He hadn't been to SSD since he got his puppy. But before that he used to spend all his free time, weekday or weekend s, at the SSD. He liked the first S the best. It stood for  shooting range . It was not that he found pleasure in shooting...

Parents are more influential than we give them credit for. Growing up they are the boomers and so why would we look up to them. But although we like to act like we are not like them, I see it time and time again. History might not repeat but it...

The  deadline for the paper was  Friday two weeks ago.

This was the longest time I had gone past a deadline... initially I didn't even know it was possible. I remember Thursday night.... sitting in the library so late. Just when it was neither night or early morning. That's when they...

I used to think  Paul Graham was crazy for writing his blog posts using vim .

This past month I've spent so much time in the  command line and learning all these keyboard shortcuts that I can finally see how one could write on a terminal text editor.

Not that I'd want...

Before my friend died, he always talked about starting up his own  catering business. He really liked to cook, and he really liked to serve others his food, no matter how broke he was, I'll give him that, but I don't think there was any support structure for him to...

I was thinking of an app Taylor Otwell espouses.

Todoist .

Very simple, and that got me thinking while I was making today's coffee about simple.

A to-do list is considered one of the simplest user interfaces, so much so that people akin it to basket weaving of programming. This perception of...

Howard could feel the  cortisol seep into his veins. He could feel the walls of his arteries stiffen. This was supposed to be his easy week. He was taking a vacation the next, a rescheduled  honeymoon ... as he had sacrificed his actual honeymoon because Greg had asked him too......

"Man! Now this is what I like about this agency! You guys are one of the top design agencies, but you still go around kicking ass, literally! Now I fucking like that!"

They had failed to meet the deadline and had scheduled a Zoom call to provide some bullshit strategic excuse,...

They offered a deal she couldn't refuse. And this was precisely why she died so unhappy.

But you couldn't blame her... seeing as it was indeed an offer impossible to refuse. So in fact her fate was sealed... the moment the offer was given.

I remember not knowing what to say...

The  alien approached Tom. Slowly. It opened its mouth. Inside of it were still the remains of the neighbor's flesh.

Then a ringtone went off. Suddenly Tom snapped out of his daze and he dashed for his phone. He fell on the floor though because his  rectum still hurt. From the...