Category: Little Nuggets of Wisdom
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Status Updates Interpreted
We all know about them: the ambiguous, often emo, status updates/tweets. Most of us have been guilty of them at least one time or another. Some of us seem to only share tidbits of their lives with the online world in this cryptic fashion. These types of messages can be vexing for the rest of…
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Things You Do When You’re Married (that you didn’t before):
1. Discuss whether you will be brushing teeth before or after. 2. Gym, shower, beer, and Red Box movie is a perfect Friday evening. 3. Split off from your family at the mall to go into Victoria’s Secret with your wife. 4. Look at lingerie in VS and be 100% comfortable with it. 5. Call…
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Bucket List
My little brother, Garin just graduated high school. I’m particularly pleased with his college plans as he will be doing his undergraduate in Electrical Engineering at my very own Alma Mater, UNL. Granted, his academic ambitions reach further than mine did—his end goal is biomedical engineering. As part of his graduation gift, Tara and I…
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How to Ski Park City
This past weekend, Tara and I skied the Park City Mountain Resort for the first time. Being people that don’t typically frequent the “tourist resorts”, we found ourselves a little confused with all the interesting marketing the resort uses to cater to the once-a-year beginner-intermediate skier from Omaha. Terms like “Mountainzones(tm)” and “Signature Run” abound…
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DIY Screen Printing!!
Tara and I needed white elephant gifts for my work Christmas party, and I thought what better than a couple of home made nerd shirts? First, create your design. I used inkscape. Then, find a work area: Next, trace your design onto pantyhose stretched into an embroidery hoop, and paint a viscous glue everywhere…
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How I Got Fired
NOTE: NOT MY CURRENT JOB!!! I AM STILL HAPPILLY EMPLOYED!! December 7th marked the anniversary of my termination from a past job. After much deliberation, I have decided to share the culmination of circumstances that led up to this major event in my life as I learned so much from it. When Tara and I…
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Adventures with Light Painting
A few months ago, thanks to the National Geographic Photo of the Day RSS feed, my mind was opened up to a whole new realm of photography: Light Painting. Sure, I was always well aware of the concept—nightime city shots with streaked headlights or the incredible all-night exposure of the starry sky, but I had…
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Loving Advice…For Married Men! Vol. II
It’s been some time since my first issue of Loving Advice…For Married Men, and for weeks now, I’ve been trying to hash out a second issue. Problem is, the first one was so damn good (in my opinion, at least) that attempting to top it, or at least match it with a sequel seems incredibly…
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Photography Meets Engineering
Even before I knew what an aperture is or how shutter speed works, I hated the harsh, washed-out look that a built-in-flash gives. I would opt to turn it off entirely, even in darker settings. This, of course, resulted in many a blurred photo. I am currently reading The Digital Photography Book, Vol. I, by…
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How to Stay Productive
So perhaps this is a boring topic for a post, but ever since I transitioned from hourly intern who could get away with 75% web browsing and 25% actual work to salaried engineer with actual responsibility and free overtime, I’ve been on a constant quest to maximize my productivity in a day’s work. That is…
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