Daily Thought Archive

Been doing 8 minute abs again lately. Hopefully that six pack will be looking good after I burn off all the insulation.

Started the Coursera crypto 1 course. Currently trying to understand unpredictable pseudo random generators.

Hope you enjoyed filing your taxes as much as I did.

Here's a big 🖕 to twitter. A few months after creating an account, my account got locked for robot-like activity and they want a phone number to confirm I'm a real person. I thought twitter was different, but I guess they're in the PII business just like all the rest. #ShouldaKnownBetter

Made my first heart-shaped meatloaf.

Also, made my first meatloaf.

I got invited to the prism closed beta!

Although I was thrilled to be making bank on the rising crypto price, the crash has reminded me of the main objective: widespread adoption

One month until the trip starts.

Remember the good ol' days when you just had to go to a hardware store to get a key copied?

Mis-click led to a 1ETH hand of blackjack (Pretty high stakes for me).
Turned out to be the dream hand (me:11, dealer shows: 6).
Basic strategy says to double down.
I did.

Excellent new appetizer: balls of love

Good work Jarod

Training camp has officially begun. This is like the camp fitch of the bike trip.

I officially no longer live in New Jersey!

Looks like the crypto bubble is bursting. I'm excited (and a little nervous) to see where we land.

Didn't know Monero supported remote nodes until I had synced 95% of the blockchain.

It's Sunday night, and yet I don't have to set an alarm for the foreseeable future.

And now I've also completed all of Advent of Code 2016!! Hooray for unemployment!

Successfully completed all of Advent of Code 2017 :)

In math we talk about the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th items in a list. We also talk about the nth item.

So what comes after the nth item? The n+1th item, or the n+1st item?

"Life is a lot simpler on the road" -Nate, 2010ish

Today I say farewell to the shared hosting account that I've had since roughly 2008. It hosted many projects and websites including this one. I learned a ton with it. I'll remember it fondly.

(I also say good riddance to hostmonster, the company that ran the server.)

Bought my first crypto kitty.

I've officially drank the Koolaid. BCH is the real bitcoin.

It's alarming how frequently I want to post a daily thought only to realize I've already posted it months or years earlier. If that turns out to be the case for this one, my head might explode.

Taught myself to play Jackson by Craig Finn. Maybe I'm finally good at figuring out songs :)

I think I'm officially a BCH convert.

No strong feelings about investment yet, but politically, BTC seems hosed.

I guess school really is starting again tomorrow. I hate it when that happens.

Holy moly, I need to find some motivation to do some work.

The bike trip is now officially my primary focus.

First ever Orndorff Christmas brew

Turns out I had 0.61 Bitcoin cash sitting on coinbase. Bonus!

I basically have two operating speeds:
* Laying around being lazy doing nothing
* Brilliant ideas flowing so fast I can barely write them all down
No middle ground apparently.

Worst part of JavaScript: "x is not defined" means something completely different than "x is undefined".

A sure sign you're getting fat is when it's hard to put your socks on.

I set my computer aside so I wouldn't disturb it while it ran a compilation job. Set it right on the power button.

"Don't roll your own crypto"? Please roll your own crypto!

Read more in my blog post.

Wrote a function to perform frequency analysis. Called it freqAnal. #FreakAnal

It's hard to not make every daily thought a bitcoin update lately.

After a crazy day, looks like we're holding $15k. #BigMoneyNoWhammy

Learning javascript was a great idea. I wonder if it will be my new goto language.

I love cryptokitties for lots of reasons. They're cute, they might drive ethereum adoption, etc.

But my favorite reason is that they blur the line between trade-able assets and imaginary bullshit.

Cornell application submitted!

Two predictions about the information age:

• ENS (or a similar decentralized system) will replace DNS (possibly with backward compatibility)
• A truck transporting documents for outsourced shredding (eg. Iron Mountain) will be highway-robbed stage-coach style

First daily thought posted to my new upgraded server!

Good thanksgiving! I think I can wait one more day before checking my work email.

I finally started using a password manager. So far, feels like a game changer.

Bitcoin reached $8000. New all-time high. #8ktoday

Just rediscovered owncloud. I think all of my technological dreams might come true.

