Have you ever walked through a parking lot? Or c a sidewalk slanted in a particular way? Have you ever noticed how the interstates are ever so slightly gridged in the middle? Or how every slab of concrete seems to slant in one uniform direction? It's all by design. It's all for water management. It … Continue reading Exploring parking lots
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Stagnation
Why do some people refuse to change. Why do they put off things that would improve their lifestyle or health? What is it that makes people so reluctant to embrace new things? People are afraid of change. They do not want to relearn something. If they are already comfortable with something else then they will … Continue reading Stagnation
Decaf
I know many individuals in my life that say decaf coffee is an abomination. I find this to be very limited in imagination. If decaf should exist I would be vehemently against it. However if you were to ask the same question late into the evening I would say decaf is absolutely vital. It's all … Continue reading Decaf
Are libraries dying?
When's the last time you went to a library, or picked up a physical book to read that you didn't already own? What do you think will become of libraries? For quite literally thousands of years, libraries were a gathering place to store and exchange knowledge. If you wanted to learn something you had to … Continue reading Are libraries dying?
Vision
Sight. One of those senses that were always so slow to correct. How many times for those of you that have glasses if you put off an appointment to the eye doctor. Where as soon as you get your new glasses the entire world changes. Everything comes into focus. And we say to ourselves why … Continue reading Vision
Speed
Have you ever stopped to think about how fast humans travel? And I don't mean how quick they are to move on from one location to another I mean physical traveling. The act of moving from one place to another at speed. In a car train plane motorcycle, bus, whatever method you prefer everyone travels … Continue reading Speed
Roman concrete.
Did you know that until this past year we didn't know how to make Roman concrete? For thousands of years we've been able to study the structures they left behind and we didn't know how to build them. We didn't know how they were able to stay together where our concrete structures would start to … Continue reading Roman concrete.
Rot
Whether physical or metaphorical rot is breaking down of a system. Whether a work structure a toxic relationship or the decomposition of an organic being rot is the sign of death. It's a sign of unhealthiness. Rot is one of those things that has to be dealt with or it will affect the entirety of … Continue reading Rot
Free samples
Have you ever thought about what the purpose of free samples are? It's to give you just a taste of what could be yours. It is, a sample. Try the sample in life. Take that internship, go on that trip, call that work connection. Sample life. Go see what's out there. Use it to improve … Continue reading Free samples
Delayed repercussions
Are you familiar with postponed repercussions? It's when you know there's something that will cause issues but rather than dealing with it right now you push it off to some future unknown date. The recognition of something is not right and eventually will need to be dealt with but it can be ignored right now … Continue reading Delayed repercussions
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Clogged
Have you ever had a drain slowly clog in your house? Slow build up of sediments or hair, just random particulate matter that slowly over time fills up so that your drain stops flowing properly and ever so slowly begins to back up. Now it's still let's the water flow, just slower and slower and … Continue reading Clogged
Einstein tiles
Have you ever heard of an Einstein tile? I certainly never had until just a few moments ago. An Einstein tile is a 13-sided shape recently brought to life by a mathematician in the UK. It was theorized more than 100 years ago but it has never been brought to reality until now. What makes … Continue reading Einstein tiles
A thought about thinking
Have you ever thought about how your brain thinks? That if you think hard enough you can come up with new things. Thoughts that you've never had before. By thinking about something you can discover knowledge. It doesn't have to be something that you have known before it can be something that you figure out … Continue reading A thought about thinking
Creativity in the Workplace
A look into creativity with Chat GPT 3.5 turbo filling out a prompt.