Category: Blog
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Oslo, Norway
Oslo, Norway reminds me a lot of Portland, Oregon. I’m sure I have offended about half the world by saying that. But the thing that really ties them together for me is the vibrant new-urbanism feel of the city. Public spaces are defined by the skillful application of architecture and civic design. There are lots of…
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Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
I started this series by watching the first season of the TV show on Netflix. This was a really really great show which I can’t recommend highly enough. As expected, the book is a much larger and richer story. Like many books adapted to TV shows, many characters have been combined or simplified in the…
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Group Meditation: Free Will
I attend a biweekly meditation and discussion group. The following is a prompt provided by another member for the discussion this week. It is followed by the member’s own analysis and then by my response. I include my response in order to help me focus my initial thoughts before the group discussion. The Prompt {Free…
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Perfect Server: v19
This is the latest iteration of my perfect server. The biggest change is that this is updated to reflect the requirements of Debian 9.4 which are slightly different than previous versions. Also Certbot has changed somewhat. The first step is to provision a new server. I use Digital Ocean. (Referral Coupon) I will be…
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Startup 10: Astria
Astria represents an exciting new version completely from scratch of a web application framework I initially started over a decade ago. Astria manages database connections and allows rapid development of data-driven applications. It is very easy to create large and complex databases which Astria can serve as a simple JSON API, or as a complete managed…
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The Levels Finish Line In Sight
As the finish line approaches, I have noticed issues with several of the older projects in the list. Maintaining them seems pointless unless I plan on actually using them, so I am removing some of the projects from production while I focus on completing the last items on the list. These will also have met…
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How To: Cheap and Unlimited Worldwide Cell Service
I will show you how to combine several products to get cheap and truly unlimited worldwide cell phone service. Google Voice What is Google Voice? This is a completely free service which allows you to make calls and texts from any web browser or from your cell phone, to and from your main phone number.…
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Group Meditation: The Difference Between Pain and Suffering and What Meditation Can Do About It
I participate in a biweekly meditation and discussion group. It is my turn to select a reading to start the conversation, and I have selected an excerpt from an excellent conversation which happened on Sam Harris’ Waking Up Podcast. The episode is a much larger conversation than just this topic, and the entire episode is super…
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Group Meditation: Is Unconditional Love Possible?
I attend a bi-weekly meditation group and this was the prompt for the discussion this week. I decided to type out my thoughts and include an example from my life before I head to the meeting this week. What Is Love Love is one of the places the English language suffers from rudimentary vocabulary. The…
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A Sad Tale of Two Fishes
CJ Trowbridge Micro Econ 2018-02-21 A Sad Tale of Two Fishes Prompt: Why do salmon populations face extinction the world over while goldfish populations face no such danger? As someone who grew up in the mountains of Southern Oregon and experienced first-hand the bleeding edge of Salmon conservation efforts, this issue is close to my…