Those are some gnarly screws that came out of your back grandpa! Good luck recovering.

Loaded the pez without taking them out of the stack!!

Next goal: Take the picture with spilling them.

Expect updates to the website in the next few months. Hoping to give it a little new life.

Congrats PGXC. Going to meet of champions.

Wrote my last interim comments ever!

Rinkeby faucet seems like a good idea, except it further locks us into using the big 3 social media platforms. #decentralization ????

Phrase of the day: Dark Fiber

Fiber optic cables that were run for potential future use, but are not currently in use.

OMG no more GRE.

Finally cleaned the inside of my windshield for the first time in 2.5 years. I didn't realize it could get so dirty. Maybe I don't need driving glasses after all!

Same thought process every time I fill a PEZ dispenser:

I'm going to do it this time. I won't drop them all over the floor. Off to a good start. Steady hands. Peel carefully. So far so good. Almost there. Damnit.

I don't think I know what PEZ taste like when they haven't hit the ground.

I'm cleaning up my server to switch to a new host. I'm so excited. I hope my sites will be snappy again. #hostmonstersucks

I'm so happy I get to sleep in tomorrow. I wish it happened every day.

Math GRE is #done.

I guess government transparency is only realistic when enforcible. #????????????

I finally figured out the perfect name for my operating system: jOShy.

Now it's a simple matter of coding.

I'm a big fan of catching falling leaves, especially while running. But make sure to also watch where you're going... ????

That feeling when you're almost ready for work, prepared to have a great day, and you realize... I can't wear jeans today, I have to dress up like a douchebag.

Best meet ever!

I guess it's time that I admit how bad my tendinitis has gotten and take a week off. #adulting

Just bluetoothed a photo from phone to computer. Amazing UX!!

Congratulations, ladies, on winning the Shore Coaches Invitational!

Why is python's import system so broken and nonsensical!?

It's so nice to start my truck with a key! This must be how people felt when electric starters were new.

First run in my new shoes felt great.

This video taught me a lot of math, but even more about social engineering. (Link starts near the end of the video.)

First ever casino poker tournament payout!

I guess closing my gmail account didn't really help much because 70% of my emails still go to gmail.

(I just made up 70% because it feels about right.)

Why the h does my phone autocorrect hill to Hill? I realize Hill is a name, but hill is a common normal word.

The hardest part of studying is overcoming the relatively continuous frustration with not fully understanding content. Eye opening.

Desks are way too low. I'm average height and I always feel stooped. I want at least nipple height.

Only two more classes this week! #parttimelife

Sometimes people have a hard time understanding the concept of user experience (UX). So here's a non-programming example.

The beeper on my microwave continues to obnoxiously beep at me even after I open the door. That's bad UX.

My work schedule seems to be working pretty well.

We won the Newark Academy Invitational!

I'm grateful that it's no longer socially acceptable to say "This site only works in [such and such browser].

And I think it's cool that we have diversity and competition among browsers.

Notable strike against duck duck go today: They have ads that are not visually distinct from genuine search results.

When I sleep until I'm not tired anymore I remember way more dreams to write in my dream journal.

(Not that I need more justification to sleep until I'm not tired anymore.)

Finally made some headway in GRE studying. Mostly learned how much studying I have left to do.

New office, new home, new schedule. I hope this fresh perspective is a positive one.

First week is over. Time to buckle down and study.

Switching back to a school schedule feels like moving across time zones. The jet lag makes me fall asleep.

Third session is over. It all starts again tomorrow. ????

Horray! I'm not homeless afterall!

I wonder how disastrous it is, in practice, when I accidentally try to authenticate to one service with the password that I use for another service.

Example: I accidentally type my github password into instagram. Do the good people at insta log that, and would they ever attempt to compromise my github account?

Effort is like toothpaste: You can always squeeze a little more out.

I'm always bummed when the locking mechanism on the gas pump is removed. But I guess it's better than being prohibited from pumping my own at all.

Happy birthday Mom!

Net neutrality is important. Probably critically so. But laws are only a band aid fix. Let's solve this right.

Back in Ohio for a little while. #thirdsession

Excellent rock climbing today. Third session is off to a good start.

Thanks for an amazing birthday everyone!

Totally missed my eval deadline. #rookiemistake