• real

    What does it mean to be real? And why is it necessary, this quiet engine, that runs under the hood of a world where almost anything can be thought of, portrayed – no matter how unreal it is? The last few years, these are the concepts I’ve been grappling with. Late, I’m sure. I know…

  • salt & stone

    salt and stones have one thing in common and that is permeability though the salt rock can be washed away in a few weeks the water will eventually wear down the stone we take things and hold them as ethereal forgetting the nature of reality subject to ebb and flow sprinkled with spontaneous occurrences my…

  • How to Start Programming in C++ in Visual Studio

    How to Start Programming in C++ in Visual Studio

    As you start getting familiar with programming in C++, you may find yourself wanting a more robust environment where you can play with code and run programs. Some programmers prefer using a text editor like Brackets or Atom to develop, testing their code through the command prompt. However, you may be looking for something a little…

  • Breaking Habits.

    I mentioned in a previous post how I’ve started using HabitBull to track my progress towards the goals I have. For the past 5 days, I’ve been killing it.  But something happened yesterday. Do you see it glaring back at you? I missed a blog post yesterday. And I cannot go back and fill that darn…

  • Captain Fantastic and Ego Death.

    Captain Fantastic and Ego Death.

    Last night, a close friend of mine recommended that I watch “Captain Fantastic.” I’m not a big movie buff (I have an incredibly short attention span and if I don’t find a movie incredibly engaging, I will fall asleep within the first fifteen minutes – thanks, ADHD) but I spent the whole hour and fifty-eight…

  • The X Effect

    The X Effect

    Recently, I came across the subreddit “The X Effect” which is a community of people who have discovered a simple habit accountability method. This method involves creating a 50 square grid, with a title of a habit you’d like to implement. This can be any kind of habit you’d like to implement. One of the…

  • “You must go it alone.” – Alan Watts

    “You must go it alone.” – Alan Watts

    A month ago, I graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a B.S. in Computer Science. On paper, that may seem like I have everything under control. To be honest, I couldn’t be more disoriented or confused coming out of college than I am at the moment. A funny thing happens when you…

  • Why Certainty is Wrong

    Why Certainty is Wrong

    Recently, I’ve experienced conflict with different people in my life. In the past, when I have experienced conflict, I’ve held grudges and looked for all the ways that proved I was right, and I used to surround myself only with people that agreed with me. This time around (and I seldom experience conflict because I…

  • How to Eat a Plane

    How to Eat a Plane

    I recently watched the Ted talk by Stephen Duneier called “How to Achieve Your Most Ambitious Goals.” Stephen Duneier has literally cracked the code to achieving goals – he has completed marathons, learned German in a short amount of time, holds a Guinness record for crocheting the largest granny square, learned how to fly a…