One of the stocks I am shorting, Shake Shack (SHAK) is now in a short squeeze situation. Let me explain what these terms mean:
When you short sell a stock, you borrow shares of that stock from your broker and sell them in the open market. In effect, you are betting that the stock will go down and you will make money. … read more “SHAK Short Squeeze”
I am reading Stephen King’s book “On Writing” now and am enjoying it. He talks about some of the basics of what makes a good writer (build your toolbox, read 4-6 hours a day, know the fundamentals, write constantly, read Strunk & White, avoid -ly’s).
I have been trying to read all non-fiction lately and it has been tough.… read more “Stephen King’s “On Writing””
I am the owner of a successful and profitable company with 60+ full time employees, am in good shape physically, and have maintained strong relationships with my family and friends. How have I been able to accomplish my goals? Through daily progress tracking on things that are most important to me. Here is a partial screenshot for the last view days:
I have been tracking in a spreadsheet on Google Docs my goals daily since January 11, 2012.… read more “Daily Tracking Of My Life Rockets Goals Ahead”
Laurel’s statement when I told her I was going to kiss her with kimchi breath.
I have really been working hard lately on improving my development capabilities, and have been making significant progress. I am at work building 3 tools for my company that should help in a really big way:
Each of these tools should automate and streamline some relatively inefficient processes. I am very excited about it!
I am incredibly grateful to Taylor Otwell for building Socialite for Laravel… it will make my programming so much easier this morning! Turn several hours of struggling with figuring oAuth2.0 and integrating it into my app into less than an hour of easy integration.
If we have self driving cars moving through enormously complex environments autonomously, why are trains still driven by people?
A train could very easily be operated by a robot or a combination of robot and engineer.
The tragic accident in Pennsylvania was entirely preventable. An engineer drove that derailed train at 106 miles per hour through a 50 mile an hour curve.… read more “Why are trains driven by people still?”
Sometimes it seems to me that sitting on the couch and watching television is a nice way to relax, but that is happening less often. I’ve realized that I actually feel better in general if I do something to improve myself. Here is a list of my favorite non-work activities at this point:
Favorite work activities:
I am thinking about Coalition and how to make it better. I am also thinking about all the people I work with now and those I used to work with. Its been quite a journey.