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Things Shouldn't Always Work

Last night as I brushed my teeth, I had a great idea for a new logo for SETT-- maybe I could contort the ends of the S in such that the negative space would create two speech bubbles, I...

Jul 22, 2013 6,578 0

The Basics

A long time ago I read about how Michael Jordan practiced. Despite being creative on the court, almost all of his practice was the basics. Free throws, three pointers, dribbling. I figu...

Jul 19, 2013 10,136 1

Frozen Ponds

When I was a kid, I used to play on frozen ponds. It's one of those things that I'm now amazed I was allowed to do, which causes me to worry that I'll be an overbearing parent. The smal...

Jul 15, 2013 7,381 0

Birth of a Habit

I always write about habits after they're done, but I thought that it would be interesting to write about one before it starts, to get really specific about the actual process of creati...

Jul 11, 2013 9,617 0

The Smallest Interval

It's scary making large sweeping promises, even if they're to yourself. There's something about long time horizons that churn our stomachs a little bit. If I asked you to give up sugar...

Jul 8, 2013 6,289 0

Two Years

They say that we overestimate what we can do in the short term, and underestimate what we can do in the long term. As someone who's had his share of overstuffed todo lists, I believe th...

Jul 4, 2013 9,177 0

The Bernal Heights Piano Incident(s)

Christophe was moving his office and had to get rid of a piano. But one does not simply get rid of a piano. He and Todd concocted a plan to bring it to a public place so that it could b...

Jun 29, 2013 16,063 68

Switching to Linux

I was eating in Chipotle, browsing Hacker News on my phone when I read some outdated article about how the NSA may or may not have backdoor access to some cryptographic function of Wind...

Jun 27, 2013 8,397 1

Falling

Being high up in the air isn't a problem until the wind starts blowing. Then the dance begins -- your mind rebels, and you have to do everything you can to not get sucked down into it....

Jun 26, 2013 5 0

Terrible First

When we first started building SETT, I'd sometimes get asked what I was working on. Saying it was a new blogging platform was easy, but when pressed for details on what made it differen...

Jun 24, 2013 6,924 0

Why and How to Be On Time

For about a year now, I've been very punctual. Before making a concerted effort to be on time to everything, I was like any other average person-- sometimes on time, often a few minutes...

Jun 20, 2013 9,124 0

Gramps

A few days ago I'd heard that my paternal grandfather, Gramps, was diagnosed with Lymphoma and was going to have some tests done to see what treatment was required. Today I woke up and...

Jun 15, 2013 8,897 0

The archive

Things Shouldn't Always Work

Things Shouldn't Always Work

The Basics

The Basics

Frozen Ponds

Frozen Ponds

Birth of a Habit

Birth of a Habit

The Smallest Interval

The Smallest Interval

Two Years

Two Years

The Bernal Heights Piano Incident(s)

The Bernal Heights Piano Incident(s)

Switching to Linux

Switching to Linux

Falling

Falling

Terrible First

Terrible First

Why and How to Be On Time

Why and How to Be On Time

Gramps

Gramps