NC Scout is the nom de guerre of a former Infantry Scout and Sergeant in one of the Army’s best Reconnaissance Units. He has combat tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He teaches a series of courses focusing on small…
When we begin to monetize our hobbies, we start adding pressure on ourselves to excel at them rather than simply enjoying them. Instead of seeing our hobbies as a way to take a break from our responsibilities, they may become…
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Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble Down on Main Street, lanterns glowing, Central Square where crowds are flowing; Students, masked and costumed, roaming Past the brickfronts in the gloaming: Cold Monadnock, dark and shaded, Ben Gilroy…
Good evening, this is LaLaLa, currently going through some trial and error. I don't have any particular plans for Halloween (though that's every year), there's no specific food I eat for the event, and no children come asking for candy,…
Everyone posts haunted house stories today. Mine are less atmospheric. In every one of them, the thing that broke the client's site was me. Here are five, in no particular order of shame. I sent the client a message saying…
Recently, I often hear the phrase "making AI work 24 hours a day." But what exactly are we having it do? While running my own hobby media site, I learned about the roles of two AIs, ChatGPT Work and Codex, which…
A birthday reminder is useful when it tells you that a date is coming. A birthday planner is useful when it helps you do something about it. That distinction sounds small, but it changes the entire product. Knowing that someone…
If you've never heard of Perler beads (fuse beads): you place tiny plastic beads on a pegged board, iron them, and they melt into pixel art you can keep. It's physical pixel art — and people make genuinely impressive stuff with…
Habit stacking, routines, planners, time blocking, and focus practices that stick.
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