’t force your ideas on others. Compare downward – many people with less “stuff” are actually happier. Bottom line, for a couple bucks and a few hours of your time, there are much worse things you could be doing, and on the bright side, it just may change your life. Can’t go wrong with that.\nGet the book today\nWhat do you think?\nPS: Thanks again Joshua for allowing me to preview the book. I read every word, and it was a good refresher.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-01-27T06:25:30Z","permalink":"/2014/01/clutterfree-with-kids/","title":"Clutterfree with Kids"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 1/20\nRebeca Plantier on: 10 Eating Rules French Children Know (But Most Americans Don’t) – http://bit.ly/1mk7CFK\nTue 1/21\nRachel @handsfreemama on: The Bully Too Close to Home – http://bit.ly/1fVqJsj\nWed 1/22\nEric Ravenscraft on Practical Math Shortcuts For Everyday Life – http://bit.ly/1jnaAwi\nThu 1/23\nRagnar Terjeson Miljeteig @TangibleFree says This Is How Credit Cards Are Manipulating You Into More Debt – http://bit.ly/KMgGYy\nFri 1/24\nMeredith Fineman @meredithfineman asks you to Please Stop Complaining About How Busy You Are – http://bit.ly/1aRtEuu\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-01-26T12:43:17Z","permalink":"/2014/01/weekly-round-up-11914-to-12514/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 1/19/14 to 1/25/14"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 1/13\nMMM @MrMoneyMustache asks How Big is your Circle of Control? – http://bit.ly/KUHPIr\nTue 1/14\nJoshua Fields Millburn @JFM on The Sound of Irrelevance – http://bit.ly/1j5g26V\nWed 1/15\nBrandon Honeycutt @SEOAllDay on Ten Parenting Mistakes That Can Negatively Impact Your Childs Future – http://bit.ly/1gJVddb\nThu 1/16\nKrissy Brady @writtenbykrissy on 20 Unproductive Habits You Should Let Go of – http://bit.ly/1dyfsfy\nFri 1/17\nRachel Macy Stafford @handsfreemama on: The Important Thing About Yelling – http://bit.ly/1czDEIp\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-01-19T12:43:31Z","permalink":"/2014/01/weekly-round-up-11214-to-11814/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 1/12/14 to 1/18/14"},{"content":"If you’ve ever dealt with DB2 IDENTITY columns chances are you may have wanted to know what the currently assigned max value is for all of the IDENTITY columns in the DB. If so, you can use the following SQL to generate the SQL that will give you your answer. Hope it helps!\nselect 'select '''||trim(t.tabname)||''', '''||trim(c.colname)||''', max('||trim(c.colname)||') from '||trim(t.tabschema)||'.'||trim(t.tabname)||' for read only with ur;' from syscat.sequences s join syscat.tables t on (s.seqschema=t.tabschema and s.create_time=t.create_time) join syscat.columns c on (t.tabschema=c.tabschema and t.tabname=c.tabname) where s.seqname like 'SQL%' and c.identity='Y' Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-01-17T15:05:58Z","permalink":"/2014/01/db2-get-current-max-value-for-all-identity-columns/","title":"DB2 Get Current MAX value for all IDENTITY Columns"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 1/6\nDaniel Wallen @TheWallenWay on 20 Simple But Powerful Changes You Can Make To Simplify Your Life – http://mjg2.net/l/1905\nTue 1/7\nThis One Minute Video May Help You Save Someone’s Life – http://mjg2.net/l/1906\nWed 1/8\n10 Health Myths That Just Won’t Die, Debunked by Science – http://mjg2.net/l/1907\nThu 1/9\nDon’t Always Aim to Meet Unrealistic Deadlines – http://mjg2.net/l/1908\nFri 1/10\nLPT: Open letter to car drivers from a part-time truck driver : LifeProTips – http://mjg2.net/l/1909\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-01-12T12:43:39Z","permalink":"/2014/01/weekly-round-up-1514-to-11114/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 1/5/14 to 1/11/14"},{"content":" Reading Courtney Carver\u0026#8217;s latest book: Mini-Missions for Simplicity\n\u0026lt;p\u0026gt; Interesting so far. Anyone else out there read it? Thoughts?\u0026lt;/td\u0026gt; \u0026lt;td\u0026gt; \u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;http://cfg2.com/go/book/mini-missions/\u0026quot;\u0026gt;\u0026lt;img decoding=\u0026quot;async\u0026quot; alt=\u0026quot;\u0026quot; src=\u0026quot;http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8\u0026amp;ASIN=B00H0LAI3Q\u0026amp;Format=_SL160_\u0026amp;ID=AsinImage\u0026amp;MarketPlace=US\u0026amp;ServiceVersion=20070822\u0026amp;WS=1\u0026amp;tag=firenice\u0026quot; border=\u0026quot;0\u0026quot; /\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt;\u0026lt;img loading=\u0026quot;lazy\u0026quot; decoding=\u0026quot;async\u0026quot; style=\u0026quot;border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\u0026quot; alt=\u0026quot;\u0026quot; src=\u0026quot;http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=firenice\u0026amp;l=as2\u0026amp;o=1\u0026amp;a=B00H0LAI3Q\u0026quot; width=\u0026quot;1\u0026quot; height=\u0026quot;1\u0026quot; border=\u0026quot;0\u0026quot; /\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/td\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/tr\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/tbody\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/table\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Please remember to subscribe to the \u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;https://markjacobsen.net/newsletter\u0026quot; target=\u0026quot;_blank\u0026quot;\u0026gt;newsletter\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt; or \u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;https://markjacobsen.net/feed\u0026quot; target=\u0026quot;_blank\u0026quot;\u0026gt;feed\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt; to stay up to date!\u0026lt;/i\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;small\u0026gt;Disclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don't link to anything I don't use myself.\u0026lt;/small\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/i\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/p\u0026gt; ","date":"2014-01-05T20:10:54Z","permalink":"/2014/01/now-reading-mini-missions/","title":"Now Reading Mini-Missions"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 12/30\nMarla Walters @cruelironing on 10 Rules of Etiquette Everyone Should Know (and Follow!) – http://mjg2.net/l/1899\nTue 12/31\nKiyah Duffey @KiyahDuffey: a beautiful body – http://mjg2.net/l/1902\nThu 1/2\nJoshua Fields Millburn @JFM on The Success Template – http://mjg2.net/l/1903\nFri 1/3\nLynn Truong @lynntruong says 68% of Shoppers Are Getting Ripped Off – http://mjg2.net/l/1904\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-01-05T12:43:15Z","permalink":"/2014/01/weekly-round-up-122913-to-1414/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 12/29/13 to 1/4/14"},{"content":"We recently received our auto insurance bill in the mail, and for once I decided to “just see” how much of a difference it could make going with a different company. At over $2k for the year (keep in mind MI is a no-fault state) I was hoping to knock a couple hundred bucks off. I started off as I would imagine anyone would do these days and took right to the internet. First stop… State Farm. After entering the data they wanted I waited eagerly and… more expensive. I almost stopped figuring “everyone is going to be the same”.\nStill something pushed me onward even with children who needed things wining in the background. Next up I hit Progressive. This time I got a little encouragement with a quote around $700 every six months. I played around with the numbers and got it down to around $550 every six. We were talking some serious cash now. How could roughly the same benefit cost nearly 1/2 what I was paying??\nFiguring it didn’t hurt to keep looking I decided to also give Geico a try. This time I was shocked to get a quote even lower! After looking over the numbers I chose to actually increase some of the limits and still kept it around $550 every 6 months.\nIn the end I chose Geico because for the same rate as Progressive I got more coverage, and still wound up paying nearly 1/2 what I was with AAA. When calling in to setup the coverage I was told that the primary discount was for an excellent credit rating, so for anyone reading this, make sure you’re paying your bills on time, in-full every month.\nFor those who want a breakdown of the actual coverage numbers, here they are…\nCoverage AAA Progressive Geico BI Liability $100k/$300k $100k/$300k $300k/$500k Property Damage Liability (PD) $50k $100k $100k Limited property Damage Liability “Included” $1k $1k Property Protection (PP) “Included” $1M $1M Uninsured Motorist BI $20k/$40k $100k/$300k $300k/$500k Deductible/car $550 basic $500 comp/$1k collission broad form $500 broad form The moral of the story? Go check your auto insurance coverage and rates then go comparison shopping. No guarantees you’ll see the savings I did, but it just may save you hundreds if not thousands of dollars a year.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2014-01-04T05:02:01Z","permalink":"/2014/01/saving-1000-on-auto-insurance/","title":"Saving $1000 on Auto Insurance"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 12/23\nThe Minimalist Mom @racheljonat reminds us: You Can Stop Shopping Now – http://mjg2.net/l/1901\nTue 12/24\nAdam Penenberg @Penenberg challenged hackers to investigate him and what they found out is chilling – http://mjg2.net/l/1896\nThu 12/26\nSean Blanda @SeanBlanda gives 10 Tips for an Awesome Coffee Meeting – http://mjg2.net/l/1897\nFri 12/27\nJegede Abayomi @abayomi_jegede tells us about 10 Habits of The Richest People in the World – http://mjg2.net/l/1898\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-12-29T12:43:20Z","permalink":"/2013/12/weekly-round-up-122213-to-122813/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 12/22/13 to 12/28/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 12/16\nAmy Morin @AmyMorinLCSW on 8 Scientific Secrets Of A Happy Marriage – http://mjg2.net/l/1890\nTue 12/17\nPeter Shankman @petershankman On Entitlement, Regardless Of Your Generation \u0026lt;- this. So much this. - http://mjg2.net/l/1892\nWed 12/18\nWhy 9 to 5 is a Joke (And How to Deal) – http://mjg2.net/l/1893\nThu 12/19\nMMM @MrMoneyMustache tells you how to Get Rich With The Position of Strength – http://mjg2.net/l/1894\nFri 12/20\nHow to Plant Ideas in Someone’s Mind – http://mjg2.net/l/1895\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-12-22T12:43:11Z","permalink":"/2013/12/weekly-round-up-121513-to-122113/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 12/15/13 to 12/21/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 12/9\nMark Panay @redeye on 13 Productivity Tips from People Getting Stuff Done – http://mjg2.net/l/1887\nTue 12/10\nMMM @MrMoneyMustache says we’re Predictably Irrational – http://mjg2.net/l/1888\nThu 12/12\nAs a father of girls this makes me sad: How the Media Failed Women in 2013 – http://mjg2.net/l/1900\nFri 12/13\njlcollinsnh: Case Study #4: Using the 4% rule and asset allocations – http://mjg2.net/l/1889\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-12-15T12:43:27Z","permalink":"/2013/12/weekly-round-up-12813-to-121413/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 12/8/13 to 12/14/13"},{"content":"If you run a select statement and get the following error…\n\"SQLSTATE 01517: A character that could not be converted was replaced with a substitute character.\" … you can use the TRANSLATE function to strip away printable chars, and compare that to a zero length string like so…\nSELECT * FROM XX.TBL WHERE TRANSLATE(UPPER(FIELD_X),'','ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890!@#$%^\u0026amp;*()-=+/\\{}[];:.,\u0026lt;\u0026gt;? ') \u0026lt;\u0026gt; '' FOR READ ONLY WITH UR; Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-12-11T14:17:09Z","permalink":"/2013/12/db2-how-to-find-records-with-non-printable-characters-sqlstate-01517/","title":"DB2: How to find records with non-printable characters (SQLSTATE 01517)"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 12/2\nJoshua Fields Millburn @JFM on Five Steps Toward a More Meaningful Holiday Season – http://mjg2.net/l/1891\nTue 12/3\nBrianna Wiest @briaeliza – 18 Things Everyone Should Start Making Time For Again – I agree with some of them. – http://mjg2.net/l/1883\nWed 12/4\nLeo @zen_habis on The Necessary Art of Subtraction – http://mjg2.net/l/1884\nThu 12/5\nMichelle Schroeder @senseofcents on 10 Things Successful People Do Differently To Reach Their Dreams – http://mjg2.net/l/1885\nFri 12/6\nKimberly Weisul @weisul on How I Became the Kind of Person Who Can Work a Room – http://mjg2.net/l/1886\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-12-08T12:43:14Z","permalink":"/2013/12/weekly-round-up-12113-to-12713/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 12/1/13 to 12/7/13"},{"content":"Use “||” like so…\nSELECT LastName||', '||FirstName FROM [schema].