Thoughts Everything is a Sandwich, Probably There's constant debate about the definition of sandwiches. Questions around hot dogs, tacos, sushi, etc. are all valid, but I've come to believe that based on most people's definition of
Coding Nginx Docker Reverse Proxy I've been working on a basic setup to host a number of sites through docker on a local machine. The theory goes: Port 80 traffic hits my router and is
Thoughts Square Parents Community Newsletter I’m writing to you from a desk in my house that has fruit snack wrappers, hand-made cards from my kids, and more empty yerba mate cans than I care
Thoughts I write back to recruiters I get all sorts of spam. Email spam is mitigated via filters and unsubscribe links. Facebook spam is handled by saying “don’t show me this” to every link people
Polyphasic Sleeping Slow Polyphasic Adaptation It’s become tradition that when the due date of a child approaches, I start going Polyphasic again. It’s been about a week since I started acclimating, and I’m trying a very non-committal method. It’s been reasonably effective, so far, and
Polyphasic Sleeping Day Two: The Reckoning The feeling is intoxicating. The knowledge that even though your day is packed and that you’ve spent 1:20 sleeping through the course of it, you have at least an extra 4 hours in the day when everyone else is asleep. It’s
Life Hacks Inbox -1 I’ve read about how keeping your inbox at 0 is a major life accomplishment and that many people have a daily struggle with it. Having had my email well in hand for more than 10 years, I’ll share with you my secrets
Thoughts State of the Morgan 2014 I loved having birthdays when I was a kid. I’m pretty sure this doesn’t make me unique, but I carried this a bit too far into my adulthood. I held dear the idea that a birthday was going to be the best
Life Hacks The Smallest, Easiest Life Hack is the Best Life Hack I’m a sucker for life hacks that save time and effort, and I consider this one of the easiest to implement. When I use the microwave, I prioritize my
Coding Understanding Express Middleware in Node.js Middleware is one of those interesting concepts that once you get it is very helpful. I learned this from making an autominify middleware for express. The concept goes like this: Express is initialized. Each time you add an app.use call, it appends it
Thoughts Reflections on 2012 I’ve always found that even-numbered years are usually more fun, looking back, than those of odd years. I’m not sure why that is, if it’s psychological, or if it’s something to do with 16, 18, 30, etc. appearing on even
Woodworking Changing Table Plans With our son on the way in less than three weeks, and with a pair of reasonably successful bookcases under my belt, I’ve decided to tackle making a changing table. We’ve been looking into lots of different options and, while some of
Monthly Resolutions An Entire Month of Good Mornings Fearless month has proved to be one of the most difficult to stick to. The entire notion that I face my fears seems simple enough, but where do fears have a purpose and where do they have a detriment. This morning, I’ve faced
Monthly Resolutions February Monthly Resolution – Fearless Month The plan: February is Fearless Month. Many of you know that I occasionally do Monthly Resolutions instead of yearly. This means less of a commitment than usual. The last yearly resolution I did was to eat vegetarian at restaurants for a year. It was
Burning Man Nearodesic Polyhedron Hexayurt Dome Burning Man 2011 has come and gone, and I’m pretty damned happy to report that the conceptualization, execution, and result of building this type of dome was almost a
Burning Man Scale Models of Nearodesic Polyhedron Hexayurt I’ve been going to Burning Man for a while now, and I, like pretty much everyone else out there, am enamored of the ideas of large-scale projects on the
Cooking Best Pie Crust Recipe Ever This Recipe comes from Kimberly Flower, who got it out of an issue of Cook’s Illustrated, Nov 1, 2007. Vodka is essential to the texture of the crust and imparts no flavor—do not substitute. This dough will be moister and more supple
Cooking Raspberry Pie Filling Ingredients:1 cup sugar3–4 tbsp. flourPinch salt5 cups fresh or thawed raspberries, stemmed2 tbsp. butter, cut into small piecesDirections:Combine sugar, flour, and salt in a large bowl. Add raspberries and gently toss until well coated. Place filling into pie crust — I recommend
Crafting Strawberry Basil Pie Filling Ingredients:2 pounds fresh strawberries1/2 cup sugar1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice2 tbsp. fresh green basil, minced6 tbsp. corn starchDirections:Wash the strawberries, then remove the hulls.Leave very small strawberries whole, cut larger ones in half or quarters.Add the prepared berries to
Polyphasic Sleeping Polyphasic Sleep—A Primer Polyphasic sleep is a catchall term for sleeping on a schedule more than once a day. Since the term’s inception, the polyphasic community tends to agree that it also involves a schedule of some type, often rigorous or well-defined, but not certainly so.
