Tag: mental

  • The One-Year, Self-Directed, Alternative Graduate School Experience

    All credit to Chris Guillebeau, creator of the online manifesto “A Brief Guide to World Domination”. http://chrisguillebeau.com/3×5/ The following is taken directly from Chris Guillebeau’s book: The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live The Life You Want, and Change The World The One-Year, Self-Directed, Alternative Graduate School Experience Subscribe to the Economist and…

  • Understanding Yourself And The Universe

    Terence McKenna – Nobody Is Smarter Than You Are We all must try to understand what is happening. We need to try to understand what is happening. In my humble opinion, ideology is only going to get in your way. Nobody understands what is happening. Not Buddhists. Not Christians. Not government scientists. Not… you know.…

  • Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

  • My first Bikram Yoga class!

    It’s 3:30pm and I’m crouched over my toilet contemplating relieving my stomach of it’s biscuits and gravy contents. I can’t decide whether a full stomach or throat sore from bile would be more unpleasant while contorting my body for 90 minutes in a crowded, 105 degree sauna. I kneel over the toilet with an “I’m…

  • Inspiration Point Night Hike – July 16, 2010

    Began running up to Inspiration Point from the Tunnel Road trail head at 10:30pm tonight without a flashlight. It took me under 9 minutes to the bridge after which point it was soon too dark, steep, rocky, and dangerous to continue running. I crept my way up the rest of the trail and reached Inspiration…

  • What is computer science?

    Despite earning a BSEE from a school that combines EE & CS curricula, I don’t know much about CS. After being invited to join the software team at work I decided I should find out. I haven’t been able to stop reading since… What is computer science? From: Wikipedia: Computer science Computer science or computing…