[table] If one of the columns is numeric you’ll probably want to convert to CHAR and TRIM like so…\nSELECT LastName||', '||FirstName||' - '||TRIM(CHAR(EmplId)) FROM [schema].[table] Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-12-03T15:27:23Z","permalink":"/2013/12/how-to-concatenate-multiple-columns-in-a-db2-select-statement-to-return-a-single-column/","title":"How to concatenate multiple columns in a DB2 select statement to return a single column"},{"content":"You’ll need to be in the DB2 Command Line for this. Also, the version of your DB2 client should match the version of the DB or be higher than the DB version (i.e. no using a version 7 client to go after a version 8 DB).\nTo get data out of a db2 table:\ndb2 \u0026quot;export to [file_name] of [file_type] select * from [table]\u0026quot; [file_name] is a fully qualified name of the ouput file\n[file_type] is either del (delimited) or ixf (db2 native format).\n[table] is a fully qualified table, nickname, or view\nFor example:\ndb2 \u0026quot;export to /home/user/people.ixf of ixf select * from db2dba.people\u0026quot;\u0026lt;/pre\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt; **To import data into a db2 table:** db2 \u0026quot;import from [file_name] of [file_type] commitcount [value] insert into [table]\u0026quot;\u0026lt;/pre\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt; For example: db2 \u0026quot;import from /home/user/people.ixf of ixf commitcount 10000 insert into db2dba.people\u0026quot;\u0026lt;/pre\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/p\u0026gt; commitcount is optional but should be used to avoid filling up the transaction log. I generally use 10k to 20k. Notice on the export command you use SQL syntax to get the data. You could use a where clause. You can also select and insert specific columns (**_Strongly recommended_**). The import command allows you to insert into, replace into (replaces existing data), and create into (creates a new table). You may wish to consult the DB2 Command Reference manual for more information _Please remember to subscribe to the \u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;https://markjacobsen.net/newsletter\u0026quot; target=\u0026quot;_blank\u0026quot;\u0026gt;newsletter\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt; or \u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;https://markjacobsen.net/feed\u0026quot; target=\u0026quot;_blank\u0026quot;\u0026gt;feed\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt; to stay up to date!_ _\u0026lt;small\u0026gt;Disclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don't link to anything I don't use myself.\u0026lt;/small\u0026gt;_ ","date":"2013-12-02T16:47:37Z","permalink":"/2013/12/extract-and-insert-tables-or-portions-of-them-in-db2-similar-to-bcp-for-sybase-and-sql-server/","title":"Extract and insert tables (or portions of them) in DB2 – similar to BCP for Sybase and SQL Server"},{"content":"Use LOAD when:\nPerformance is critical. Load outperforms Import in all scenarios, sometimes by as much as a factor of 10 (May be closer to 6 times for UNIX systems). You want to LOAD FROM CURSOR to avoid the creation of an intermediate file. Use IMPORT when:\nYou have smaller tables. You want additional “safety” in the case of an error. Target table needs to be created from the input file (applicable to PC/IXF files only.) Logging of every inserted record is necessary. You require triggers to fire. You need to be able to update the table while appending data to the table. In general I would recommend IMPORT unless performance is absolutely critical or you have more than 10 million records (yes, that’s relatively arbitrary – the point is a LOT of data). The primary reason for this is that a botched load can send your entire table space into backup pending and leave you dead in the water. If you do decided to do a load, make sure you include steps to recover from the failed load (but that’s a topic for another day).\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-12-02T16:39:07Z","permalink":"/2013/12/should-i-use-db2-load-or-import/","title":"Should I use DB2 LOAD or IMPORT?"},{"content":"If you’ve ever received a java.lang.OutOfMemoryError when processing a large amount of data, there’s a chance you need to manually specify the JVM size if you can. Here’s an example…\njava -Xms64m -Xmx256m MyProgram … Of course, another option you may want to consider is to structure your program more efficiently (i.e. don’t store all that data in memory, process in blocks, use a tool more suitable to the task like BCP or DB2 LOAD).\nWant to read more on the subject? Read thisPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-12-02T14:57:06Z","permalink":"/2013/12/how-do-i-override-the-jvm-heap-size/","title":"How do I override the JVM Heap Size?"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nWed 11/27\nMore good reasons to skip Black Friday: The Dirty Secret of ‘Discounts’—Black Friday and Beyond – WSJ.com – http://mjg2.net/l/1882\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-12-01T12:43:12Z","permalink":"/2013/12/weekly-round-up-112413-to-113013/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 11/24/13 to 11/30/13"},{"content":"If you’ve ever gotten a DB2 error like this…\nSQL0803N One or more values in the INSERT statement, UPDATE statement, or foreign key update caused by a DELETE statement are not valid because the primary key, unique constraint or unique index identified by \u0026quot;1\u0026quot; constrains table \u0026quot;XX.TABLE_NAME\u0026quot; from having duplicate values for the index key. SQLSTATE=23505 You may be asking yourself, but exactly which unique index is causing the problem?\nUse the info from the error along with this query to find out:\nSELECT * FROM SYSCAT.INDEXES WHERE IID = 1 AND TABSCHEMA = 'XX' AND TABNAME = 'TABLE_NAME'; Of course you will want to replace the WHERE clause conditions with your values.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-11-26T18:13:40Z","permalink":"/2013/11/db2-duplicate-key-debugging/","title":"DB2 Duplicate Key Debugging"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 11/18\n12 Powerful Habits Of Happy Relationships – http://mjg2.net/l/1881\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-11-24T12:43:18Z","permalink":"/2013/11/weekly-round-up-111713-to-112313/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 11/17/13 to 11/23/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nTue 11/12\nConsumerism In America: How Your Stuff Is Killing You And You Don’t Even Know It – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1877\nWed 11/13\n10 Things Every Couple Needs To Stop Doing – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1878\nThu 11/14\nWorking Long Hours Is Like Working for Free – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1879\nFri 11/15\nMarriage Isn’t For You – Great article by @SethAdamSmith – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1880\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-11-17T12:43:30Z","permalink":"/2013/11/weekly-round-up-111013-to-111613/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 11/10/13 to 11/16/13"},{"content":"Thanks ahead of time to everyone who’s already taken a moment to help out, but if you haven’t had the chance yet I’d appreciate your assistance in giving me just a few clicks. Since one of the most important signals to search engines for “recommending” sites when you do a search is social media presence, I was hoping you might be willing to lend a hand by giving my company, Communication Freedom, a link little juice.\nJust visit the various sites below and like, follow, or circle it from your account. Don’t worry, I won’t start sending you a bunch of spam 🙂\nFacebook\nTwitter\nGoogle+ (be sure to “Follow” and “+1”)\nLinkedIn\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-11-12T06:30:09Z","permalink":"/2013/11/mind-lending-a-hand/","title":"Mind lending a hand?"},{"content":"Want to check if a perl module is installed on your system? There’s a oneliner for that! Here’s an example…\nperl -e \u0026quot;use Text::CSV\u0026quot; … which would of course check if Text::CSV could be loaded. If it can, nothing will be printed. If not, you’ll get an error with some possibly useful information to figuring out why not.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-11-04T21:55:50Z","permalink":"/2013/11/how-to-tell-if-a-perl-module-is-installed/","title":"How to tell if a Perl Module is Installed"},{"content":"Want to generate the equivalent of a GUID or UUID in DB2? The closest you’ll get is with GENERATE_UNIQUE(), but beware that you need to do some conversion on it as the value is “BIT DATA” and not character data. To put the value into a typical CHAR or VARCHAR field (like you would with a java UUID), use this…\nselect TRIM(CHAR(HEX(GENERATE_UNIQUE()))) from sysibm.sysdummy1; I should probably also mention that there is the IDENTITY and SEQUENCE, but the GENERATE_UNIQUE() function is the closest you’ll get to a GUID or UUID.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-10-30T20:54:15Z","permalink":"/2013/10/generate-a-guid-or-uuid-in-db2/","title":"Generate a GUID or UUID in DB2"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 10/14\nPeter Shankman @PeterShankman says: Stop Tying Your Employee’s Hands – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1875\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-10-20T12:43:23Z","permalink":"/2013/10/weekly-round-up-101313-to-101913/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 10/13/13 to 10/19/13"},{"content":"Need to change all *.ksh files to be executable under a directory, but not having luck with a recursive chmod? The issue is you need to combine chmod with a find and xargs like so…\nfind /home/user -name '*.ksh' | xargs chmod 744 The first piece lists all the files under the path that match *.ksh and passes them to xargs and chmod. If you want to see an example without changing any permissions, just substitute ls -l like so…\nfind /home/user -name '*.ksh' | xargs ls -l Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-10-17T07:09:32Z","permalink":"/2013/10/change-permissions-on-files-of-a-specific-type-in-linux/","title":"Change permissions on files of a specific type in linux"},{"content":"Ever run DB2 IMPORT and get a super helpful error like…\nSQL0407N Assignment of a NULL value to a NOT NULL column \u0026quot;TBSPACEID=7, TABLEID=265, COLNO=2\u0026quot; is not allowed. SQLSTATE=23502 SQL3185W The previous error occurred while processing data from row \u0026quot;126\u0026quot; of the input file. After you calm down from wanting to smack a DB2 developer in the face, remember the syscat tables and run this SQL to find out the table and column giving you grief…\nselect * from syscat.columns c inner join syscat.tables t on c.TABSCHEMA = t.TABSCHEMA and c.TABNAME = t.TABNAME where c.COLNO = 2 and t.TABLEID = 265 and t.TBSPACEID = 7 Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-10-16T17:30:17Z","permalink":"/2013/10/find-the-column-causing-a-db2-import-to-fail/","title":"Find the column causing a DB2 import to fail"},{"content":"Need to email from your linux command line? Assuming the underlying pieces are configured correctly (run the 1st example to see) here are the basics…\nSend a test email\nmail -s \u0026quot;Hi there\u0026quot; someone@somewhere.com Include some body text…\necho \u0026quot;This is some body text\u0026quot; | mail -s \u0026quot;Hi there\u0026quot; someone@somewhere.com Email the contents of a file to someone…\nmail -s \u0026quot;My Subject\u0026quot; someone@somewhere.com \u0026lt; /path/to/your/file.txt You can find more herePlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-10-15T17:04:19Z","permalink":"/2013/10/how-do-i-send-email-from-the-linux-command-line/","title":"How do I send email from the linux command line?"