Welcome to Euro 2020, the soccer/football tournament between European nations that is being played in 2021 due to COVID. Its always an opportunity to test your knowledge of countries, their history, and where they lie on the map. This past weekend’s question was “Why is there a North Macedonia and not other directional Macedonias?” The […]
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Kettlebells and Calluses – How to NOT Destroy Your Hands
After spending most of my adult exercising life around barbells, I have transitioned to a committed relationship with kettlebells. I will write in more detail about why in a separate post, but the benefits align very well with my goals and needs. One of the drawbacks is that your hands can get destroyed. I had […]
Using Microsoft Forms for Personal Tracking (and New Year’s Resolutions)
Just before the New Year, I shared my framework for New Year’s Resolutions. The easy part is coming up with what needs to change. The difficult part is tracking it. After fumbling around searches for a sustainable method to keep tabs on my progress , I found a fine solution using Microsoft Forms. There are […]
CES 2021 – What’s Missing and How to Fix
The Consumer Electronics Show for 2021 is upon us. Due to COVID-mania, this year will be the first time as an entirely virtual event. Personally, I’ve been to about 10 CES shows in the past. I’m old enough to remember when the entire show could more or less fit into the Las Vegas Convention Center […]
Framework for New Years Resolutions
It is December 31, so of course that means your social media feeds and influencers you follow are all talking about the same thing: New Years Resolutions. Everyone has their way of setting up resolutions, but in all likelihood, you will fall into the same yearly traps and abandon is all before June. My equation […]
My Favorite Article of the Week – 2020.09.28
We are 5 weeks away from the election here in the US. That means most of us are hoping for a media blackout so we are not pummeled by messages of anger and hate . A light-hearted article easily becomes the article of the week, even though today is only Monday. ESPN wrote a long […]
My Favorite Article of the Week – 2020.09.05
OK, so this article is technically a couple of weeks old, but I just read it. Bloomberg did a deep dive on the Carlos Ghosn fallout at Nissan and the ripple effects still felt today. Aside from the corporate soap opera with shit you can’t make up (escapes while hiding in music equipment cases), I […]
Smart Activity Monitors… Still Aren’t That Smart
Makers of activity monitors are expected to ship 368M units worldwide this year. There’s a high probability that you or someone you know has purchased one in the past. Personally, I have either purchased or long-term tested at least a handful. First there was the Nike FuelBand. Then it was a Jawbone. Sprinkle in FitBit, […]
Units vs. Revenue – Apple Airpods
Bloomberg is citing research from Counterpoint Research that Apple’s AirPods stronghold on the True Wireless (TWS) headphone market is slipping. True Wireless describes headphones with no connection between the left and right side, or to a device such as a phone or laptop. With an expected 89 million AirPods to be sold this year, the […]
Math and Music – Brought to You by Danny Carey of Tool
I have been a fan of Tool for more years than I’m comfortably sharing (it would reveal my age). Being a drummer in my younger years, Danny Carey always stood out as THE drummer in the metal genre who not only could destroy his kit, but added subtlety and skills not many others cared to […]