Author: Chris
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My new third place
I first heard about the concept of a “third place” in a magazine article I was reading about starbucks a few years ago. Recently I was reading a book that referenced another book (which I haven’t read, but is on my ever expanding Amazon wish list) that clued me in on the fact that the idea…
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Wicked
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Quick post to try out new OSX WordPress.com app
Just a quick post of the new WordPress.com OSX App. First impression: very nice. Amazing that its a complete rewrite. Seems very well thought out and not a single issue. Did make me realize however that I had neglected to turn on two factor for my wordpress.com account, which was connected to all the blogs…
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90 second book review: Our Mathematical Universe
Not sure where to start with this one, so I guess I will start at the beginning. First, a disclaimer: I am not afraid of reading above my weight class, and while I think I’ve bulked up a bit, there is still a ways I have to go before I will fully grasp all of…
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90 second book review: A Lapsed Anarchist's Approach to Building a Great Business
A few weeks ago I had the chance to visit Ann Arbor, MI for a week for business. I drove up late on a Sunday for an all day people performance review meeting on Monday that was a precursor to a larger meeting for the middle of the week and then a team meeting at…
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A queen's version of molon labe
I have to give credit where it is due: the whole reason I have discovered that I actually like history is due to Dan Carlin. As any of my few readers might know, I am a huge podcast fan and have been listening to Dan’s two podcasts for years (I owe a hat tip to…
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Random thought of the day: inflating universe = accelerating time?
Disclaimer: Just as I am not a historian, but rather as Dan Carlin says a fan of history, I am also not a physicist, but merely a fan of physics. Do you ever get a brain worm that you just can’t shake? No, I don’t mean a physical parasite, but something you just can’t get…
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Breaking the bad multi tasking habit
I once considered myself a consumate multi tasker. I could talk on the phone, have 3 chat windows going, be working on a presentation and filing an expense report all at the same time. I thought that multi tasking made me more productive. Over the past few years I’ve had the nagging feeling that I…
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Keezer build 0.5 alpha
The 1950s era fridge I had been using as my beer chiller in the garage finally bit the big one (to be fair, it might have had something to do with the hole I put in the coils when I was trying to chisel off some ice…) so I decided to go ahead and pull…