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 10/7\nEmily Co on: Ways to Make Passive Income – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1871\nTue 10/8\nKrissy Brady @writtenbykrissy on: 12 Habits of Perfectly Organized People – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1872\nWed 10/9\nMMM @MrMoneyMustache on: Wealth Advice that Should Be Obvious – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1873\nThu 10/10\niOS 7’s Biggest Annoyances (and How to Fix Them) – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1874\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-10-13T12:43:25Z","permalink":"/2013/10/weekly-round-up-10613-to-101213/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 10/6/13 to 10/12/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 9/30\n11 Tips to Keep iOS 7 From Destroying Your Battery Life – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1866\nTue 10/1\nThe Minimalists @JFM reminds us: A Rolex Won’t Give You More Time – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1867\nWed 10/2\nWhat to Do (and Not Do) When You’re in a Car Accident – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1868\nThu 10/3\nCraig Dewe @LifestyleOutlaw on: How To Double (Or Triple) Your Current Income – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1869\nFri 10/4\nTom Webster @webby2001 says: Open Plan Offices Make People Unhappy – and I would tend to agree – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1870\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-10-06T12:43:25Z","permalink":"/2013/10/weekly-round-up-92913-to-10513/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 9/29/13 to 10/5/13"},{"content":"I have a few PodCasts I enjoy and have recently been enjoying our library’s audio book selection. The thing is it always seemed to take so long to get through everything and I don’t like feeling like I’m behind on things. Then, one of my favorite PodCasts (the Lifehacker PodCast) mentioned a feature on most PodCast listening apps to let you listen at 1.5 speed. Sure enough, I opened up my favorite PodCast player and there was the option. Not only did I try it out, I cranked it up to 2x speed and have done the same on my audio book app as well!\nIf you’re a fan of spoken word content, check it out!\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-09-25T07:03:22Z","permalink":"/2013/09/listening-twice-as-fast/","title":"Listening Twice as Fast!"},{"content":"If you’re getting an error similar to the following…\nSQL0911N The current transaction has been rolled back because of a deadlock or timeout. Reason code \u0026quot;68\u0026quot;. LINE NUMBER=171. SQLSTATE=40001 … and you know your tables are all just fine, it may be that someone (likely a DBA) has the SYSCAT.ROUTINES table locked up. Try running this…\nSELECT RTRIM(R.ROUTINESCHEMA),RTRIM(R.SPECIFICNAME),RTRIM(R.ROUTINENAME) FROM SYSCAT.ROUTINES R WHERE R.ROUTINETYPE='P' ORDER BY RTRIM(R.ROUTINESCHEMA), RTRIM(R.SPECIFICNAME), RTRIM(R.ROUTINENAME) …and if that errors, try running “WITH UR”. Assuming the 1st fails and the 2nd does not, have your neighborhood DBA kill any connections that may be causing the lock.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-09-23T07:41:50Z","permalink":"/2013/09/how-can-i-be-getting-a-deadlock-trying-to-create-a-stored-proc/","title":"How can I be getting a deadlock trying to create a stored proc?"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 9/16\nJoshua Becker says: We Can Do Better – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1863\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-09-22T12:43:22Z","permalink":"/2013/09/weekly-round-up-91513-to-92113/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 9/15/13 to 9/21/13"},{"content":"To find out, just run the following command from the shell…\ndate +%Z Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-09-19T07:16:09Z","permalink":"/2013/09/what-timezone-is-my-linux-server-configured-for/","title":"What timezone is my linux server configured for?"},{"content":"Use nohup! Here’s an example…\nnohup /some/script.ksh And even better, to redirect all output to a specific location…\nnohup /home/user/script.ksh \u0026gt; /home/user/script.log 2\u0026gt;\u0026amp;1 \u0026amp; Yes, the ” 2\u0026gt;\u0026amp;1 \u0026amp;” at the end is important.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-09-17T07:14:07Z","permalink":"/2013/09/how-do-i-run-a-script-in-the-background/","title":"How do I run a script in the background?"},{"content":"I’ve never been impressed with the help at our local Kroger which is probably why I’m always so glad when I do get someone that takes more than 4 seconds to assist and is actually pleasant.\nRecently I’ve noticed that the new Kroger shirts all say, “our #1 goal. Highly satisfied customers”…\nSorry guys, but putting it on a shirt doesn’t make it true.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-09-16T01:01:01Z","permalink":"/2013/09/putting-it-on-a-shirt-doesnt-make-it-true/","title":"Putting it on a shirt doesn’t make it true"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 9/9\nAmanda @SemiHealthNut on: 14 Things to Do in Your Relationship – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1859\nTue 9/10\nMMM @mrmoneymustache on: How (and How Not) to Buy a House – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1860\nThu 9/12\nSheila Wray Gregoire on: Negotiating Chores With Your Spouse – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1861\nFri 9/13\nLaura Vanderkam on: The Case for Replacing Family Dinners with Family Breakfasts – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1862\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-09-15T12:43:26Z","permalink":"/2013/09/weekly-round-up-9813-to-91413/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 9/8/13 to 9/14/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nTue 9/3\nLeo @zen_habits tell you about The Thinking Habit That Changed My Life – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1855\nWed 9/4\nDavid @DavidDCain does An interview with The Man – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1856\nThu 9/5\nMMM @mrmoneymoustache reminds us that Luxury is Just Another Weakness – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1857\nFri 9/6\nJoshua Fields Millburn @JFM on What It Feels Like to No Longer Worry About Money – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1858\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-09-08T12:43:23Z","permalink":"/2013/09/weekly-round-up-9113-to-9713/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 9/1/13 to 9/7/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nTue 8/27\nLeo @zen_habits – My Advice for Starting a Business – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1851\nWed 8/28\nJoshua Fields Millbur @JFM on The Worst Thing That Could Happen – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1852\nThu 8/29\n5 reasons to place your marriage as top priority – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1853\nFri 8/30\nGlennon Melton on: The Talk – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1854\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-09-01T12:43:23Z","permalink":"/2013/09/weekly-round-up-82513-to-83113/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 8/25/13 to 8/31/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 8/19\nHappily Ever After: How to Stay Married for 29 Years (and Counting) – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1846\nTue 8/20\n15 Things You Need to Give Up if You Want to Be Happy – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1847\nWed 8/21\nMMM @mrmoneymustache on: The Surprising Effect of Small Efforts over Time – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1848\nThu 8/22\nAre You Stressed, Rushed, and Aggravated? – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1849\nFri 8/23\nSaving 2 Hours Per Work Day is Easy! – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1850\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-08-25T12:43:28Z","permalink":"/2013/08/weekly-round-up-81813-to-82413/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 8/18/13 to 8/24/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 8/12\njlcollinsnh – Stocks — Part XVIII: Investing in a raging bull – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1841\nTue 8/13\nLiz Rivera on: Why You Should Revisit Your Five Year Plan – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1843\nWed 8/14\nJeff Haden on: 8 Things You Shouldn’t Do Today – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1844\nThu 8/15\nDon’t Be a (Work) Hero – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1845\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-08-18T12:43:47Z","permalink":"/2013/08/weekly-round-up-81113-to-81713/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 8/11/13 to 8/17/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 8/5\njlcollinsnh – Stocks — Part XII: Bonds, and a bit on REITS – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1836\nTue 8/6\njlcollinsnh – Stocks — Part XIII: Withdrawal rates, how much can I spend anyway? – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1837\nWed 8/7\njlcollinsnh – Stocks — Part XIV: Deflation, the ugly escort of Depressions. – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1838\nThu 8/8\njlcollinsnh – Stocks — Part XV: Target Retirement Funds, the simplest path to wealth of all – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1839\nFri 8/9\njlcollinsnh – Stocks — Part XVI: Index Funds are really just for lazy people, right? – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1840\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-08-11T12:43:25Z","permalink":"/2013/08/weekly-round-up-8413-to-81013/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 8/4/13 to 8/10/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 7/29\njlcollinsnh – Stocks — Part VII: Can everyone really retire a millionaire? – http://mjg2.net/l/1831\nTue 7/30\njlcollinsnh – Stocks — Part VIII: The 401K, 403b, IRA \u0026amp; Roth Buckets – http://mjg2.net/l/1832\nWed 7/31\njlcollinsnh – Stocks — Part IX: Why I don’t like investment advisors – http://mjg2.net/l/1833\nThu 8/1\njlcollinsnh – Stocks — Part X: What if Vanguard gets Nuked? – http://mjg2.net/l/1834\nFri 8/2\njlcollinsnh – Stocks — Part XI: International Funds – http://mjg2.net/l/1835\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-08-04T12:43:23Z","permalink":"/2013/08/weekly-round-up-72813-to-8313/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 7/28/13 to 8/3/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nWed 7/24\njlcollinsnh – Stocks — Part IV: The Big Ugly Event, Deflation and a bit on Inflation – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1828\nThu 7/25\njlcollinsnh – Stocks — Part V: Keeping it simple, considerations and tools – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1829\nFri 7/26\njlcollinsnh – Stocks — Part VI: Portfolio ideas to build and keep your wealth – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1830\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-07-28T12:43:31Z","permalink":"/2013/07/weekly-round-up-72113-to-72713/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 7/21/13 to 7/27/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 7/15\nMMM @mrmoneymustache on: Getting Rich: from Zero to Hero in One Blog Post – http://mjg2.net/l/1823\nTue 7/16\nCraig Jarrow @TMNinja says: Beware: 10 Time Management Rules That You Are Breaking – http://mjg2.net/l/1824\nWed 7/17\njlcollinsnh – Stocks — Part 1: There’s a major market crash coming!!!! and Dr. Lo can’t save you. – http://mjg2.net/l/1825\nThu 7/18\njlcollinsnh – Stocks — Part II: The Market Always Goes Up – http://mjg2.net/l/1826\nFri 7/19\njlcollinsnh – Stocks — Part III: Most people lose money in the market. – http://mjg2.net/l/1827\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-07-24T03:43:28Z","permalink":"/2013/07/weekly-round-up-71413-to-72013/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 7/14/13 to 7/20/13"},{"content":"Ever have to delete a lot of records from a table in DB2 and can’t truncate, but you keep filling the transaction log? One way of solving the problem without having to manually update ranges of values in a where clause