stoicism
I recently restarted study of Stoicism by getting my feet wet again reading "The Daily Stoic" every day and jotting down thoughts on that day's entry. One thing that comes up a lot is the idea of "being a good person" or "doing
ai
Let's not jump to conclusions quite yet!
photography
Given how much of a nerd I am for iOS photography apps once I heard about the new camera app from Adobe Research I had to give it a try. Project Indigo is a fascinating project and the results I've seen with the app are really something. It
coffee
From the back of the card: Floral citrus aromas followed by notes of sweet cedar and caraway with a molasses sweetness. Dramatic and otherworldly contrasts characterize the region in West Java where this coffee is grown. With abundant rainfall, towering volcanoes and dense rainforests, this striking setting offers an ideal
apps
On trying Readwise Reader for a third go-around
coffee
Finished up the Rwanda beans that I bought at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery in New York back in May. They were very good, better to me than the Mexico which is also very good!
thoughts
Over the last several years, as my mother lost mobility and had a series of health problems, I’ve had to spend considerable amount of time and energy taking care of more and more things so she could maintain some semblance of independence in her house. Over that time her
thoughts
I’d love to take this off your hands. My phone number is xxx-xxx-xxxx. My name is Rick Nelson. It has historical remembrance to my life I can get it anytime in the next day or two. I’d love to get it put it back to use. This was
thoughts
I’ve backed myself into a bit of a quandary. In my desire to keep as many of my mom’s things out of the landfill as possible I’ve listed things on Craigslist and OfferUp that weren’t already being donated. The problem is that now my headspace is
family
I’ve got to say that clearing out a house of stuff that’s been around your whole life is very, very weird. I’m not exactly a nostalgic person so I’m not really sad about any of it. They’re just things, but they all represent people long
family
I’ve been cleaning out my mom’s house at a breakneck pace with the closing of the sale approaching with less than a week to go. One of the pieces I was worried about was my dad’s toolbox. My dad loved working on cars. The toolbox was bought
thoughts
(old post from a previous blog. posting here so I can reference it again in the future) I read two articles today that showed just how unhinged people are about “AI” right now. It was all doom and gloom, end of the world as we know it stuff. And absolutely
