Notebook Geek
Yikes, has it really been four weeks since I last posted? Oops. To be fair, my daughter moved home and transferred to a local college, my son started his senior year of high school, and my wife started teaching a…
Category INTERESTS
Notion.so Dashboard
I started using Notion.so a few months ago, then decided to pay for a year subscription when they dropped the price to $4 Since that time, I’ve really taken to adding notes, structuring things, working on projects, etc. It’s a…
Notion.so Weather Widget
I’ve been using a great little product called Notion lately. They have a limited free version, so I highly recommend you check it out. I loved the flexibility and potential so much that I paid for a year subscription. I’ll…
Urban Planner … I wish
I’ve always been pretty fascinated with urban planning. When I was a kid, I would play with my Lego and Matchbox cars and build out a whole city complete with a freeway SimCity was one of my favorite games for…
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To-Do list saga, part one
Preface: I wanted to chronicle my struggle to find a personal productivity system. I expect this will be an ongoing series … I’ve had issues with to-do lists for years. I finally had a decent system in place for a…
Todoist vs. TickTick
To-do list showdown! I’ve been using Todoist for several months and am really starting to develop and trust my system with it. However, I had recently been hearing a lot of hub-bub about TickTick and decided to take a look at…
Project 365 (2018 edition)
Way back in 2015 I did a “Project 365“, in which you take a picture every single day for a year. It was the first time I’d completed a challenge like that and it’s still fun to look back at…
My Three Words for 2018
Like many people, I never fully subscribed to New Year’s resolutions and only halfheartedly created them. Since I never really took them seriously, I pretty much doomed them to failure. Rather than continue something that didn’t work, I just stopped…
4in44
Back in 2015 I tried a “Project 365” in which I would post a picture each day. I didn’t really have a theme, per se. Some days I posted something I’d done that day, other days it was completely random.…
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
I went to Arlington National Cemetery to visit my Oma today. She passed away almost seven months ago. I got much more emotional than I expected to, if I’m honest. But her headstone is complete now … so it was…
Not OKKK
Looking for free anti-fascism / anti-racism vector art? Thanks to Bobby Hundreds, your search is over! The art was inspired by Heather Heyer, who lost her life in the Charlottesville attack on 12 August. Source: Bobby Hundreds Gives Away Free…
Please greet me with a heart full
Why am I so behind the times sometimes? I’ve only just recently started listening to Run The Jewels. These guys are great! I don’t study war no more I don’t hate the poor no more Gettin’ more ain’t what’s more…
Tiny Space Living: Ikeahacks…from Ikea – Core77
I’ve always been a bit of a design nerd … but not enough to actually be a designer or artist. At any rate, I do love good (and fun) design. I’m also fascinated with what people are able to do…
Going backwards
I think I was in 7th grade when I first heard Depeche Mode. Up until that point, I didn’t really have my own musical identity. I pretty much listened to what my dad listened to. I enjoyed it, but it…
Coulrophobia
Coulrophobia [kool-ruh–foh-bee-uh] noun 1. an abnormal fear of clowns ex. I don’t get how anybody could have coulrophobia after listening to Puddles sing with his golden voice.