is to do an incremental delete in a stored proc. Here’s an example/template to get you started…\nWHILE EXISTS ( SELECT ITEM_ID FROM XX.TABLE WHERE SOMETHING_NB = 1 FETCH FIRST 1 ROWS ONLY ) DO DELETE FROM (SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER() AS ROW_NB FROM XX.TABLE WHERE SOMETHING_NB = 1 FETCH FIRST 20000 ROWS ONLY) WHERE ROW_NB \u0026lt;= 20000; IF ((L_SQLCODE_NB \u0026lt;\u0026gt; 0) AND (L_SQLCODE_NB \u0026lt;\u0026gt; 100)) THEN SIGNAL SQLSTATE '20003' SET MESSAGE_TEXT = 'Error deleting records'; END IF; COMMIT; END WHILE; Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-07-15T16:40:00Z","permalink":"/2013/07/db2-incremental-delete/","title":"DB2 Incremental Delete"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 7/8\nEric Jackson on: The Ten Biggest Lies of B-School – http://mjg2.net/l/1819\nTue 7/9\nScott Hanselman @shanselman asks: Programming’s not for you? How about thinking? Be empowered. – http://mjg2.net/l/1820\nWed 7/10\nAdam Dachis @adachis on: How to Quickly Find and Replace Text Across Multiple Files with One Command – http://mjg2.net/l/1821\nFri 7/12\nLeo Babauta @zen_habits tells you how to: Create the Habits of Being Lean, in 7 Years – http://mjg2.net/l/1822\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-07-14T12:44:11Z","permalink":"/2013/07/weekly-round-up-7713-to-71313/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 7/7/13 to 7/13/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 7/1\nJoshua Becker @joshua_becker on: 10 Unconventional Habits to Live Distraction-Less – http://mjg2.net/l/1815\nTue 7/2\nMMM @mrmoneymustache on: Getting Enough.. and Then Some – http://mjg2.net/l/1816\nWed 7/3\nShelly Phillips on: Six Communication Tricks That Will Get Your Kids to Cooperate – http://mjg2.net/l/1817\nFri 7/5\nMelanie Pinola asks: How Can I Keep My Family from Disturbing Me When I Work at Home? – http://mjg2.net/l/1818\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-07-07T12:43:20Z","permalink":"/2013/07/weekly-round-up-63013-to-7613/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 6/30/13 to 7/6/13"},{"content":"As I sit here watching “The Patriot” I can’t help but be appreciative of all those who have sacrificed for the dream and reality that is America. Those who gave the ultimate sacrifice and those who left their families – if even for a short time – in service of a cause they considered greater than themselves.\nIn salute of all the Patriots: Abe Lincoln, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, John Adams, Sam Adams, Ben Franklin, Teddy Roosevelt, George Patton, General Sherman, General Grant, FDR, those who will never be known (the unknown soldiers), and many many more I am ever grateful to have been born in this wonderful Land of Opportunity.\nAs a parent, I haven’t the luxury of principles. I have long feared that my sins will come back to haunt me – and the weight is more than I can bare.\nThank you again to all who have sacrificed so that we may pursue happiness.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-07-04T05:05:24Z","permalink":"/2013/07/happy-birthday-america/","title":"Happy birthday America"},{"content":"Ever run an ANT build in eclipse and it works just fine, but as soon as you run it outside of eclipse you get something like…\nclass file has wrong version 51.0, should be 49.0 The issue is likely that you need to “fork” in your javac task…\nBefore (with error)\njavac srcdir=\u0026quot;${build.path}\u0026quot; verbose=\u0026quot;true\u0026quot; includeantruntime=\u0026quot;false\u0026quot; includejavaruntime=\u0026quot;false\u0026quot; After (no error)\njavac srcdir=\u0026quot;${build.path}\u0026quot; verbose=\u0026quot;true\u0026quot; includeantruntime=\u0026quot;false\u0026quot; includejavaruntime=\u0026quot;false\u0026quot; fork=\u0026quot;yes\u0026quot; Hopefully this can save you about 2 hours some day!\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-07-03T15:10:11Z","permalink":"/2013/07/resolving-ant-javac-class-file-has-wrong-version-issues/","title":"Resolving Ant javac “class file has wrong version” issues"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 6/24\nThe Cost Of FI – http://mjg2.net/l/1811\nTue 6/25\njlcollinsnh on: My path for my kid — the first 10 years – http://mjg2.net/l/1812\nWed 6/26\nMartin Luther King Jr’s: Letter from a Birmingham Jail – http://mjg2.net/l/1813\nThu 6/27\njlcollinsnh – Why your house is a terrible investment – http://mjg2.net/l/1842\nFri 6/28\nAdam Dachis tells you how to: Generate a Monthly Calendar from the Command Line – http://mjg2.net/l/1814\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-06-30T12:43:42Z","permalink":"/2013/06/weekly-round-up-62313-to-62913/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 6/23/13 to 6/29/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 6/17\nNora Dunn @hobonora suggests you: Spice Up the Conversation by Skipping “What Do You Do?” – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1805\nTue 6/18\nSupercharge Your Command Line’s History Search with Four Lines of Code – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1807\nWed 6/19\nAm I Brushing My Teeth Correctly? – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1808\nThu 6/20\nLeverage Email to Get a Response When Your Prospect Has Gone Dark – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1809\nFri 6/21\nDavid @DavidDCain on: Why the minimalists do what they do – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1810\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-06-23T12:43:39Z","permalink":"/2013/06/weekly-round-up-61613-to-62213/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 6/16/13 to 6/22/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nWed 6/12\nDavid Cain @DavidDCain on: How to Walk Across a Parking Lot – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1806\nThu 6/13\nMr. Money Mustache @mrmoneymustache on: The Principle of Constant Optimization – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1802\nFri 6/14\nChristopher S. Penn @cspenn gives you: The graduation lesson I wish I’d had – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1803\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-06-16T12:43:25Z","permalink":"/2013/06/weekly-round-up-6913-to-61513/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 6/9/13 to 6/15/13"},{"content":"For those of you who follow me on the social media platform of your choice I’m not referring to my (attempted) daily post of something interesting. Instead this is a little challenge I dreamed up and considered a while back, but finally decided to do the month of June. Being the type who likes confirmation before proceeding, I’ve been following the challenge with great success since the beginning of the month so now feel comfortable talking about it.\nSo you’re probably asking by now, what is it? Simply put, pick something (or in my case 3 somethings) that you want to limit to 1 or less a day. The 3 that I picked are…\nNo more than 1 cup of coffee a day No more than 1 alcoholic beverage a day Spend less than $1 a day directly on myself (primarily eliminates “fancy coffee” and numerous non-brown bag lunches) Why do I do these things? Primarily to keep myself sharp and to help build willpower. Plus, I like a challenge of my own choosing.\nSo what about you? Have something you’d like to challenge yourself to limit to 1 or less a day? Tell me about it in the comments below.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-06-10T04:12:25Z","permalink":"/2013/06/the-one-a-day-challenge/","title":"The One a Day Challenge"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nWed 5/29\nJeff Haden @jeff_haden gives you 8 Things You Should Not Do Every Day – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1797\nThu 5/30\nMr. Money Mustache @mrmoneymustache asks: Do We Need to Fire the Entire Financial Advice Industry? – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1798\nFri 5/31\nGary Foreman on: 7 Car Dealership Fees and Services to Avoid – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1799\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-06-07T11:28:29Z","permalink":"/2013/06/weekly-round-up-52613-to-6113/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 5/26/13 to 6/1/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 5/13\nConsider Not Setting Goals in 2013 – Peter Bregman – Harvard Business Review – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1787\nTue 5/14\nThe @honesttoddler writes: Dear IRS – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1788\nWed 5/15\nJanet Choi on: How to Escape the Cult of “Busy” – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1789\nThu 5/16\n7 tips for maintaining an organized home – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1790\nFri 5/17\nBruce Feiler @brucefeiler on: Agile programming – for your family – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1791\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-05-19T12:43:50Z","permalink":"/2013/05/weekly-round-up-51213-to-51813/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 5/12/13 to 5/18/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nThu 5/9\nWhy “The Gap” Is the Personal Finance Number That Matters the Most – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1785\nFri 5/10\nI’ve Been Using Evernote All Wrong. Here’s Why It’s Actually Amazing – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1786\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-05-12T12:43:30Z","permalink":"/2013/05/weekly-round-up-5513-to-51113/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 5/5/13 to 5/11/13"},{"content":"For the last 10 years or so I’ve built up a number of Java utility functions and classes to help me write code easier. Over time I’ve probably had to re-write many of the functions as I’ve moved teams, lost the code, or just wanted to make it better. I’ve also had to jar up and help other developers use the code one too many times. Since I’m finally sick of that I’ve switch over to Maven for dependency and build management, moved the library to github, and am open sourcing the development so that others can take advantage of my work, and contribute to it to make it better.\nYou can find the project at https://github.com/communicationfreedom/cffreedom-utils. Please take a look, and consider helping make it even better.\nNote: Since I’ve been using the project more and more the pace of change is pretty steep and the package structure has been changing frequently, but I believe that is starting to settle down a bit.