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How Did We Get Here? – Dive Into HTML5
How Did We Get Here? – Dive Into HTML5 — Read on diveintohtml5.info/past.html It’s wild to read about the start of the web. All of this happened while I was in high school and then undergrad at CU Boulder. I was aware of some of it. I recall someone telling me in 1996 to start…
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Busy month of snow sporting
February has been a month of snow sporting like I haven’t experienced since I was a teenager. In November I bought a used set of skate skis and got back into a sport if barely done over thirty years ago. That prompted me to get snowshoes and start backcountry hiking. Which prompted me to start…
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Flying on snow
This winter, I have gotten into the sport of Nordic Cross Country Skate Skiing, aka Skate Skiing. In the winter, the weather limits me from riding my bike. It’s freezing, but also, when there is snow, it can be dangerous. Cross Country skiing is a great winter activity when there is snow; this year, we…
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LeVar Burton Reads to me
I have been winding my days down lately listening to these podcasts. LeVar is such a good reader and the production quality is so high that I cannot believe these are free. I listen to them by myself but I could see a group listening to them like people used to listen to the radio.…
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Prepping for the morning
As a recent morning person convert, I have found that preparing the night before helps my morning be successful. This preparation has two significant parts: clothing and a glass of water. The first thing I do after waking up is brush, floss, and put my contacts in. After that, it’s time for my 30-60 minute…
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Putting your phone on alert
As I work to reduce my screen time, one of the most significant and effective changes has been disallowing my phone from entering the bedroom. Again this is a tip I picked from Ryan Holiday, who says he leaves his phone in the kitchen to charge overnight. This prevents him from looking at the phone…
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Plow with the storm
Where I live in southwest Colorado, we have been hammered by snow storms since just after Christmas. We got about two feet of snow in the week following Christmas. Then we had a minor flurry of around four inches a week ago. Then yesterday, we got hit with nine inches, four more today and five…
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The Art of Waking up
In the Art of Shralpanism, snowboarder Jeremy Jones mentions his process for waking up regardless of if he is at home or in a tent at 14,000 feet with a blizzard surrounding him. I love this process and have been practicing it for a few weeks. I have managed to get the ten breaths on…
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Habits all the way down
In November last year, I watched several Ryan Holiday YouTube videos that affected me in several ways. Ryan is a stoic and he talks about stoic values and texts, especially Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. The videos are well produced enough, and the information he shares is intelligent and helpful philosophy of life. One thing he…
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Great Falls Park Maryland
Fun place to hike near Washington DC.