Dec 28, 2022Member-onlyThe Dead ZoneA Short Story between Christmas and New Year’s Sprawling out across the couch, Diane finally could release the holiday stress through a well-needed exhale. “Finally, the war is over.” She thought to herself as she watched Henry carry the very real remains of the Christmas tree. …Short Story8 min readShort Story8 min read
Dec 11, 2022Member-only2022: Another One In The BooksYear End Rambling, Nothing More — How are you guys doing? Achieving your goals? Being the best “you” that you can be? Me? I would say “so-so”. 2022 definitely had its moments for me. Both good and bad. However, I feel like I’ve mainly been “surviving” this year. …Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Nov 9, 2022Member-onlyReturn of The VoidAnd the struggles it contains — Tuesday afternoon. 15:45. Partly Sunny. Nice breeze. That’s all the Writer could think of at the time. Inside the mind of the Writer, a neural civil war was breaking out. The Left and The Right were at the most of odds that anyone could ever be. “Butterflies! Everyone loves to…Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Oct 1, 2022Member-onlyAI Day Part 2Sub-Optimus is back — Woot! The future is here! Tesla just finished their “AI Day 2022” presentation merely hours ago. We got a couple of demos of the “Optimus” or “Tesla Bot” robot. …Tesla2 min readTesla2 min read
Sep 16, 2022Member-onlyConverting myself to 24-hour timeWhy not? I am a programmer after all — Seeing that I’ve been using SQL for years, constantly starting at datetime values such as “2022–01–05 16:30:00.000”, I decided to challenge myself. Do one extra math calculation every time I look at my devices. Go by the 24-hour time format. There was a slight learning curve at first, but not…24 Hour Time2 min read24 Hour Time2 min read
Aug 31, 2022Member-onlyChristmas came early for Medium Creators!While making breakfast, I noticed I had a queue of App Store updates on my iPhone. Nothing surprising, I sometimes fall behind on app updates like the rest of us. However, Medium had more for release notes this time… Medium release notes haven’t been this long in some time. That’s…Medium2 min readMedium2 min read
Aug 19, 2022Member-onlyApple Finally Did ItThey did a real good in the iOS 16 Developer Beta 5 I know I’m super late to this, but hey. It’s news. Apple finally listened to all of us wondering why they couldn’t slip the battery percentage somewhere in the alcoves between the top notch. Well, they’ve finally listened…Ios 16 Beta2 min readIos 16 Beta2 min read
Aug 15, 2022Member-onlyTesla’s demand problem.It’s a real problem now — I really want to be this person in the driver’s seat, but it’s becoming more of a “someday” dream now. Especially since Tesla keeps raising prices and has recently taken away the ability to order a Model 3 LR. At least until 2023.Tesla2 min readTesla2 min read
Jun 13, 2022Member-onlyLightyear Zero… The Ex-Lightyear-One?[talk about Lightyear’s latest livestream] [it was short!] [mention other things and your overall thoughts on the event] This company still gets me on edge. Super psyched to not only have an electric car someday but take this a step further with a solar electric car. If we’re already…Lightyear One2 min readLightyear One2 min read
Jun 10, 2022Member-onlyWWDC 2022: A hit!... and a miss?YAAAS! … but with a dash of “hmm…” — First off. iOS 16. The Baller. Freaking finally, Apple! Customizable lock screens! I’ve waited for the ability to simply see Weather stats on my lock screen for a crazy long time. Not only did you bring weather stats to the lock screen, but customizable fonts, Apple-Watch-style widgets, and some portrait mode magic to bring subjects in…Apple5 min readApple5 min read