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-05-07T03:22:46Z","permalink":"/2013/05/new-cffreedom-utils-repo-on-github/","title":"New cffreedom-utils repo on github"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 4/29\nScott Dinsmore @_Scott_Dinsmore on: How Simplicity Swindled the Investment Banker (and the rest of the world) – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1784\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-05-05T12:43:14Z","permalink":"/2013/05/weekly-round-up-42813-to-5413/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 4/28/13 to 5/4/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 4/22\nMark Schaefer @markwschaefer has – A Rant: In praise of The Unremarkable – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1779\nTue 4/23\nJohann Hari on: The dark side of Dubai – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1780\nWed 4/24\nMMM @mrmoneymustache hits another home run on: The Incomparable Advantage of Having to Work for what you Get – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1781\nThu 4/25\nLaura Beck says: Don’t Call People Fat in Front of Your Kids Unless You Really Want to Screw Them Up – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1782\nFri 4/26\nDavid Cain @DavidDCain tells you: How to Make Trillions of Dollars – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1783\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-04-28T12:43:23Z","permalink":"/2013/04/weekly-round-up-42113-to-42713/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 4/21/13 to 4/27/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 4/15\nLiving With Less. A Lot Less – I like the point about filling our space whether we need to or not – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1774\nTue 4/16\nJoshua Becker @joshua_becker says: Maybe the Answer is Owning Less – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1775\nWed 4/17\nJames Collins: Manifesto – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1776\nThu 4/18\nJames Altucher @jaltucher on: Why I Am Never Going to Own a Home Again – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1777\nFri 4/19\nMMM @mrmoneymustache says: A Peak Life is Lived Off-Peak – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1778\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-04-21T12:43:28Z","permalink":"/2013/04/weekly-round-up-41413-to-42013/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 4/14/13 to 4/20/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 4/8\nThe @tmninja on: Why Your Todo List Should Never Be Empty – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1770\nTue 4/9\nScience Explains Why You Should Stop Hitting the Snooze Button – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1771\nWed 4/10\nMMM @mrmoneymustache clues you in on: A Lifetime of Riches – Is it as Simple as a Few Habits? – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1772\nFri 4/12\nKristen Howerton: Can We Bring The Holidays Down A Notch? \u0026lt;- Amen to that! - http://markjacobsen.net/l/1773\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-04-14T12:43:35Z","permalink":"/2013/04/weekly-round-up-4713-to-41313/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 4/7/13 to 4/13/13"},{"content":"If you’re still rockin’ Outlook 2007 and want to create some macros to categorize or archive your email, here’s some copy and paste code to have fun with…\nSub Archive() Call CommonCategorizeAndArchive(True, False, False) End Sub Sub Categorize() Call CommonCategorizeAndArchive(False, True, False) End Sub Sub CategorizeAndArchive() Call CommonCategorizeAndArchive(True, True, False) End Sub Sub Task() Call CommonCategorizeAndArchive(True, True, True) End Sub Private Sub CommonCategorizeAndArchive(archiveEm As Boolean, categorizeEm As Boolean, taskIt As Boolean) Dim olApp As New Outlook.Application Dim olItem As Object Dim olExp As Outlook.Explorer Dim olSel As Outlook.Selection Dim olArchive As Outlook.Folder Dim olTasks As Outlook.Folder Dim olNameSpace As Outlook.NameSpace Dim olTmpMailItem As Outlook.MailItem Set olExp = olApp.ActiveExplorer Set olSel = olExp.Selection Set olNameSpace = olApp.GetNamespace(\u0026quot;MAPI\u0026quot;) Set olArchive = olNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Folders(\u0026quot;@Archive\u0026quot;) Set olTasks = olNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Folders(\u0026quot;zTasks\u0026quot;) For intItem = 1 To olSel.Count Set olItem = olSel.Item(intItem) olItem.UnRead = False If (categorizeEm = True) Then olItem.ShowCategoriesDialog End If If (archiveEm = True) Then olItem.Move olArchive End If If (taskIt = True) Then Set olTmpMailItem = olItem.Copy olTmpMailItem.Move olTasks End If Next intItem End Sub Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-04-10T12:22:39Z","permalink":"/2013/04/outlook-macros-to-categorize-and-archive-messages/","title":"Outlook Macros to Categorize and Archive Messages"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 4/1\nDan Rowinski says: The Hackers Are Winning – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1765\nTue 4/2\nMansal Denton gives you the: Top 10 Time Killers (and How to Fight Back) – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1766\nWed 4/3\nWhy you need F-you money – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1767\nThu 4/4\nMeghan Nathanson on: 10 Ways to be Mindful with your Children Again – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1768\nFri 4/5\nLeo @zen_habits on: Getting Your Family On Board with Life Changes – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1769\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-04-07T12:43:49Z","permalink":"/2013/04/weekly-round-up-33113-to-4613/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 3/31/13 to 4/6/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 3/25\nHow car salesmen use the Four Square Worksheet to get you to pay as much as possible – thanks genius for posting 🙂 – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1760\nTue 3/26\n17 Things Car Salesmen Don’t Want You to Know – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1761\nWed 3/27\nGet the Best Price on Your Next Car by Never Setting Foot on the Lot Until You’re Ready to Buy – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1762\nThu 3/28\nMoney Might Be Ruining Your Mood (Here’s How to Stop It) – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1763\nFri 3/29\nEmail Best Practices for Teams – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1764\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-03-31T07:43:18Z","permalink":"/2013/03/weekly-round-up-32413-to-33013/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 3/24/13 to 3/30/13"},{"content":"In looking over documentation on XPath queries it seemed easy enough to be able to pull out values from XML, but try as I might I kept getting no results back. Even searching on the root element “/elementName” didn’t return any results. Of course, as with all things Java there’s a trick and that trick is to call setNamespaceAware(). Here’s a quick and dirty example…\nDocumentBuilderFactory domFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); domFactory.setNamespaceAware(false); // NEVER FORGET THIS DocumentBuilder builder = domFactory.newDocumentBuilder(); XPathFactory factory = XPathFactory.newInstance(); XPath xpath = factory.newXPath(); XPathExpression expr = xpath.compile(\u0026quot;/items/item[@id='2']\u0026quot;); return (NodeList)expr.evaluate(domDocument, XPathConstants.NODESET); Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-03-25T07:25:27Z","permalink":"/2013/03/xpath-query-not-returning-any-results-in-java/","title":"XPath Query Not Returning any Results in Java"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 3/18\nChristopher S Penn @cspenn reminds us about the power of open standards asking: What will kill email? – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1754\nTue 3/19\nJohn Cheese on: 4 Things Politicians Will Never Understand About Poor People – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1755\nWed 3/20\nThe @tmninja on: 10 Mistakes Companies Make That Destroy Employee Productivity – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1756\nThu 3/21\nBig Food Is Making Us Sick – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1757\nFri 3/22\nHow I failed my daughter and a simple path to wealth – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1759\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-03-24T07:43:33Z","permalink":"/2013/03/weekly-round-up-31713-to-32313/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 3/17/13 to 3/23/13"},{"content":"Ok, here’s another nerdy post for all the java developers out there. Hopefully it saves you some time.\nLet’s say you have a XML DOM Document that you’ve been modifying in your code, and now want to write it back out as XML. One would think there would be a nice toXml() method or something on the Document, but there isn’t. Instead, make sure you have the xalan.jar file on your class path and use this function…\npublic static String getDomDocumentAsXml(org.w3c.dom.Document domDocument) { try { TransformerFactory tf = TransformerFactory.newInstance(); Transformer transformer = tf.newTransformer(); transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, \u0026quot;yes\u0026quot;); StreamResult xmlOutput = new StreamResult(new StringWriter()); transformer.transform(new DOMSource(domDocument), xmlOutput); return xmlOutput.getWriter().toString(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); return null; } } Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-03-23T02:23:28Z","permalink":"/2013/03/output-a-dom-document-as-xml-using-java/","title":"Output a DOM Document as XML using Java"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nTue 3/12\nThe Pawn Shop Debacle: I learned why Pawn Shops are evil \u0026amp; reinforced the value of being able to fix things http://markjacobsen.net/l/1749\nWed 3/13\nChristopher S. Penn @cspenn on: Which 3 metrics should you pay attention to – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1750\nThu 3/14\nThe @tmninja on: 10 Ways You’re Wasting Other People’s Time – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1752\nFri 3/15\n100 Life Hacks That Make Life Easier – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1753\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-03-17T07:43:38Z","permalink":"/2013/03/weekly-round-up-31013-to-31613/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 3/10/13 to 3/16/13"},{"content":"Do you read this blog on Google Reader? Then chances are you’ve heard that the Goog is shutting the party down in July. As a big fan this makes me sad, but as the Chris(es) (Penn and Brogan) have done, I too would like to remind you that you can get the same content by subscribing via email.\nWhen you subscribe you’ll never get more than 1 email a day (and realistically much less frequently) as well as a Weekly Round-Up of my 1 a day daily shares.\nIf you would rather not do that, you can follow me on the social network of your choice…\nTwitter\nLinkedIn\nFacebook\nGoogle+\nDon’t want to do that? Hopefully you’ll bookmark the site, try another RSS Reader (maybe Feedly), or at least stop by from time to time.\nNote: I’ll likely post this periodically until the final nail is in the coffin. As always, thanks for reading.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-03-16T02:39:56Z","permalink":"/2013/03/google-reader/","title":"Subscribe to the newsletter if you’re reading this in Google Reader"},{"content":"I’ll admit it. I got caught up in the MailboxApp fever and watched the little counter until I could get my hands on the app. Then I did and realized I didn’t particularly care for the interface or for giving up credentials to yet another service (though I do have 2 factor authentication setup). I like the Gmail interface. I think it’s done well. And I want control. So I asked that question that every engineer asks: “How can I do this better?”. Naturally the answer was smacking me in the face. Maybe a year ago I came across a Gmail snooze script, but didn’t really take the time to understand it or tweak it to my needs. This time was different.\nBelow you’ll find the setup instructions that will give you MailboxApp like functionality in something you completely control and that you can use from any email client. Just attach labels or move your messages to the any of the snooze labels and let the script do the rest. Personally, I’m using the script with a Dispatch “quick action” to easily triage my inbox.\nSee the “Setup” instructions in the comment block at the top of the code or refer to the images below…\nPaste the code from below into the script\nTo use the functionality provided by the script just move any email to one of the snooze labels. For example, Move to –\u0026gt; _Z/Tonight to have the email reappear at the time you selected (default: 5pm). These are the suggested options to use, but there are more specific labels you can use for tighter control:\n_Z/Later _Z/Midnight _Z/Noon _Z/Tonight _Z/Tomorrow _Z/This Weekend _Z/Next Week _Z/Next Month I hope you like it!