The stock market kicked off 2021 with a swift 2%+ tumble. Ouch. For anyone who follows the market, this doubtless brings back memories of March 2020. COVID cases were on a sharp rise, and the stock market bottomed out, with a 30%+ drop over the course of just a few short weeks. A number of … Continue reading Stocks are on sale
One of my goals for 2019 was to read more, with the specific aim of reading two books/month, which I more or less hit. I also had a few other, more specific goals within reading itself. Given the fecklessness and absurdity of this Presidential administration, I wanted to read more about Presidents – about competent … Continue reading 2019 Reading Roundup
I’ve written about the fabulous journaling app Day One before, but exactly a month ago, I crossed the 1,500-entry threshold. I began journaling on-and-off on a trip to San Francisco in 2013, but began again in earnest about two years later. Since June 2015, I haven’t missed a day. I find that journaling is enjoyable … Continue reading Day One: 1,531 Entries
The other day, I left the house and went on an invigorating ten-mile run. I log my runs pretty religiously – usually on MapMyRun, though that day I happened to use Strava – and have kept a close watch on my mileage since I started seriously running in 2013. And so I know with certainty that … Continue reading 4,000 Miles
Recently I stumbled upon this intriguing tweet: Some background – Vim is a powerful text editor that is mostly used from a command prompt/terminal by programmers or other IT professionals. It is notorious for it’s steep learning curve because its simplest operations (like moving the cursor or even exiting the program) are not immediately obvious. After … Continue reading Break Those Barriers
Silicon Spatula 