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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Own it
You need to understand your own self-promotion. Especially in today's world it is important to speak up for yourself and rate your own accomplishments. Not in the prideful way, but to make sure that you are valued appropriately for your efforts. You need to keep track of your accomplishments the savings that you've made and … Continue reading Own it
Peripheral accessories
Have you ever known someone that blames the problem on their computer or their internet and when you try and help them with the situation you find them using some of the most obscure bits of technology to interface with their computer? Their computer isn't the reason they're 1990s CRT monitor looks horrible. Their internet … Continue reading Peripheral accessories
Steeping
Hot tea is something I enjoy dearly. In fact I have many hundreds of dollars wrapped up in the little bits of dried leaves. It is delicious and very soothing for me, but there is something important to realize about tea. It is not an instant drink. It takes time. Tea has to steep in … Continue reading Steeping
Simple
You don't need fancy words. Nor thousands of pages To fly high as with birds Or be eloquent like sages Keep your words simple. Curt, Plain and true For their value is not in the many but in the few
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
Organize
Thoughts, items, storage, memories. everything needs some order brought to the clutter sometimes. But that doesnt make it easy or simple. But it is worth it. Order brings the ability to process rather than the maelstrom of chaos. It doesn't have to happen all at once. Its a journey a process. Sometime it needs to … Continue reading Organize
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?
Reference
One of the reasons I decided to create this website this channel this brand is because I want to have something to reference in my future. Something tangible real something with a specific date on it. I want in my future to be able to point back and go That's when I started to do … Continue reading Reference
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.
Refurbished Servers
AI collaboration with Google Bard AI Prompt: Hello! you are an expert in the field of hardware and servers. please give a pros and cons blog about the uses of purchasing refurbished servers. the best places to buy them. and please give a recommendation on what is the most performance per dollar unit that someone … Continue reading Refurbished Servers
Hardware acquisitions
I recently made a purchase from the Amazon renewed program, and I was staggered to learn the price on Enterprise grade equipment in excellent condition that has been renewed. A server still under active support from HP (DL380 G9) for the next two years with 20 cores 128 GB of RAM and 4 TB of … Continue reading Hardware acquisitions
Prep work
Sometimes the benefit of a project is not the finished product but instead the process by which you get there. Sometimes it's about the skills and the relationships you pickup along the way. Don't neglect or ignore the what you learn because of you decisions. It could take you to amazing places
Obsolescence
You know one thing that's bugged me for a really long time is how people tend to trash on things that are older. Houses, cars, technology, sometimes even people. For example I was helping a friend recently pick out parts to build their first computer. One of their friends told them that if they don't … Continue reading Obsolescence