Daily Thought Archive

I lost a bike race to a60-year-old today. He is in very good shape.

Congratulations PRISMS seniors!

A good UI design should have graphical aspects that help you learn it, but stay out of your way once you know all shortcuts.

Latest dumbass mistake on the boat: pumped up a batch of epoxy, spread it all over the hull, realized u forgot to mix it. What a mess.

Raised the slackline to about 6ft today. Pretty scary, but hopefully good practice as well.

I just remembered my old neighbors growing up, Iggy and Joe. I think they were cool :)

Now I know why you shouldn't use your workpiece as a workbench. It's a good way to end up with jigsaw marks in your bow.

The community pool is awesome. I kind of thought I would see Ham and Squints there.

I'm starting to feel a little burnt out on the boat from spending so much time on it. I hope it turns out cool, and it starts to seem like I'm making progress.

Finding a bonus pack of noodles on the back of the cupboard when you thought you were out of food is like winning the lottery.

Who knew UPS delivered so late. I had given up on my epoxy arriving around 5:00. But then the driver showed up and saw us on the slack line.

Boat paint: purchased

I'm starting to think quantum computing might be my next interest.

I got caught in the rain on my bike ride today. It made me nostalgic about my cross country trip and more determined to figure out how to make the Alaska trip happen.

I need your help with boat name suggestions.

My phone died while my stretching timer was counting down. How will I ever stop stretching?

I'm a little late to the party here, but I support reset the net.

Daggerboard trunk: officially installed.

The To Do list is a game changer for productivity.

Congratulations Sarah and John!

Got the Honda back on the road. It's a pretty nice little bike.

Woah, I just realized one of the daily thoughts I thought I had posted recently never showed up.

There should really be a bash command to make a directory and cd into it in one command.

I finally have a plan for the sailboat's daggerboard case. Now I just have to work up the courage to drill a hole in the bottom of the hull.

This is the first "perfect week" of the year for motorcycling to school.

QED - quod erat demonstrandum.

Translation: So now you can't argue with me no more.

Another year of CTY supplies are officially ordered.

Back to back boat working days. Soon It'll actually start to look like I'm making progress.

We miss you Tom.

Typing this thought is generating entropy to create my PGP key. (I hope.)

I'm really glad the weather is finally nice. It really makes me ready for CTY.

I think The Wonder Years influenced me more than I previously realized.

Unit Testing is awesome.

Played two rounds of golf today. It's so much nicer when nobody is right behind you.

It get me fired up when companies bully open-source developers like this.

Brought my first scooter back to life today.

Why don't I ever sneeze in my sleep?

I wonder if light or pepper could make it happen?

Uh-oh. Got some epoxy on the wrist during a marathon boat session this evening. Hope I don't break out.

The military is a lot like a gang. They recruit kids. Members are fiercely allegiant. Members salute their colored rag. It's hard to get out, and if you try, they punish you. Finally, and perhaps most obviously, they force you to commit acts of violence while suspending your individual morality.

Welcome back to debian, firefox. (link)

It's April. There shouldn't be snow in the forecast.

Fun fact: That truck I'm sitting on was called "The Beast".

I found this video discussing anecdote vs statistical significance interesting.

Happy Easter everyone.

(I'm looking out for chocolate bunnies, grandpa)

The US needs a digital transformation department like Australia has.

I've never liked writing assignments with a minimum length. Only recently did I realize that I also dislike maximum lengths.

I hate when people mistake a "trusted" third party for actual security. Use PGP people; It's way easier, Free as in freedom, and actually secure.

This graph is awesome because I saw no trend at all until I graphed it, and now the trend is clear. It's also awesome because I'm losing weight!

Signs on the highway say winter weather is coming today. I thought we were done with that!

First official ride on the alligator skin seat. Pretty classy.

The thing I miss most about my Google account is being able to post youtube comments.

It wasn't until halfway through our St Patrick's day celebration that George and I realized today is not St Patrick's day.

I think Spring Forward day is one of the happiest days of the year.

I've done situps and pushups every day for the last 435 days. That's kind of cool.

Got my first mosquito bite of the season.

First bike ride of the year today. It was a little short, but that should get better once the clocks change.

I finally found the onion soup packets at walmart. I hope I can find them next time too.

It took a while, but I'm finally circling back to my love for Creed. You could say I've come "full circle".

"Extra" should be an adverb too.

My first experience with shift registers was a frustrating one. I forget how irritating it can be to learn something that is confusing at first.

So wood splitting isn't just fun huh? It also makes me manlier? Excellent. (source)

The slackline is officially installed out back. This will be a good weekend.

The hard thing about new years resolutions is that they last all year. I hope I have enough stamina.

Fencing was pretty fun!

I guess that shouldn't be surprising. How could a sword-fighting sport not be.

I'm starting to get the hang of juggling.

I hate when I come up with a great daily thought, but forget it before I get to post it.

I locked my keys in my truck again. Idiot.

Looks like I'll actually get a tax return this year. Although who knows what they'll come after me for months or years from now.

Michael's is the only store I've ever seen that does the checkout line correctly. They have one checkout line that goes to all the registers instead of one little line at each register.

It is so refreshing to go to an all staff seminar that is actually really good.

The weather has been such a tease. Don't get my hopes up for a snowday and then just flurry a little.

I think I've reached the point in my life where I need to stop eating like a retard. I hope I'll have the will power to do it.

Sheetz redesigned their menu!

Okay campers, rise and shine. And don't forget your booties because it's cold out there.

I can't believe the year is already one twelfth over.

And I can't believe twelfth is spelled that way.

It really grinds my gears when people don't believe I invented the word ridonkulous.

Sometimes I think dental hygienists attack my gums harder to punish me for having not gotten a cleaning in a while.

I can't remember the last time my body was this sore. Maybe the bike trip?

Fist shoveling of the season. And two blisters to show for it.

Come on hands, don't be wimpy.

Maybe our ability to remember things doesn't decrease as we get older. Maybe our desire to remember things increases and therefore our frustration with not remembering increases.

The musical Les Miserables was very cool, and the book sounds even cooler. Too bad I'm a terrible reader.

Game day turned out to be pretty fun.

Where are you Rutter? Call me if you see this.

Had a good outdoor run in decent temperature and daylight today. It felt great.

Programmers love solving interesting problems and learning new things, but hate repetitive tasks and usually automate them.

I think that's why I hate folding laundry so much.

I finished my 15lb rice bag in less than one semester.

The automatically-play-the-next-related-video feature on TED, youtube, netflix etc. is brilliant.

I think I found my first welding project. link

Maybe I'm a transcendentalist.

I loved the first three paragraphs of this article.

First day of class for the new year completed successfully. Just 10 weeks until spring break.

New running shoes today! Hopefully that will help my arches (and my motivation to run).

I want to make this the best year ever.

Reupholstering my motorcycle seat wasn't as tough as I expected. It looks great.

I've finally deleted my google account. It was a long time coming.

I finally made some progress on learning to hockey stop.

Model trains are just as fun as I remembered from being a kid.

Segway board is awesome!

Merry Christmas everybody! I might be a real welder soon.

Got the first real play testing with my clue solver. Thanks for the help family.

That was an awesome birthday.

Played revolt and didn't roll my ankle.