That Hideous Strength
Sigh...
Perelandra
Why are second installments of trilogies so bad? (There's a Pop Culture Happy Hour for that.)
Out of the Silent Planet
I shouldn't write this review.
The perils of talking about web products
In our latest episode of Own Your Platform, the podcast I host with Isaiah McPeak, we talked about the way I launched a website. We'd gone through the whole process: ideation, alpha and beta tests, and now were ready to launch the Sentinel Hub. Sentinels gathered in Atlanta for an annual conference, and I had ten minutes to present the site and motivate them to use it.
Skippy Dies (32 of 50)
Skippy Dies was great in that it somehow captured the essence of being in high school. The self determination with no real power. You're in control yet almost utterly helpless.
Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work
Human upper class work has evolved, in the 21st century affluence of America, into something most closely resembling worldwide leisure. We talk, send messages, argue a bit, peer into screens, and read. Why do we get so frustrated? Why do we rarely relax after a long day, basking in the afterglow of hard work done well?
What does your city tell you? (bad news for DC-ites)
Paul Graham defines ambitious cities as those that send an overwhelming cultural message to their residents. These places tell people that the upstream climb is admirable:
You live in this place: simplicity is being local
Over the summer of 2014, I started readying a new blog: Mr. Money Mustache. His style is pretty fun--way more readable than most frugality and personal finance blogs. His tips are actionable and he's entertaining.
My brokerage doesn't report returns accurately
Calculating basis for securities, for tax purposes, is difficult when you reinvest dividends. So it's a feature for brokerage statements to show the total number of shares owned and one's basis in those shares. They're doing the hard math for you.