A friend of mine lent me a book a few months ago at Angel Falls, our usual coffee spot in Akron. It’s called Taekwondo: Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Warrior by Doug Cook. He’s into martial arts, and I think he thought I’d appreciate the philosophical side of it. He was right, but maybe not
The first time I saw someone use a terminal to control a remote computer, I didn’t understand what I was watching. I was a student at the University of Akron. An IT support guy sat down, opened a window, and typed something. Then he was somewhere else. He was executing commands on a different machine,
A few weeks ago, I had a hankering for some sci-fi. Not Marvel sci-fi. Not blockbuster sci-fi. I wanted the weird stuff — cerebral, indie, atmospheric. The kind of movie that leaves you staring at the ceiling afterward. So I did what any reasonable person would do. I Googled it. What I got was a
September 2024: Buenos Aires Everyone calls it BA The whole city reminds me of Barcelona with huge vias and avenues They carved up enough of the city for giant parks that it feels really nice The hop-on, hop-off bus was a really nice way to see a bunch of the city over a roughly two-hour
September 2024: Montevideo Very calm and safe It’s a great taste of Latino America without much danger, at all. Still has the feel of Peru, Bolivia, Columbia and Mexico. The block in the sidewalks, the streets, etc A lot of colonial architecture and new construction going on A large middle class, and much less poverty
July 2024: Oslo, Bergen, Flam Oslo The kids had a blast at the playgrounds. We noticed that it was really setup for kids. I had fun going on morning adventures on the electric scooters. I learned how to do jumps off of curbs! I fell in love with the Volkswagen ID.Buzz, their new electric Volkswagen
2015: Málaga, Seville, Córdoba Madrid, Barcelona This was my first time visiting Spain, and it was with Zig Gmerek on our epic Morocco, Spain, France trip! Seriously, one of the craziest trips I’ve ever taken! 2015: DockerCon Barcelona Lisa came with me on this trip and I remember going up on the mountain and having
Almost everyone has an innocent desire to create art. Small children start drawing at 2-3 years old, just little stick figures, rainbows, or animals. Busy adults, who can’t commit a lot of time, go and sing Karaoke just to hear their own voice recreate the sounds of the original song, with their own little personalization.
One time, I’d had a few drinks and I was sitting with a group of acquaintances and they asked if I believed in God. I tried not to answer, but they kept pushing me. Without me answering, they detected wavering and assumed the worst. They asked “what would you have to see to to believe!?!?”
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