Since most if not all of us have been working from home, here are several more working from home resources you might find helpful. Stimulus check calculator: Washington Post & Go Curry CrackerPlex Live TVPlex coloring book (it's fun for adults too!)MITRE updates and a white paperNPR Kids comicFrugalwoods reader suggestionsSal Khan on CBS NewsLevar…
Category: improvement
Python
My first exposure to programming was, of course, using BASIC on my DOS 6.22 machine in 1995. Then I played around with C from a book my friend bought me. My last two years of high school found me learning the fundamentals of C++, but I didn't get much further than simple if-else functions. This…
Cybersecurity?
J.D. Roth recently wrote about his journey to finally use a password manager for his old and weak passwords. I know what this is like as I used a (password protected!) spreadsheet to track my passwords for years, which kept track of passwords that I generated when I was a teenager. I use Lastpass which…
Failure: Get Some
I am a goal oriented person. I set fitness goals, financial goals, nutrition goals, goals for sleep, and (near-term) goals for my kids. As I've gotten older, I've come to the realization that most goals move from the linear progression to step progression. So rather than every event or every day being a "step in…
Squat elbow bicep pain
I have been experiencing left elbow and bicep pain when I squat over 300 since last spring. I think I found the reason why: https://www.instagram.com/p/B3fGRpaAt_r/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Thank goodness I found Coach Niki Sims post!
Garage Gym, phase 4
After eight long years, I finally built the lifting platform I had read about and dreamed about. Thanks for a 3 bay garage, temperate climate, and the Art of Manliness, I completed the 8'x8' platform in my garage. Before building the platform. In October I started compiling the pieces by buying a use squat rack…
