Finance, Food, Fitness
If my contract extension does not solidify next week, then I will have to look for a new job.
In preparation, I am reading up on Spring. If my contact does solidify, I will finally start in on Options. Either way, I plan on doing intensive studying for a while.
Only a 125 pages read [...]
I learned a couple things today.
First, my wife is more scared of fire then entertained.
Second, an electric stove top can heat a cast iron skillet to the point where pouring corn oil into the pan, the oil will immediately catch fire.
I was making cast iron skillet steak, I had heated the cast iron skillet on [...]
There are some days, when you come to the realization that you are not actually as good as you thought you were.
And then there are days when your mental self image is completely shattered.
So this morning my wife and I are sharing a lane in the swimming pool. I am going fairly fast and [...]
So I had this idea that I wanted to do a Steve Pavlina type trial. Steve has done several trials that have been very popular, including a polyphasic sleep trial and a couple raw food trials.
Two questions should come to mind. Why do you want to do a trial and what will your [...]
I have been to Bob’s Steak and Chop House 3 times now, and I am less then impressed.
My main disappointment is with the service. It is professional and aloof, noticeably aloof. So aloof in fact, that it has stuck out in my mind from each trip. On top of the air of [...]
I have written more C++ then I have read about how to write C++ and this might be the typical way people learn programming languages.
When I needed to learn Perl, I went the other way around. I read and worked through all the exercises in Learning Perl and then followed that up by reading [...]
So my father in law made cobb salad for the first time and was happy with the results, offering to make it for us the next time we are over. “You can check the internet for the ingredients.” his email read.
So I googled Cobb Salad.
As you can see in the image to [...]
I am a big fan of Fogo de Chao and have been since I first ate there over 10 years ago. They have friendly service and lots and lots of great steak.
But I called them today to ask about the menu and they one upped themselves.
My wife has celiacs disease which means that she [...]
This would have been called “How the fuck do I get remote commands to die” but I wanted to make sure I had all the keywords in the title, so I could find the answer later.
First the problem. When a running a command remotely using ssh, there is no local ptty associated with that [...]
So I am investing in a small real estate project and I need to transfer 5 figures to the project bank account. Now this should be really simple. I have an account at the same bank and the project’s account, but I am not the originator of the project, so the bank will [...]
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