\n/* * Author: Mark Jacobsen (http://mjg2.net/code) * * This is a massively modified and more powerful GMail snooze script that mirrors much of the functionality of * the iPhone \u0026quot;Mailbox\u0026quot; app with the added benefit of not having to hand over your credentials, and being able to * use from any mail client (web, Android, iPhone, etc). If you like it or have suggestions, please drop me a line * from my blog at http://mjg2.net/code * * Setup: * 1) Fill in the values below (or just use the defaults) * 2) Run the \u0026quot;setup()\u0026quot; function using the method drop down and run arrow * 3) Set time based triggers for: * moveDailySnoozes() - Daily between Midnight to 1 am * moveHourlySnoozes() - Every 5 minutes * * Changes: * 2013-05-06 markjacobsen.net Fixed getLabelForHour to correctly handle am/pm thanks to \u0026quot;benlarge\u0026quot; * 2014-02-23 markjacobsen.net Fixed moveDailySnoozes to correctly handle the current DOW thanks to \u0026quot;Jeff Hirsch\u0026quot; * 2014-03-24 markjacobsen.net Added additional parseInt()s to moveHourlySnoozes */ // ============================================================================= // Set these values according to your needs // ============================================================================= var TIMEZONE = \u0026quot;America/Detroit\u0026quot;; // Your timezone var TONIGHT_HOUR = 17; // Hour (on a 24 hour clock. ex: 17=5pm) representing when something snoozed until \u0026quot;Tonight\u0026quot; should reappear var HOURS_UNTIL_LATER = 3; // Number of hours when something snoozed until \u0026quot;Later\u0026quot; should appear var REAPPEAR_LABEL = \u0026quot;_Action\u0026quot;; // Full label path to apply when a message reappears in the inbox (leave blank \u0026quot;\u0026quot; to not set a label) var REAPPEAR_UNREAD = true; // Decide if you want to mark a thread as unread when it reappears in the inbox // ========================================================================================== // I wouldn't recommend changing these values but it shouldn't hurt anything if done right :) // ========================================================================================== var LABEL_BASE = \u0026quot;_Z\u0026quot;; // The label to create all snooze labels under (it's suggested that you don't change this) var LABEL_BASE_DOW = LABEL_BASE + \u0026quot;/zDay\u0026quot;; var LABEL_BASE_MO = LABEL_BASE + \u0026quot;/zMonth\u0026quot;; var LABEL_BASE_TOD = LABEL_BASE + \u0026quot;/zTime\u0026quot;; // ============================================================================= // ============================================================================= // Do NOT change anything below here // ============================================================================= // ============================================================================= var LABEL_LATER = LABEL_BASE + \u0026quot;/Later\u0026quot;; var LABEL_MIDNIGHT = LABEL_BASE + \u0026quot;/Midnight\u0026quot;; var LABEL_NOON = LABEL_BASE + \u0026quot;/Noon\u0026quot;; var LABEL_TONIGHT = LABEL_BASE + \u0026quot;/Tonight\u0026quot;; var LABEL_TOMORROW = LABEL_BASE + \u0026quot;/Tomorrow\u0026quot;; var LABEL_THIS_WEEKEND = LABEL_BASE + \u0026quot;/This Weekend\u0026quot;; var LABEL_NEXT_WEEK = LABEL_BASE + \u0026quot;/Next Week\u0026quot;; var LABEL_NEXT_MONTH = LABEL_BASE + \u0026quot;/Next Month\u0026quot;; function setup() { GmailApp.createLabel(LABEL_BASE); GmailApp.createLabel(LABEL_BASE_DOW); GmailApp.createLabel(LABEL_BASE_MO); GmailApp.createLabel(LABEL_BASE_TOD); GmailApp.createLabel(LABEL_NEXT_WEEK); GmailApp.createLabel(LABEL_NEXT_MONTH); GmailApp.createLabel(LABEL_LATER); GmailApp.createLabel(LABEL_MIDNIGHT); GmailApp.createLabel(LABEL_NOON); GmailApp.createLabel(LABEL_TONIGHT); GmailApp.createLabel(LABEL_TOMORROW); GmailApp.createLabel(LABEL_THIS_WEEKEND); GmailApp.createLabel(getLabelForDayOfWeek(\u0026quot;Sunday\u0026quot;)); GmailApp.createLabel(getLabelForDayOfWeek(\u0026quot;Monday\u0026quot;)); GmailApp.createLabel(getLabelForDayOfWeek(\u0026quot;Tuesday\u0026quot;)); GmailApp.createLabel(getLabelForDayOfWeek(\u0026quot;Wednesday\u0026quot;)); GmailApp.createLabel(getLabelForDayOfWeek(\u0026quot;Thursday\u0026quot;)); GmailApp.createLabel(getLabelForDayOfWeek(\u0026quot;Friday\u0026quot;)); GmailApp.createLabel(getLabelForDayOfWeek(\u0026quot;Saturday\u0026quot;)); // Time of day Labels for (var i = 0; i \u0026lt;= 23; ++i) { GmailApp.createLabel(getLabelForHour(i)); } // Month Labels for (var i = 0; i \u0026lt;= 11; ++i) { GmailApp.createLabel(getLabelForMonth(i)); } } function test(){ Logger.log(getLabelForHour(0)); Logger.log(getLabelForHour(12)); Logger.log(getLabelForHour(13)); Logger.log(getLabelForHour(23)); } function getLabelForHour(hr){ var ampm = \u0026quot;am\u0026quot;; if (hr \u0026gt; 12) { hr -= 12; ampm = \u0026quot;pm\u0026quot;; } else if (hr == 12) { ampm = \u0026quot;pm\u0026quot;; } else if (hr == 0) { hr = 12; ampm = \u0026quot;am\u0026quot;; } return LABEL_BASE_TOD + \u0026quot;/\u0026quot; + parseInt(hr) + ampm; } function getLabelForMonth(mo){ var tmp; if (mo == -1){ tmp = new Date(); }else{ tmp = new Date(2000, mo, 1); } return LABEL_BASE_MO + \u0026quot;/\u0026quot; + Utilities.formatDate(tmp, TIMEZONE, \u0026quot;MMMMM\u0026quot;); } function getLabelForDayOfWeek(dow){ return LABEL_BASE_DOW + \u0026quot;/\u0026quot; + dow; } function moveDailySnoozes() { var dow, dom, mo; // Move anything that was snoozed until tomorrow moveSnoozesToInbox(LABEL_TOMORROW); dow = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), TIMEZONE, \u0026quot;EEEE\u0026quot;); dom = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), TIMEZONE, \u0026quot;d\u0026quot;); // Move anything that was snoozed until this DOW moveSnoozesToInbox(getLabelForDayOfWeek(dow)); if ((dow == \u0026quot;Sunday\u0026quot;) || (dow == \u0026quot;Saturday\u0026quot;)){ // If something was snoozed until this weekend, that should be moved too moveSnoozesToInbox(LABEL_THIS_WEEKEND); } // Move anything for \u0026quot;next week\u0026quot; to the DOW it should come off snooze (i.e. the current DOW). // This works and doesn't move the messages pre-maturely because we moved // msgs for the DOW, prior to this and this functions should only fire // once a day moveSnoozes(LABEL_NEXT_WEEK, getLabelForDayOfWeek(dow)); if (dom == 1){ // Move anything snoozed until \u0026quot;next month\u0026quot; or // specifically for the current month on the 1st day // of a new month moveSnoozesToInbox(getLabelForMonth(-1)); moveSnoozesToInbox(LABEL_NEXT_MONTH); } } function moveHourlySnoozes() { var curHour, curHourLabel, hourForLater, curDateTime; curHour = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), TIMEZONE, \u0026quot;H\u0026quot;); curHourLabel = getLabelForHour(curHour); moveSnoozes(LABEL_NOON, getLabelForHour(12)); moveSnoozes(LABEL_MIDNIGHT, getLabelForHour(0)); if (parseInt(curHour) == parseInt(TONIGHT_HOUR)){ moveSnoozesToInbox(LABEL_TONIGHT); } moveSnoozesToInbox(curHourLabel); hourForLater = parseInt(parseInt(curHour) + HOURS_UNTIL_LATER); if (hourForLater \u0026gt;= 24){ hourForLater = parseInt(hourForLater - 24); } moveSnoozes(LABEL_LATER, getLabelForHour(hourForLater)); } function moveSnoozesToInbox(oldLabelName) { var oldLabel, page, reappearLabel; oldLabel = GmailApp.getUserLabelByName(oldLabelName); page = null; // Get threads in \u0026quot;pages\u0026quot; of 100 at a time while(!page || page.length == 100) { page = oldLabel.getThreads(0, 100); if (page.length \u0026gt; 0) { GmailApp.moveThreadsToInbox(page); oldLabel.removeFromThreads(page); if (REAPPEAR_LABEL != \u0026quot;\u0026quot;){ reappearLabel = GmailApp.getUserLabelByName(REAPPEAR_LABEL); reappearLabel.addToThreads(page); } if (REAPPEAR_UNREAD == true){ GmailApp.markThreadsUnread(page); } } } } function moveSnoozes(oldLabelName, newLabelName) { var oldLabel, newLabel, page; oldLabel = GmailApp.getUserLabelByName(oldLabelName); newLabel = GmailApp.getUserLabelByName(newLabelName); page = null; // Get threads in \u0026quot;pages\u0026quot; of 100 at a time while(!page || page.length == 100) { page = oldLabel.getThreads(0, 100); if (page.length \u0026gt; 0) { newLabel.addToThreads(page); oldLabel.removeFromThreads(page); } } } Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-03-12T16:29:37Z","permalink":"/2013/03/gmail-snooze-script/","title":"Gmail Snooze Script – We Don’t Need No Stinkin MailboxApp"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 3/4\nThorin Klosowski @kingthor on: How to Get Anything You Want with Minimal Negotiation – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1744\nTue 3/5\nShit Happens… to Mr. Money Mustache’s House – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1745\nWed 3/6\nBeen meaning to post this for a while about my favorite charity: @charitywater – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1746\nThu 3/7\nLeo @zen_habits on the: Discomfort Zone: How to Master the Universe – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1747\nFri 3/8\nCraig Ballantyne @craigballantyne gives you: 12 Rules to Live By – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1748\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-03-10T07:43:41Z","permalink":"/2013/03/weekly-round-up-3313-to-3913/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 3/3/13 to 3/9/13"},{"content":"Lately I’ve been thinking about the important things to me. What my “principles”, “priorities”, or “values” are. I’m sure I could spout off a number of things, but here are the big ideas that come to mind.\nFamily\nMy family is the most important thing in the world to me. I will do anything within my power for my wife and kids. What is the purpose of life without someone or a cause to love?\nGoals\nGoals keep us moving forward. They give us something to strive for. But don’t confuse a want with a goal. Remember, goals are SMART: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound.\nPlanning\nA dream without a plan is only a wish upon a star, but beware analysis paralysis. Use planning to achieve your goals. And remember, plans change. Change with them.\nDisciplined Action\nThis is where you walk the walk. Achieving any goal or carrying out any plan is primarily a matter of disciplined action. It’s making the hard choices. Doing things you don’t want to do. Doing as you say. Being a role-model.\nRoutine\nThe easiest way to maintain disciplined action is through routine. Routine isn’t a dirty word or meant in a negative way. Some might call it a ritual.\nSpontaneity (White Space)\nOf course once you have planned your disciplined actions and made them a routine it’s amazing how much time you can find for other things. Once you know where the unmovable objects are it’s easy to find the space between. Remember to keep white space in your schedule. You can’t plan everything and if you try to you will drive yourself and those around you crazy. Schedule your priorities. Don’t schedule your life.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-03-08T18:23:26Z","permalink":"/2013/03/principles-priorities-and-values-oh-my/","title":"Principles, Priorities, and Values – oh my!"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nMon 2/25\nDerek Khanna @dkhanna11: The Law Against Unlocking Cellphones Is Anti-Consumer, Anti-Business, \u0026amp; Anti-Common Sense – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1739\nTue 2/26\nJoshua Fields Millburn @JFM says: Here, Have an Organ – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1740\nWed 2/27\nFormer sex trafficking victim shines light on dark underworld of Super Bowl – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1741\nThu 2/28\nLeo @zen_habits gives: Advice to My Kids – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1742\nFri 3/1\nMarelisa Fabrega @Marelisa on: The Ten Habits of Zen to Done – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1743\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-03-03T07:43:37Z","permalink":"/2013/03/weekly-round-up-22413-to-3213/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 2/24/13 to 3/2/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nTue 2/19\nGretchen Rubin @gretchenrubin asks: Do You Find Yourself Falling for These 12 Familiar Myths about Clutter? – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1735\nWed 2/20\nLeo @zen_habits on: The 7 Habits of Calmness – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1736\nThu 2/21\nAn oldie but a goodie – Paul Graham @paulg on: Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1737\nFri 2/22\nAlan Henry @halophoenix on: How to Work an On Call Job and Keep Your Sanity – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1738\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-02-24T07:44:06Z","permalink":"/2013/02/weekly-round-up-21713-to-22313/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 2/17/13 to 2/23/13"},{"content":"The Weekly Round-Up is a once weekly collection of my #1Aday daily shares. Hope you find something of interest!