Daily Thought Archive

Most people will agree that you really learn things the best when you have to teach them.

Breakthrough conclusion: Let the students do the teaching.

(It makes my job easier too)

Label makers are cool.

WTF is up with all the spam!?

These clips blew my mind hole.

It took me forever to figure out that this thing is called a cable claw (or test lead holder).

New guitar. Ready to rock.

Bitcoin is so interesting!

I wonder how well this school would run without the administration causing so much drama.

Sometimes I try to think of a daily thought before my battery dies.

Wind Tunnel Destruction commences today. :'(

Heavy rain this morning. I wonder if the fire is still going.

Open Street Map seems pretty cool.

I'm becoming so lazy lately.

Chainsaw!

Dental receptionist's advice:

Don't worry about the fine print; we just need you to sign that so we can release your information.

It's astonishing how many students think the only way to type capital letters is with the caps lock.

It's amazing how much you can learn clicking through Wikipedia.

I don't think my supply order will ever come.

Duck Duck Go is awesome!

I got my name back. I'm finally Josh again. Awesome.

Google AdSense sucks! Why do I need to verify my address before I close my account?

Ahhh, how did a mosquito get in my room!?

I'm starting to consider going google-free. Deleting all my personal information from google.

I thought Hobbler was going to be pink. Too bad it was just primer.

I'm back to prismus and it's just like I never left.

Look out New Jersey, here I come.

Wow, Chase Bank. Thanks for not hassling me for canceling my credit card.

I've never bashed in a car window before... Until today.

LibreOffice Draw works great for filling scanned forms.

I saw my first real Tesla vehicle in the wild today.

Why does this phone refuse to upload photos even on wifi?

I'm all hilled out.

Happy birthday mom!

My Hobby: using hashtags in my source code.

#ThisIsAComment

Finally a good mod_rewrite tutorial! But I still can't get my rewrites working.

Why do so many operating systems default to have separate picture and video directories?

I think I'm all caught up on sleep after CTY.

A guy at the rest stop was playing a driving video game. I guess he was planning to keep heading down the turnpike when he needed a break from the video game.

Dropped the new phone for the first time today.

Taxes for this job were over 22% !

Had a good driving loop and a good biking loop today.

I guess I like zucchini now. Weird.

I am an ambassador! CTY and CPYB will peacefully coexist from this day on!

Thanks for the awesome stick Cassie!

I'm so sleepy already.

Mountain driving is fun!

Rockets successfully launched!

Pretty much any veggie is good if you put enough butter and salt on it.

Let's go digital logic!

First rocket test flights were successful.

Best diner trip ever!

Taking study hall off is super nice.

Home brewing has commenced.

Good visit Rutter. Come again.

Come on airport, call me back! Don't you want my money?

Solid first day! Let's keep it up.

Tax Exempt is cool. How can I get that for my life?

It's good to be back!

Time to start packing for CTY!

Hey storm, did you have to come now? You interrupted swimming time.

Motorcycle day was a big success. Golf cart day not as much.

Commence motorcycle day.

The last fire is tonight!

Why do so many companies suck? I'm looking at you US airways and Cabela's. And others are so good. Thank you Smashburger and Home Depot.

Congratulations Nate and Rachel! Awesome wedding.

P.S. Challenge Completed.

I'm done with work!

I hate when word processor auto correct features are so insistent that you can't undo the "corrections" they make.

I am sometimes perceived as arrogant. That must stop immediately.

How am I supposed to write programs when Stack Exchange is down?

My bike headlight works great, and night riding is fun. I almost got to pet a deer.

I'm sweating my butt off. It feels like summer.

The Punk is here!

The worst part of translated meetings is that they take twice as long.

I've noticed my ears ringing lately. I wonder if it's always been that way.

Great camping trip PRISMSers!

Dear Dropbox, thanks for saving versioned histories of files for n00bs like me.

Audacity has been useful for everything from high school bands, to teaching classes, to research.

The wedding day is here. I hope I can play without getting stage fright!

Spotted the first firefly of the season today. I guess that's my sign of summer lately.

I guess dreams about teeth falling out are kind of common. I figured it out because The Hold Steady's new album is called Teeth Dreams.

He's called Thomas the Tank Engine, not Thomas the Train.

All you Macintosh users who love to say "it just works" should try to get numpy and matplotlib installed with apple python.

I flew right through a rainbow. Super cool.

The first jellybean from the bag was pink. That's a good feeling.

Woah, I'm afraid I may actually be turning into a morning person.

I wish I were* pedaling right now.

*The fact that I now know not only what the subjunctive is, but also how to use it, is a testament that I've been around intellectuals longer than usual.

A colleague just planted a new wikipedia seed. For the next few hours I'll be reading all articles related to Homomorphic Encryption.

Ahhh, students keep their screen brightness so low, and I'm so old I can barely read it.

The Hold Steady finally has a new album! Awesome!

Fourteen hours of printing facilitated by the Junda method.

Why won't my 3D prints stick to the print bed?

Wow, that was a lot of broken glass.

Both inboxes empty and tomorrow's lesson planned today. I guess that's what happens when you stay late.

This equipment documentation video looks like it was taped from a TV with a hand-held camera.

47 midterm reports in one day. Nice!

Another case of politics and bull$h** getting in the way of science. LA Times link.

I hate when software projects use cute nicknames instead of version numbers. I'm looking at you, Android, Macintosh, and Ubuntu!

Never book directly with Frontier. Go with Kayak or something similar. Frontier sucks.

Woah, that flu caused some serious power puking! I hope we're all immune to it after one round.

Whenever I get upset with phone customer service I listen to the Verizon math video.