May, 2015

  1. Eric Flying Quadcopters

    This is a great video of my friend Eric showing off some of the latest DJI kit. I haven’t been following the drone stuff too closely, so this gave me a better idea of what he’s been up to. Nice work, Eric!

  2. Comparing Asics and Nike Running Shoe Sizes

    I have a wide foot so I order shoes online nearly all the time now. I take full advantage of the Zappos‘ “free shipping both ways” to order up a batch of sizes, figure out which ones work best for me, and send the others back. Recently I have learned that in running shoes, an…

  3. Texas Governor Deploys State Guard To Stave Off Obama Takeover →

    As my friend Shawn put it, “This is NPR, not the Onion.”

    Thankfully there is a voice of sanity among Texas Republicans:

    “Your letter pandering to idiots … has left me livid,” former State Rep. Todd Smith wrote Gov. Abbott. “I am horrified that I have to choose between the possibility that my Governor actually believes this stuff and the possibility that my Governor doesn’t have the backbone to stand up to those who do.”

  4. Tricking Myself into Improved Productivity

    I am wicked productive when I’m on an airplane (without wifi) and I don’t have incoming communications (email, Slack, Twitter, etc.) to distract me. In an attempt to let out of sight lead to out of mind, I’ve made a simple tweak to hide my dock in Mac OS X and turn on “do not…

  5. A Real Life “Who’s On First” Moment

    This exchange between my mother in law and our house painter is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a real life Who’s On First situation. MiL: What kind of paint do you use? Painter: I use Kwal. MiL: Koala? Painter: Yes, Kwal. MiL: Koala, like the bear? Painter: No, I never use Behr. It doesn’t…