Toys ‘R Us is out of business. It was fun while it lasted. Did you go to the liquidation sales they held? Everything 50% off. Then next week, everything 60% off. Then 70% off. Like standard practice in these retail liquidation events, they kept having bigger and bigger discounts until everything was gone. Everything has […]
Portraits of Blacksburg, 2002-2005
I lived in Blacksburg, Virginia 1997-2005 while studying at Virginia Tech. In 2002, I bought my first camera. It was a Canon Digital Elph that was small enough to put in my pocket and carry around with me. Photos taken in 2002 A corpse flower about to bloom at the horticulture gardens View from “The […]
Saving Kids’ Artwork
Children generate a lot of artwork. Parents often want to save the artwork in case it has some meaning to the kids or parents when the children grow up. In the digital world we now live in, there needs to be an app for saving kids’ artwork. I quick search turns up several apps that […]
Futurist Timeline
People have always been fascinated by the possibilities of the future. The future captures our imagination. There are movies depicting our possible futures (The Matrix, Inception). There are books about the future (1984, The Road). There are video games set in the future (Starcraft, Halo). There are futurists who explore our possibilities (Ray Kurzweil, Michio […]
Should You Own a House?
Like millions of other Americans, I am a homeowner with a mortgage and a family. I work to support my family and pay my mortgage. In fact, my two biggest expenses are in maintaining my home (mortgage, utilities, maintenance, etc.) and childcare for my three kids (preschool, babysitters, activities, etc.). With all these expenses, […]
Supplementing with Whole Foods
Pills aren’t always the best solution for getting nutrition. When in doubt, get your nutrition through whole foods instead of supplement pills. Supplement pills are for those times when you need to increase the amount of a particular nutrient, fast. For example, if you have severe vitamin D deficiency, you should take vitamin D supplements. […]