What if we did Pokémon for real? Pokémon is a Japanese media franchise where the main characters try to collect all varieties of Pokémon creatures. The slogan is “Gotta Catch ‘Em All.” What if we took the Pokémon concept into real life? We could gamify the concept of cataloging all sorts of real-world things. For […]
Summer Still Life
Summer Still Life. 2001. Oil on Canvas. This was a still life that was set up at one of my painting classes at Virginia Tech. It’s probably the largest painting I’ve ever done, measuring 26″x30″, and I stretched the canvas myself. It’s currently hanging on a wall in my home.
An Autograph from Jim Gott
Back when I was in seventh grade, around 1991, I went to Campus Middle School in Englewood, Colorado. My gym teacher was Mr. Gott. At the time, I was a huge baseball fan and knew of all the baseball players. But I never put two and two together that Mr. Gott was related to Jim […]
What Do We Do With POTS?
For over a century, we’ve relied on POTS, and it has served us well. However, we’re getting to a point in technology where POTS is becoming obsolete. And what is POTS, you might ask? It’s Plain Old Telephone Service. POTS uses copper wires that can transmit analog sound and electricity. Because it can transmit electricity, […]
The Internet, Reimagined
The Internet today is based on a metaphor of a library of linked documents. After all, it was originally designed for academics to share research papers. If I could recreate the Internet from the ground up, I would create it as a shadow of the real world. Each real-world location would have an internet address. […]
Favorite Books
I read a lot and have many favorite books. But I have read a few books more than once. Here is the list of elite books that I’ve read more than once: Disclosure: These are links to Amazon.com. If you buy from the link, I’ll probably get a few cents commission from Amazon on days […]