Friends Helping Friends: Michael Bellar Video Shoot
One of the benefits of living the random life of a freelancer is you get to work on interesting side projects. A couple months ago, my friend Sid was doing a video project for his...
View ArticleResolution Review #8: Making Bacon and Plowing Through
It’s that time of the month again: GROUNDHOG DAY RESOLUTION REVIEW DAY! My sleep schedule has been all over the place, and I’ve been much more of a hermit than I think is healthy. Still, in hindsight...
View ArticleTravel 2015!
This month I’m leaving my nest in Southern New Hampshire to fly to reconnect with my extended family and culture in Taiwan. It’s also an experiment to see how well I can work away from home, testing...
View ArticleDay 01: Escape from New Hampshire
Saturday, October 17, 2015. I had a flight booked on Southwest Airlines from New Hampshire’s Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) to San Jose (SJC) via Chicago Midway (MDW). The great thing about...
View ArticleDay 02: Meanwhile, in San Jose
Sunday, October 18, 2015. San Jose and its surrounding neighborhoods remind me how sparsely populated my part of the world is. While Nashua is a fairly large town of 80,000 people, it’s not a city by...
View ArticleDay 03-04: San Jose Work Days
Monday, October 19, 2015. While I’m waiting for my flight on Wednesday, this is a good time to work with my cousin Ben on our interactive project with UCLA/IU. I don’t have a motion tracker rig at...
View ArticleDay 05: Taiwan Bound
Wednesday, October 21, 2015. It feels somewhat omenous to be traveling to Taiwan today, as it is Back to the Future Day and the year 1985 was around the time I last lived there. When I graduated from...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2015 November Word Counting Calendar
You can always download the most recent version from my Nanowrimo Calendar Page! It is updated by late October every year. I’ve just uploaded this year’s NaNoWriMo Word Tracking Calendar for 2015! Go...
View ArticleDay 06-08: Settling into Taiwan with Dad
Saturday, October 24, 2015. It’s been difficult to keep up with my daily updates, but perhaps that was to be expected. The first full day in Taiwan was pretty much a sleeping day, and the second day in...
View ArticleDay 09-10: Dinner and Dentistry in Taichung
Monday, October 26, 2015. The past two days have been about getting ready for the dental implant operation I had scheduled for Monday morning at the Faith & Glory Dental Clinic, which happens to...
View ArticleDay 11-12: The Appliances of Taiwan
Wednesday, October 28, 2015. After Monday’s oral surgery to insert two dental implants into my jaw, I’ve been taking it easy. There has been little pain and no bleeding, and I’ve been carefully taking...
View ArticleGHDO for December 12: Scheduling Difficulties
I’m really crunched for time, so I’m posting a very abbreviated report today. I’ll post a more detailed followup with the 2020 summary sometime after Christmas. But since I’m already here, I’ll make a...
View Article2021 Compact Calendar
I’ve finally updated the 2021-2022 Compact Calendar, which you can find at the 2021 Calendar Page. It’s free, and includes: Excel Version to generate your own calendar starting any day or year Numbers...
View Article2021 Updates for Emergent Task Planner Almanac
I’ve got the 2021 Emergent Task Planner Almanac updated in the digital shop. It’s a pre-formatted and dated 365 page version of the ETP. I’m selling two packages again this year, each with 12...
View Article2021 Word Counting Calendar
It’s finally done. This always take a long time to update, but this year was particularly bad because of crash issues with InDesign and Acrobat’s tendency to not load the latest files. The editing...
View ArticleGroundhog Day Resolutions Kickoff 2021!
random pic of the month: we got a big fluffy heap of snow on groundhog day! Ah, February 2nd! This is the day I declare my resolutions for the year in an ongoing attempt to find a sustainable path to...
View ArticleGHDR Update 0222 – Adderall-inspired Alternate Thoughts
Hello! Here’s a follow up on this year’s Groundhog Day Resolutions, which I started this year by picking TRANSITIONS as this year’s theme. Briefly, the three areas of transition I am thinking of are:...
View ArticleGHDR 2021 March Report: Defining Transition
random pic of the month: I have been learning to cook this pork w/ 5-spice tofu and doubanjiang It’s been a month since I declared TRANSITIONS as this year’s GHDR theme. Looking back at the February...
View ArticleGHDR 2021 April Report: Fog of Time Tunnel Vision
random pic of the month: Hainanese Chicken Rice is a popular street food in Southeast Asia that I have never tasted before. I tried to make it anyway. Happy Groundhog Day Resolutions Report Day! The...
View ArticleGHDR 2021 May Report: Dodging the Binary
random pic of the month: Kimchi Jjigae is a Korean pork stew. Pungently spicy and salty! I didn’t grow up with this, but I wish I did. Hello everyone! I apologize for the lateness of this month’s...
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