Uploading videos to Youtube is a nightmare through their API. All of the videos have to first be uploaded to your server to a temporary directory, then you can upload them to Youtube itself. The problem is that large videos can cause out of memory errors or timeout errors or cause your server itself to bog down.… read more “Video Uploads”
The Lure of Unhealthy Food
I have been eating more unhealthy foods recently. On Father’s Day, I had a steak with butter and a beer. At Disneyland, I had a Churro. Last week I ate mochi ice cream, and a few other unhealthy foods.
I told myself each time that it was no big deal since I workout a lot and generally eat healthy.… read more “The Lure of Unhealthy Food”
Cost Per Unit of Productivity
When I worked as an employee at Visible Technologies, I thought to myself that if I ever owned a company that I would like to pay people based on actual work output rather than just for having their butt in a chair.
Now that I do run my own company, I have found this to be nearly impossible to do.… read more “Cost Per Unit of Productivity”
Miracle Drug: Exercise
Disneyland Today with the Kuhn Siblings and Dad
Food
As humans we have a very interesting relationship with food. We have an intense need to always eat more.
Biologically we are just trying to survive. Our DNA believes we live in a world of scarcity and starvation, thus forces us to binge as much as possible then our fat cells store as much energy as they can.… read more “Food”
Refactoring
Mike showed me how to refactor my Laravel recruiting application so that it would be testable yesterday. I have been working a few hours today and doing the actual refactor. I have a lot more to do!
Coalition Company Dodgers Game
Licensing Boards Should Be Shut Down
Rocket League
I rarely have the opportunity to play games, but last night I bought Rocket League to go with my Xbox One and played it with Fletcher for a couple of hours. It was really nice to talk to Fletch over the headset while we battled other people in this rocket soccer game. Super fun!