Lifestyle

Successful technologies often begin as hobbies. Jacques Cousteau invented scuba diving because he enjoyed exploring caves. The Wright brothers invented flying as a relief from the monotony of their normal business of selling and repairing bicycles. Freeman Dyson – English-American theoretical physicist and mathematician Hobbies are strange animals. I have often heard that a hobby […]

The biggest questions regarding my financial future and retirement have been how will I afford this lifestyle and what do I leave to my spouse and kids. Selfishly, I admit that the first question held a much higher priority for me than the second question. At the time, I had no idea how to go

In a never ending quest to find things to entertain myself whilst doing basically nothing, my pal Pete and I traveled to the Corning Preserve in Albany NY today for a short hike along the Hudson River. We initially had intended to hike a trail in the Rensselaer Technology Park, but that proved to be

Thinking today about all of the losses that occur as we age, retire, and slide into our final stages of life. Transitioning from childhood into adulthood is traumatic enough. We find new friends, but we lose old ones. We might go to college, in which case we leave still more school friends and family behind,

Recently I was injured trying to upright a motorcycle. As the lift started, I heard an audible pop from my shoulder followed by some excruciating pain. Unable to lift my arm beyond horizontal, I called my doctor who ordered a shoulder MRI. The result? A torn rotator cuff muscle and a dislocated biceps tendon. After

When I first started contemplating retirement, one of biggest concerns was – where would the money come from to support my semi-lavish lifestyle. After a bunch of research, I decided that my needs and worries would best be met by a competent financial advisor and wealth manager. My keen engineering mind decided to approach the

When I first started contemplating retirement, fear of boredom was an overwhelming obstacle. What would I do if I wasn’t working 12 hours a day? In hindsight, that was a foolish concern, as stuff just crept in to fill my time almost immediately. The mundane tasks of day to day living were enough to keep

Once upon a time, in a blog far far away, there was a computer scientist. He wanted to be the best computer scientist that there ever was, so he attended classes, universities, and workshops to hone his skills. He joined various organizations and teams, working every day to become better at his craft. Every day,

Why did we decide to take the Udacity Digital Marketing Program, an online course to enhance our digital marketing skill set? One would think that we’d already be skilled at marketing to even think about launching a blog with the intent to monetize. Our track record in monetization has proven to be less than stellar.