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Him/Her/Them
Reading Time: 3 minutesThese days, it’s not unusual to hear “they isn’t grammatically correct if you’re talking about one person”, especially from conservative crowds and the chronically-on-4chan community. So I thought I’d take time in this tangent to explain why people who hold this belief are, in so many words, dumber than a bag of rocks. The singular […]
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Back-To-School Extravaganza
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s that time of year again where people get angry about having to buy five boxes of tissues and six glue sticks and twenty pencils for their kids for back to school supplies, especially for the younger kids in elementary school. I want to say this for those of you who clearly didn’t learn about […]
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On Pride
Reading Time: 5 minutesIt’s just after 6pm on Wednesday. The date is June 26, 2024, and I am sitting in a Korean barbecue restaurant. It’s the 9th anniversary of the legalization of same sex marriage in the United States. It’s also a date night. My partner and I have decided to patron one of our favorite Korean places […]
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2023 Books In Review
Reading Time: 7 minutesUnlike the 2022 list, I’m actually writing this post before the new year. This year’s book list isn’t as robust as last year’s, but it does include a few re-reads. For what it’s worth, any book that holds up after re-reading it is worth mention. My partner and I have a new hobby of listening […]
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My Go-To Packages for Laravel Apps
Reading Time: 5 minutesMany web applications require a similar base functionality for the backbone of the project. This can be authentication, permission handling, status and mode updates, and tracking activity. As a developer who uses a lot of Laravel in our web services, why would I spend time reinventing the wheel when I can simple composer require it? […]
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‘Till Death Do Us Part: Term Limits
Reading Time: 10 minutesCongress “Congress is too old, they don’t have a stake in the game.” Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Every so often, a news article or viral video circulates showcasing a supreme court justice or congressperson struggling with age related hardships. As of writing, the focus has been on Mitch McConnell, who recently froze during a press conference, […]
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Being, Personhood, and Humanity
Reading Time: 14 minutesThere is a philosophical fasciation of personhood. What it means to be human. What it means to have being. How and why that being takes shape. Grappling with one’s self as an opposition to another ‘self’, or basing an identity on the identity of another. The fasciation extends deeply into culture, traditions, religion, and media. How we know who we are, and…
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2022 Books In Review
Reading Time: 11 minutesWe’re over a quarter the way through 2023, so of course it’s an appropriate time to do a year-in-review book list for 2022. It makes perfect sense! I don’t sit down and read physical books nearly as much as I did growing up, but for a full calendar year, I actually paid for and kept […]
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Writing Music with ABCjs
Reading Time: 6 minutesRecently, I’ve gotten back into composing music, and my ancient iMac (from early 2009) just can’t keep up with MIDI software and music notation software anymore. So, I began to search for a replacement. I found Musescore, which I have quickly grown to love, but it’s not quite enough. I have always wanted a way […]
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ChatGPT & AI – The Benefits and Dangers
Reading Time: 6 minutesIt feels like you can’t open Twitter, read a news article, or watch a video clip without somebody mentioning ChatGPT and OpenAI’s latest innovations with artificial intelligence. You have the doomsayers, claiming that tools like ChatGPT are going to replace humans in the workforce and make schools obsolete, and you have the yes-men of the […]
