"Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in." Michael Corleone Animals as Leaders - CAFO It's been a very long time since I've listened to either instrumental music or metal for that matter. However, I came across a particularly stunning piece of guitar porn and had to investigate the player. And found... The above video. What to make of that? Two 8-string guitar players and a drummer. »
It's not quite bulletproof, but close. What? I've been spending a lot of time goofing around in the kitchen lately, thanks to an enforced couple weeks of solo cooking which became addictive. So when I came across Dave Asprey's BulletProof Coffee on boingboing I was intrigued. Coffee and butter? Two of my favorite things. I had to try it. At least my version of it. For starters, grass-fed butter is about as easy to find as an honest politician around here. »
Tomorrow, January 18th, this site, jeremyulstad.com is going on strike to protest SOPA and PIPA. In doing so, I'll be joining Wikipedia (in English), BoingBoing, WordPress, and many others. The general protest is running from 8 am to 8 pm EDT, but I'm going from 12am UTC to 12 am on the 19th, because we take it to the next level here. Or because I'm too lazy to do the timezone conversion in crontab. »
Indian Summer is a beautiful thing. We've been hitting the home improvement projects hard over the past few weeks. I made a pact that I wouldn't make a new mast step for the boat until we got the projects done - and almost lived up to it. The weather was so gorgeous this week that I had to spend a couple of late nights getting it built. Given that we had snow this time last year, it seemed like a shift in priorities was in order. »
I read somewhere that the key to success is to make more decisions. Makes sense to me - making decisions is hard. After all, you could be wrong. Here's a handy rule of thumb I use in making decisions. Consider it a generalization of a question my boss once asked when I was proposing to spend some money: "What would you do if it was your money?" I call it the Rule of Narcissism because " »