End of the World Planning

Contingency / Emergency Planning

Why should we think about contingencies and emergencies? Why not just focus on positive, happy things and planning for a great life?

I agree that it is important to come up with a happy plan for our life and have an optimistic trajectory for our main course. Observation and experience though have shown that rarely do optimistic plans always go according to course.… read more “End of the World Planning”

Landlord Troubles

The ownership of our building changed and the new owner has been an absolute nightmare to deal with.  They are trying to force us out of our unit because they don’t think we pay enough in rent – they bought the building to try to raise rents. However, we have a lease for 8 years, so they are trying to make so much trouble for us that we will voluntarily leave.… read more “Landlord Troubles”

Immigration

The question of immigration can be simplified to a trade off between freedom and security. It would be wonderful for everyone in the world to have the liberty of choosing where they live and under what type of government. On the other hand, you have situations like the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and around the world by foreigners.… read more “Immigration”

Save The Client Calls

One of the worst parts of running an agency is when you hear that a client wants to cancel. At that point, you need to call the client to find out why. Sometimes they don’t understand the results they’ve gotten, sometimes they have legitimate concerns, sometimes they have financial issues. But it always is one of the most stressful and least fun parts of running an agency.… read more “Save The Client Calls”

Antivirus Companies Create Viruses

Just as I long suspected and wrote about in previous posts, antivirus companies have been creating their own malware.  They have a huge financial incentive to create malware that their software can resolve as this will lead to more sales. I always thought the owners would be smarter though and would pay cash under the table secretly to outside programming teams, not their own regular employees.

Mega Wasps

I have been listening to Great Courses course on biology each morning when I work out. The recent lectures have been on evolution and genetic engineering…

So last night I had a dream that I was a biologist and engineered a mega wasp that was intelligent as humans and had a sting that killed and was resistant to cold, heat, insecticide and could photosynthesise.… read more “Mega Wasps”