2022.01.05 Journal

Reflections:: It’s 6:11 am. I’ve been awake for about 20 minutes or so and feeling sluggish because I ate right before going to bed. I was supposed to have dinner earlier in the night with a friend, but he canceled. Rather than eating when I planned, I ate later – right before bed. And I … Read more

2022.01.04 Journal

Todo::* Day seven of journaling about Shame/Humiliation/Misery* Do another hour into the programming tutorial on smart contracts* Walk to my office and work out of there* Have the necessary conversations and do whatever reflecting is necessary to address whatever came up as a distraction in today’s meditation Had some, but not all. Lined a few … Read more

2022.01.03 Journal

Todo::* Day six of journaling about Shame/Humiliation/Misery* Do another hour into the programming tutorial on smart contracts* Walk to my office and work out of thereHabits::* Meditation – Day 665* Journaling – Day 8* Yoga – Day 7 Reflections::I kept thinking about work related things while doing yoga today. After the relaxed period of winter … Read more

2022.01.02 Journal

Todo:: * Day five of journaling about Shame/Humiliation/Misery* Confirm lunch and dinner plans with friends I also would like to work with* Explore a programming tutorial on smart contractsHabits::* Meditation – Day 664* Journaling – Day 7* Yoga – Day 6 Reflections:: Went to a friend’s impromptu New Years Day Party. Enjoyed seeing him and … Read more

2022.01.01 Journal

Todo::* Day four of journaling about Shame/Humiliation/Misery** Do research on the internet about humiliation** Reread the chapter I’m on with yoga Habits::* Meditation – Day 663* Yoga – Day 5* Journaling – Day 6 Reflections:: I stayed in last night rather than go out and interact with others for New Years. Felt good. Woke up … Read more

2021.12.31 Journal

Todo::* Day three of journaling about Shame/Humiliation/Misery** Do research on the internet about shame* Watch the video of week 8 of the 3VQ courseHabits::* Meditation – Day 662* Yoga – Day 4* Journaling – Day 5 Reflections:: Woke up around 7:15am without an alarm and felt excited to jump into my morning routine. The movements … Read more

2021.12.30 Day Notes

Todo::* Day two of journaling about Shame/Humiliation/Misery** Reread the chapters of Letting Go up to and through the chapter about Shame* Watch the video of week 7 of the 3VQ course Habits::* Meditation* Yoga* Journaling Reflections:: At a friend’s place that I stayed over at, so woke up and did my yoga practice with me … Read more

2021.12.29 Day Notes

Reflection:: I woke up pretty late in the morning today after adapting my sleep schedule yesterday. Drank 3 mugs of beer at a celebratory work lunch and passed out at around 4pm or something. Woke up at 11pm, was awake until around 4am, and then just woke up again around 8am. So far I’ve Neti’d … Read more

2021.12.28 Day Notes

Reflection:: I woke up just before 7am today without an alarm and then did the recommended yoga practice with the exception of not yet doing the jala neti practice. For tomorrow I want to have a tea kettle I could use for this. Want it to be approximately a half liter so I could really … Read more

2021.12.27 Day Notes

Reflection:: Figured I’d start posting my journal notes in a more public venue so that it’s easier for me to access them and so that anyone who’s curious about what I’m up to or was up to, they’d have an easy time figuring it out. For the past few years I’ve been keeping notes in … Read more

Collection of Quotes from Lara’s “Welcome 2015” Email

Wisdom for 2015 Get outside yourself and take action. Focus on the solution. Be at peace. -       Sioux Saying If one is courageous, keeps his head high, believes, hopes, and perseveres, things will eventually come out alright. -       William Saroyan Perfection is ideal, but it’s not necessary. -       My friend Joyce, consoling me on holding myself to crazy … Read more

Make suitcase sound system

Basic set: http://www.instructables.com/id/Suitcase-BoomBox/?ALLSTEPS from http://www.amandaghassaei.com/projects/instructables

30/60/90 Day goals in personal life

Two of the self management tools that keep my day-to-day activities focused on longer-term objectives at work are 1) having 30/60/90 day goals and 2) having a daily to-do list. The 30/60/90 day goals keep me focused on tactical plans that support longer term strategic objectives (more subtle or longer term goals with multiple dependencies that can take a … Read more

Having space and time to build stuff again

Now that I’ve had the space and time to build my speakers, I realize I’ve managed to neglect one of my favorite things to do when younger: play with tools and build stuff.

Brainstorming a list of Rails Quiz Questions for a Junior RoR Developer

Which files are created by the rails plugin new foo generator (assuming you haven’t patched the generator), and what do they do? README.rdoc – Where you put documentation Rakefile – Creates standard rake tasks for the gem. rdoc, and test. foo.gemspec – Standard gemspec doc to load in lib/foo, the version file, declares Spec data … Read more