This morning, soon after the New Years countdown, I saw a woman in her 20s crying while walking down the side of the road, in the cold, with at least another mile to the nearest residential area. Trying to pick up some good karma, I drove well ahead of her, parked against the curb, pulled ...

Merlin Mann has been a real pal of mine lately.  I’ve never met Merlin Mann, but I listen to the archives of his podcast Back To Work, which he records with Dan Benjamin. To me, the podcast is more than just productivity tips and GTD mentalities, or the genius insights about people.  Merlin’s abundant energy, uncaged ...

Things I learned making a mixtape 1. The slower the build-up a song has, the better suited it is to follow songs that seem impossible to follow. Longer silences can help too. 2. After the first 3-4 tracks, the mixtape will fade into the background and doesn’t need to be too heavily scrutinized beyond that ...

My day: Wake. Turn on my PC and brew coffee. Open Trello, Unity, and Photoshop. Start work immediately. Work non-stop, sometimes forgetting to eat.  I may work 12 to 20 hours, depending on my resolve. I blast My Top Rated playlist in iTunes to keep me going. I rock the pomodoro technique when I can’t ...

Last week when my iPhone 4 failed an update from iOS 7.0.3 to 7.0.4, it was a disaster. The restore from backup failed, and it left about 10GB of invisible “Other” space taking up room on my phone. I had to wipe my phone again thoroughly to get my free space back. The good news ...

I’ve had an issue for some time watching MKV files via TVersity Media Server; Specifically, on my PS3, the video has been playing but there has been no audio on the television.  Here’s how I fixed it, and I’m fairly certain this fix likely applies to the Xbox 360 as well. Symptoms TVersity Media Server ...

I was looking into magnesium supplementation and I remembered I had read about spray-on magnesium oil. At one point there existed a spray-on deodorant from the same company that would double as a magnesium supplement, and although I’ve never used it, and the science of magnesium skin-absorption isn’t yet proven, I thought I’d make my ...