\nTue 2/12\n14 Photographs That Shatter Your Image of Famous People – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1711\nWed 2/13\nUse a “daily do” list to remember and execute the little things – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1712\nThu 2/14\nWhy You Should Want to Pay for Software, Instagram Edition – While the dust up may be over this is still important – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1714\nFri 2/15\nMy 10 Essential Email Habits by @zen_habits – http://markjacobsen.net/l/1734Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-02-18T05:24:55Z","permalink":"/2013/02/weekly-round-up-21113-to-21713/","title":"Weekly Round-Up: 2/11/13 to 2/17/13"},{"content":"If you’ve been coding for any time, chances are you’ve become acquainted with the command line. While some love it and some hate it I think it’s wonderful for getting things done quickly. Unfortunately, the windows command line is crap. With that said I finally got fed up and asked that most important programmer question of “How do I get a better command line”?\nThat search led me to an open source application called appropriately enough: Console. When I first opened it up and started playing around I have to admit my first reaction was “meh”. Then I asked that import question again, “How can this be made better”? A little Googling and experimentation later I got things working to my satisfaction.\nSo, here for your one-stop quick-reference is how to setup the ultimate console for Windows…\nAssumptions\nYou access the console for all different platforms (not just Windows) You already have putty and its utilities downloaded – and are familiar with their use You already have installed cygwin – and are familiar with its use Installation\nDownload Console and extract the contents to the folder of your choice Download ANSICON and extract the following files to the same directory you extracted Console to. ANSI32.dll ANSI64.dll ansicon.exe Great, now you have Console installed, but this is the configuration I use to make it really rock.\nConfiguration\nThese can all be found under “Edit -\u0026gt; Settings”\nAppearance Custom color: Change it to an awsome green Appearance -\u0026gt; More… Uncheck “Show toolbar” Select “Alpha” under “Window transparency” and set “Active window” to 25 and “Inactive window” to 40 Behavior Check “Copy on select” Uncheck “Clear selection on copy” Hotkeys Set “New Tab 1” to “Ctrl+T” Set “Copy selection” to “Ctrl+C” Set “Paste” to “Ctrl+V” Hotkeys -\u0026gt; Mouse Set “Copy/clear selection” to “None” Set “Select text” to “Left” Set “Paste text” to “Right” Set “Context menu” to “Middle” Tab Configuration\nNow that you have your console looking pretty and being functional, lets hook it into putty and cygwin. You can do this configuration under “Edit -\u0026gt; Settings -\u0026gt; Tabs”. Obviously, the directories you’ve chosen for things will be different (change to your values).\nCygwin: Add a tab and set the shell to:\nC:\\cygwin\\bin\\bash.exe --login -i Putty: Add a tab and set the shell to:\nC:\\apps\\Console2\\ansicon.exe \u0026quot;C:\\apps\\Putty\\plink.exe\u0026quot; -load \u0026quot;aSavedSessionName\u0026quot; Reference\nConsole Project A Better Windows Command Prompt Use PuTTY with Console2 Configuring Console2 with Cygwin Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-02-15T15:40:00Z","permalink":"/2013/02/setting-up-the-ultimate-console/","title":"Setting up the ultimate console"},{"content":"Often times you can find useful information in your environment variables, but since it’s something you don’t have to do everyday it’s easy to forget. Here’s a refresher:\nWindows\nFirst bring up a command prompt, then run the following…\nset To see the value of a single environment variable:\necho %ENVVAR% Linux\nRun the following from a terminal to see all environment variables…\nprintenv To see the value of a single environment variable:\necho $ENVVAR Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-02-14T03:47:23Z","permalink":"/2013/02/how-to-list-all-environment-variables/","title":"How to list all environment variables"},{"content":"Despite what Apple may think, they don’t create the world’s greatest apps. I love my iPhone, but to really get the best experience outside of jailbreaking (work frowns on that) there are a handful of apps I use almost daily. Since I had a friend recently ask me about some of them I thought you, dear reader, may also find my “insight” useful. So in the interest of creating an up-to-date list of what i consider to be essential iPhone apps, I’ve created a page dedicated to The Best iPhone Apps!\nHit up the page for all my recommended iPhone apps, but here’s the top 3…\n\u0026lt;td valign=\u0026quot;top\u0026quot;\u0026gt; \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;http://mjg2.net/go/itunes/toodledo\u0026quot;\u0026gt;Toodledo\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br /\u0026gt; After trying just about every single to-do and task list manager under the sun, the one I keep coming back to is Toodledo. \u0026lt;/td\u0026gt; \u0026lt;td valign=\u0026quot;top\u0026quot;\u0026gt; \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;http://mjg2.net/go/itunes/drafts\u0026quot;\u0026gt;Drafts\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br /\u0026gt; Far and away the best note taking and all purpose app \u0026lt;/td\u0026gt; \u0026lt;td valign=\u0026quot;top\u0026quot;\u0026gt; \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;http://mjg2.net/go/itunes/fantastical\u0026quot;\u0026gt;Fantastical\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt;\u0026lt;/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br /\u0026gt; I wasn\u0026amp;#8217;t sure it would be worth it, but this app is so much better than the Apple calendar. \u0026lt;/td\u0026gt; Hope you find something useful.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-02-09T03:35:10Z","permalink":"/2013/02/the-best-iphone-apps/","title":"The Best iPhone Apps"},{"content":"So I hope by now everyone knows that Ctrl+T opens a new tab in Chrome, but I always forget these shortcuts so hope they help trigger your memory too…\nCtrl+T = Open a new tab Ctrl+W = Close the current tab Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+8 = Go to the tab at the specified position in the window Ctrl+9 = Go to the last tab in the window Ctrl+Tab = Go to the next tab in the window Ctrl+Shirt+Tab = Go to the previous tab in the window Note: Yes, these all appear to work in FireFox too. I’m just partial to Chrome.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-02-05T15:41:05Z","permalink":"/2013/02/google-chrome-keyboard-shortcuts-for-tabs/","title":"Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts for Tabs"},{"content":"Why is it that when I mention I have no email in my inbox or that I just delete email I get these looks and comments of complete disbelief? Probably my two favorite comments are “How can you possibly do that?” and “You must not do anything.”\nWell, I’m here to tell you that you can do it and that you can actually get stuff done. While there are a ton of ways to do this and you might want to tweak your implementation a little bit, I’m going to give you a run down of how I do it.\nOk, so how do you go about implementing inbox zero? First, create a new folder (Outlook) or label (Gmail) called “_oldCrapCloggingMyInbox”. Second, move all the email in your inbox into “_oldCrapCloggingMyInbox”. There, don’t you feel better already?\nNow, repeat after me…\nDelete\nDelegate\nDo\nDefer\nDelete\nDelegate\nDo\nDefer\nDelete\nDelegate\nDo\nDefer\nGot it yet? No? One more time then…\nDelete Delegate Do Defer Ok, those are the 4 questions you need to ask yourself (in that order) for every email. Now you’re going to start honing your “deleteability”. Seriously, don’t be afraid of deleting email (if you’re really paranoid, replace delete with archive”).\nCan I just delete this? If so, delete it. It’s liberating isn’t it?\nIf you can’t delete it, can or should someone else be doing it? If so, send it on its way and delete it.\nIf it’s something you have to do you have a decision to make. If it’s something you can do in 2 minutes or less – do it! Then delete it! If you can’t do it in 2 minutes or less either put it on a task list or move it to a “Read Review” folder/label. Naturally, if you put it on a task list – delete it.\nDoesn’t that feel so much better?\nNow, this may feel a little weird and it will take some getting used to, but practice it over the next few weeks and see if it doesn’t feel great to have an empty inbox.\nYou might also want to watch the original presentation by Merlin Mann.\nQuestions? Still think I’m crazy? Sound off in the comments.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-02-05T09:19:35Z","permalink":"/2013/02/inbox-zero-how-i-do-it/","title":"Inbox Zero – How I do it"},{"content":"Want to scp a file to another server without having to enter the password? Want to just make your security even stronger? Public/private keys to the rescue! Of course, if you don’t know what I’m talking about or why you would want to do this, feel free to google it or just go visit another site.\nFor those still with me, you need access to both the local and remote servers (duh). I’m going to refer to the server/host you are logged into as the local machine, and the one you want to connect to as the remote machine.\nFirst, on the local machine you need to generate your public and private keys. To do so, enter this command…\nssh-keygen -t rsa Be sure to just hit enter to the questions you’re prompted with (otherwise you will have to enter a password when connecting with the keys – which goes against the whole point of this post). This will create a couple of files in your .ssh directory (something like id_rsa and id_rsa.pub – your private and public keys respectively). Your public key (the file you want to distribute) ends in “.pub”. Assuming you have that file, send it over to the remote machine (perhaps with scp, yes?)…\nscp ./id_rsa.pub user@server.com:/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa.pub Of course password authentication isn’t enabled yet so you’ll have to enter the password. Next up, you need to login to the remote machine and visit your .ssh directory, and cat the .pub file into your “authorized_keys” file (don’t worry, the command below will create the file if it doesn’t exist. I leave it to you to know how to create the .ssh directory if needed)…\ncat id_rsa.pub \u0026gt;\u0026gt; authorized_keys It’s then a good idea to secure your file and delete the temporary public key on the remote machine…\nchmod 600 authorized_keys rm id_rsa.pub Once you’ve done all this, you should now be able to connect without a password! Just use your private key…\nssh -i ./id_rsa user@server.com Have fun!Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-02-03T07:25:11Z","permalink":"/2013/02/setup-password-less-ssh-and-scp-with-publicprivate-keys/","title":"Setup password-less SSH and SCP with public/private keys"},{"content":"One common suggestion for securing a secure shell connection on Linux is to change the port that ssh runs on. But how exactly do you connect to a server on one of these non-standard ports?\nNaturally, the syntax is different for each so here goes:\nssh\nssh -p 33432 user@server.com Yes, ssh uses a lower case p command line argument. Just wait until we get to scp.\nsftp\nsftp -o \u0026quot;Port 33432\u0026quot; user@server.com Of course sftp uses a plain English option parameter of “Port XXXX”\nscp\nscp -P 33432 /home/user/file.txt user@server.com:/home/user And naturally scp uses a capital P\nGotta love consistency!Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-02-03T04:24:05Z","permalink":"/2013/02/ssh-sftp-and-scp-on-non-standard-ports/","title":"SSH, SFTP, and SCP on non-standard ports"},{"content":"So you want to access a Windows UNC share in Linux? No problem if you know the magic commands and have root access. This can be a great alternative to running cygwin if you are able to access a linux box (directly or via a virtual machine).\nFirst, start by creating your mount point…\nsudo mkdir /mnt/share1 Then, actually mount your UNC share to the mount point…\nsudo mount -t cifs \u0026quot;//server/share1\u0026quot; /mnt/share -o username=my,password=secret This would make \\server\\share1 available to you on the Linux box as /mnt/share. Note the use of the options parameter (-o) to specify username and password.