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B.A., Sociology with a minor in Science, Technology, and Society, 2010, The University of Texas at Austin
M.B.A., Business Analytics, 2024, Midwestern State University (TX)
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Back to Windows
For nearly four years, I’ve used Macs and OS X professionally. Most of the company and the industry uses Mac and all seemed fine in the world. At Automattic, we update our hardware every 18 months, which I deferred for six months waiting for the new MacBook Pro update. I was underwhelmed by the updates.…
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10k
I ran a tad over 10km tonight for the first time since shortly after the twins were born. It felt great; I’ve missed it.
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Racking Wit
I racked tonight my Cranberry Dark Wit for Airport. Looking good and hitting the estimated gravity. Only need to place odds on if I’ll get lucky enough for a cold spell in February when it’ll be ready for drinking. In brewing, racking is the process of moving the beer from a primary to a secondary…
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Dell Hell… Again?
I just had the most amazing experience with @DellCares. I decided to buy one of their new XPS 13 2-in-1 laptops and wanted to buy a specific accessory advertised on the laptop’s product page. I searched everywhere. No dice. Jump on live chat. Told that it isn’t on Dell.com yet—can call/chat with accessories and they…
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Back to Basics
I found myself hesitant to post short little posts like this because I didn’t want them to get automatically posted to Facebook or Twitter with the default messaging. So, I turned that off. The open web is something I’ve been worried about losing and with the upcoming development of micro.blog, I want to start posting…
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Welcome 2017
Vanessa and the kids went into the backyard today to discover a decapitated bird perched in one of our tree branches. Vanessa got them back inside before they looked up from the feathers they saw on the ground. I’m not a superstitious man, but welcome 2017!