Justin Reinhart

Your Software Is Killing Your Creativity 1

Apr

27

2013

It is difficult to be creative and be perfect at the same time, and I believe the two are fairly mutually exclusive. A surefire way to derail a train of thought would be to have the train try and ride two tracks at the same time. Most will find the human mind works this way as ...

Bacon “Creamed” Spinach Paleo Recipe

Apr

26

2013

Bacon “Creamed” Spinach Paleo Recipe This recipe seeks to replace the traditional cream fat with bacon fat, achieving a “creamed” texture while complying with Paleo ideals. The additional use of balsamic vinegar makes a dish that tastes like an deconstructed slow-motion salad dressing. Ingredients 16oz Frozen Spinach 1/2 lb Bacon (smoked preferred, not lean) 2 ...

Raja’s Cup Review 1

Apr

25

2013

An adventure in giving up coffee. In an attempt to give up coffee for a while, I decided to try Raja’s Cup. On Robb Wolf’s podcast, Robb vouched for Raja’s Cup as having adaptogenic effects and contains licorice to prevent degradation of cortisol; hence coffee replacement in the morning. It came with one warning: Keep ...

Magic Phrase: I’m an Onsite Technician

Mar

15

2013

I’m a computer professional who detests having to call customer service; I’d much rather fix it myself. But on occasion, I need a warranty replacement, or the internet is just “down down”, and I have no choice but to speak to the company. I groan just thinking about waiting on hold, just to talk to ...

TVersity Screeching Music on Xbox 360 Solved

Aug

27

2012

I’ve spent several hours trying to diagnose why only some of my music, streamed to my Xbox 360 via TVersity, sounds something like The 99 Most Essential Classical Pieces For Shattering Your Priceless Crystalline Goblet Collection and Key Human Sense Organs. Despite thorough examination of every measurable detail (codec, bit rate, meta data, file size, ...

Trello Card Cover Preview Template for Photoshop

Jul

19

2012

This is my template for making great card cover previews. I hope this helps people out. I’m a big fan of Trello. If you’re reading this Fog Creek, thanks guys. Best, Justin Trello Card Cover Preview Template for Photoshop TrelloCardCoverTemplate-PSD.zip Features Safe zones to predict auto-cropping by Trello Wide-screen format (2.4:1) Sharp & opaque ...

Life of Crime Wishlist

Apr

25

2012

For your amusement, here’s my criminal wishlist, which I came up while riffing: – Jump into a car and shout “drive,” while hanging out the window and shooting at a police tail. – Shoot one of my own henchmen because he displeased me, preferably on a transatlantic flight of my private jet – Trade a ...

Open Letter to Netflix

Apr

1

2012

Dear Netflix, I was calling to report a minor bug, but seems like I stumbled upon a few more issues, eh? Issues My Instant Queue keeps changing from 161 movies to 148 movies, and back again, roughly half the time I click “Instant Queue.” (This is the problem I was originally calling about.) This is reproducible ...

Paleo Diet Versus My Cholesterol

Mar

27

2012

These results are my own and published for your amusement. Eating Habits Recap I was on a (subjectively) healthy diet (the slow-carb diet) for almost a year which resulted in my lipid panels on 12/12/2011. I’ve been on the Paleo diet since 2/21/2012 with very few exceptions. My data is pretty clean. I haven’t eaten ...

Open letter to Zynga

Mar

16

2012

I will never stop trying to improve things. Here is my open letter to Zynga about Hanging With Friends for iPhone. I do take software tweaks seriously. Good work guys. Great game. Some feedback regarding woes of auto-forfeit: Description: I’m usually a very busy person and when I finally sit down to play Hanging With Friends ...