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-01-25T17:23:54Z","permalink":"/2013/01/mount-a-windows-share-in-linux/","title":"Mount a Windows Share in Linux"},{"content":"Want to see the nickname setup for a DB2 database? Here’s a handy query…\nSELECT NICK.TABSCHEMA, NICK.TABNAME, NICK.SERVERNAME, NICK.OWNER, NICK.REMOTE_SCHEMA, NICK.REMOTE_TABLE, SRV.SERVERTYPE FROM SYSCAT.NICKNAMES NICK INNER JOIN SYSCAT.SERVERS SRV ON (NICK.SERVERNAME = SRV.SERVERNAME); Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-01-24T15:19:28Z","permalink":"/2013/01/find-db2-nicknames/","title":"Find DB2 Nicknames"},{"content":"Ok, so this is not the most bleeding edge post, but hopefully useful if you need it. Here’s what you need to do if you need to get ColdFusion8 to start on server reboot (since it doesn’t appear to install itself as a service) using Ubuntu server.\nFirst, create a service script and make sure it’s executable like so…\nsudo touch /etc/init.d/coldfusion sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/coldfusion Next, you need to actually put something in the script…\nsudo nano /etc/init.d/coldfusion Here’s what to put in the file…\n#! /bin/sh ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Short-Description: ColdFusion8 service ### END INIT INFO file=/opt/coldfusion8/bin/coldfusion case \u0026quot;$1\u0026quot; in stop) $file stop ;; status) $file status ;; restart) $file restart ;; *) $file start ;; esac exit 0 Finally, you need to tell Ubuntu to use your service and make it available\nsudo update-rc.d coldfusion defaults Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2013-01-17T04:41:50Z","permalink":"/2013/01/start-coldfusion8-on-ubuntu-server-start/","title":"Start ColdFusion8 on Ubuntu Server Start"},{"content":"Now here’s a super geeky one for you, but also super helpful when doing DB2 dev on AIX. Thanks to one of our App DBAs for providing this!\nPlease note that you will need DBADM rights to do some of these things so your mileage may vary.\nFirst you need to determine what command(s) to run…\nREORG(#1), RUNSTAT(#5), REBIND (#6) as a first step when performance is suffering REORG(#1) when you recieve a SQL0668N reason code 7 or any other SQL message indicating a REORG is required REORG(#1) after table alters or deleting lots of rows when you want to reclaim space. REORG(#2) when you recieve a ADM6044E or a SQL2216N SQL error “-289” on a REORG (#1) CLEAR LOAD PENDING (#3) when you recieve a SQL0668N reason code 3 RUNSTAT(#5) after REORGs(#1 or #2), data volume changes(+10%), and/or adding indexes EMPTY A TABLE WITH A LOAD REPLACE(#4) when you want to empty a medium or larger sized table REBIND(#6) after every RUNSTAT(#5) if you are using stored procedures SET INTEGRITY(#7) to fix SQL0668N reason code 1 Then change the command syntax to match the required objects. All parameters starting with a dollar sign($) e.g. $TABSCHEMA, $TABNAME, $ROUTINESCHEMA, $ROUTINENAME, and/or $STEMP_TBSPACE must be replaced with valid table schema/name, stored procedure schema/name, system temporary tablespace.\nNote: RAPID SQL 7.7.5 Issue: Add cast syntax (CAST(‘command-syntax’ AS CLOB)) if your version of Rapid SQL returns an error\nExample: CALL SYSPROC.ADMIN_CMD (CAST(‘REORG TABLE $TABSCHEMA.$TABNAME ALLOW READ ACCESS’ AS CLOB));\nFinally, run the commands via any interface that can call stored procedures including RAPID SQL\nOther resources for troubleshoot messages or research other options for the commands supplied below by searching these\nIBM DB2 INFO CENTER for Version 9.5 IBM DB2 INFO CENTER for Version 9.7 1. REORG A TABLE\nCALL SYSPROC.ADMIN_CMD ('REORG TABLE $TABSCHEMA.$TABNAME ALLOW READ ACCESS'); 2. REORG A LARGE TABLE\nCALL SYSPROC.ADMIN_CMD('REORG TABLE $TABSCHEMA.$TABNAME ALLOW READ ACCESS USE $STEMP_TBSPACE'); Note: To find $STEMP_TBSPACE:\nSELECT TBSPACE AS $STEMP_TBSPACE, PAGESIZE FROM SYSCAT.TABLESPACES WHERE DATATYPE = 'T' WITH UR; 3. CLEAR A LOAD PENDING **This leaves the table empty**\nCALL SYSPROC.ADMIN_CMD('LOAD FROM /dev/null OF DEL TERMINATE INTO $TABSCHEMA.$TABNAME NONRECOVERABLE'); 4. EMPTY A TABLE WITH LOAD REPLACE\nCALL SYSPROC.ADMIN_CMD ('LOAD FROM /dev/null OF DEL REPLACE INTO $TABSCHEMA.$TABNAME NONRECOVERABLE'); 5. RUNSTAT A TABLE\nCALL SYSPROC.ADMIN_CMD('RUNSTATS ON TABLE $TABSCHEMA.$TABNAME ON ALL COLUMNS AND SAMPLED DETAILED INDEX ALL ALLOW WRITE ACCESS'); 6. REBIND A STORED PROCEDURE\nCALL SYSPROC.REBIND_ROUTINE_PACKAGE('P','$ROUTINESCHEMA.$ROUTINENAME','ANY'); 7. SET INTEGRITY\nSET INTEGRITY FOR $TABSCHEMA.$TABNAME IMMEDIATE CHECKED; Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2012-12-19T16:35:19Z","permalink":"/2012/12/six-commands-developers-can-run-to-resolve-issues-in-db2-aix-development/","title":"Seven commands developers can run to resolve issues in DB2 AIX development"},{"content":"Have a large script (like a DB dump) you want to execute from the command line in one line so you can just drop it in a batch/shell script and run with it? Assuming MySql is on your system path, here’s the command…\nmysql -u user -ppass \u0026lt; C:\\temp\\myscript.sql Where \u0026ldquo;user\u0026rdquo; is the username, and \u0026ldquo;pass\u0026rdquo; is the password (note, there\u0026rsquo;s no space or other delimiter between the \u0026ldquo;-p\u0026rdquo; and the password)Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2012-12-12T03:04:40Z","permalink":"/2012/12/execute-a-sql-file-via-the-mysql-command-line-in-one-line/","title":"Execute a SQL file via the MySQL command line in one line"},{"content":"If you’ve ever had to add a SSL certificate to a java keystore, you know that the command is a little convoluted. Here for your and my reference is the command…\n\u0026quot;D:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre1.5.0_22\\bin\\keytool\u0026quot; -import -trustcacerts -alias MyCA2 -file C:\\MyCA2.crt -keystore \u0026quot;D:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre1.5.0_22\\lib\\security\\cacerts\u0026quot; When promoted for the password, the default is “changeit”, and make sure to choose/type “yes” when asked if you want to trust the cert.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2012-12-06T19:51:19Z","permalink":"/2012/12/add-a-ssl-cert-to-your-java-keystore/","title":"Add a SSL Cert to Your Java Keystore"},{"content":"Every now and then, people ask how I knew something or how I can keep up on the things I do. Rather than go over it a bunch of times I’d like to try and share it once.\nFirst and foremost, the most important thing is managing the “noise” you do listen to. Specifically, I do not watch or read the “news” unless an event somewhere else triggers the need/desire to check things out. Second, in social media you need to learn how the tools work, and by that I mean using things like lists, or hiding individual noise makers (for example, if less than 1 in 3 of your posts has anything useful and you’re not immediate family there’s a good chance you’re getting blocked).\nSo on to the specifics… The way I make this work is with a few tools:\nFeedly – For subscribing to RSS feeds Social Media – Take your choice. Mine are LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Google+ Flipboard – For viewing social media and RSS feeds Pocket – For reading the things that may actually be useful Evernote – For storing the things that actually were useful Step 1 – Setup your Inputs\n****In this step, you would subscribe to the feeds you’re interested in via Google Reader, setup social media profiles on the network(s) of your choice, connect with the people you want to on those networks, and create your VIP lists.\nOn Twitter I have a private “VIP” list I maintain of people I most respect and that post useful content. This list has less than 20 members.\nOn Facebook, because of their ridiculous “news feed”, I don’t pay attention to most posts and a lot of people wind up getting hidden. I also have a VIP list for immediate family.\nNo matter what network I strongly recommend setting up a “VIP” list (actually call it that) so you can easily get at the people and content you’re most interested in without all the other noise.\nStep 2 – Setup Flipboard\n****This is my platform of choice for being able to quickly scan inputs at a glance and decide which things may be worth my time. For example, you can have a board for your Google Reader feed, social media feeds, or even specific lists on Twitter, Facebook, or Google+.\nYou’ll also want to setup the “read it later” service of your choice, which for me is Pocket. Once you’ve done this, as you’re flipping through the posts on any “board” you can simply long press and choose “Read Later” to have the article saved without all the ads and garbage for easy reading later.\nThis is where the “triage” is done multiple times a day. When I have a spare minute I’ll flip through a given board or boards marking articles of interest to read later.\nStep 3 – Read\nAfter things have been saved to Pocket, when I have more than a quick minute I’ll read the articles I’m interested in. Pocket is great because it has apps for iPhone and Android as well as a web app for reading on a larger screen.\nStep 4 – Archive\nIf I find something I really like, Pocket makes it very easy to save the article to Evernote for future reference (except for on the web platform). Once in Evernote I can get at any article from anywhere since they have an app for just about every platform under the sun. Personally, I have an “Article Ref” notebook that everything gets shoved into.\nSo there you have it. My personal method for managing my social media intake. Hope you find it useful and learned something you hadn’t known before.Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2012-12-03T18:03:06Z","permalink":"/2012/12/how-i-manage-my-social-media-intake/","title":"How I manage my social media intake"},{"content":" A friend shared this post from facebook and I thought it worthwhile to pass along\u0026#8230; If we cannot control our own mouths (e.g. we lecture too much, have to prove our point, yell and scream)\u0026#8230;how can we expect our children to control their mouths? If we cannot control our emotions, how can we expect our kids to control their emotions? \u0026#8230; Let\u0026#8217;s make 2013 the year we get control of ourselves. Of course this is sometimes easier said than done as any parent can attest to 🙂 Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2012-11-27T21:59:37Z","permalink":"/2012/11/self-control/","title":"Self Control"},{"content":"Want to keep posts from a given WordPress category or categories out of your public feed? If so, just edit the template’s functions.php file and append this code…\nfunction myFeedExcluder($query) { if ($query-\u0026gt;is_feed) { $query-\u0026gt;set('cat','-12'); } return $query; } add_filter('pre_get_posts','myFeedExcluder'); This code will keep the category ID=”12″ out of the feed. If you want to exclude more than one category, put them in separated by commas ‘-12,-25,-33′.\nThanks to this page for this tip!Please remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2012-11-24T20:40:05Z","permalink":"/2012/11/exclude-categories-from-wordpress-feed/","title":"Exclude Categories from WordPress Feed"},{"content":"As we enter the stereotypical season of thanks I’ve been looking back at things that we’ve accomplished over the years, and I’ve realized that I have been extremely blessed. I’m blessed…\nTo have been born in America To be healthy To have parents from a working class background To have had a good education To have married a wonderful woman To have healthy children To have a great company To have a great job To have been taught: discipline, self-sacrifice, and hard work For any of you that helped to heap these many blessings on me, I say “Thank You!” now, tomorrow, and forever.\nPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2012-11-22T07:13:24Z","permalink":"/2012/11/thankful-for-being-blessed/","title":"Thankful for Being Blessed"},{"content":"There’s still time left in my charity:water unbirthday campaign to bring safe drinking water to people in developing countries. 100% of all donations directly fund water projects, and every dollar is proven using photos and GPS coordinates on a map.\nYou can even check out the results from my last “unbirthday”\nThe best gift is a gift to my unbirthday campaignPlease remember to subscribe to the newsletter or feed to stay up to date!\nDisclaimer: Thoughts and opinions are my own, and do not reflect the views of any employer, family member, friend, or anyone else. Some links may be affiliate links, but I don\u0026rsquo;t link to anything I don\u0026rsquo;t use myself.\n","date":"2012-11-21T17:57:54Z","permalink":"/2012/11/its-my-unbirthday/","title":"It’s my unbirthday!"}]