Yesterday I was reminded of one of the moments where fear really kept me away from something that I wanted.

I was six years old, and Star Wars was in theaters. Somehow I'd managed to get the Star Wars bug that was permeating the young boys of my generation. My …

I was leafing through an eBook copy of The Passionate Programmer by Chad Fowler last night. Overall the book has some good advice for programmers who want to get better with their craft, but one section of advice really irritates me, in part because it's reminiscent of advice that I've …

I've been rethinking some of the accounts that I have a presence on. I've been thinking about where I've been putting my time and what value I'm getting out of them. One of those accounts that I try to keep updated is Goodreads. Goodreads is a site for both managing …

Checking in for February for my "Designing a Well-Lived Life" blogging. This is about making small changes during the year to make larger changes.

• Dropping expectations: I'm not sure I had to consciously do this as much this month, but it could be that I've either dropped the expectations or …

JoDee and I just finished up watching "The Starlost" which was "Canadian-produced science fiction television series created by writer Harlan Ellison and broadcast in 1973 on CTV in Canada and syndicated to local stations in the United States." (thanks, Wikipedia!). I won't go into the history of the show, the …