Monthly Archives: November 2011

One Hacker

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Blah blah blah co-founder blah blah blah. While I don’t discount the fact that there are many many lovely pairs or co-founders who’ve succeeded (and also failed), too many people miss the fact that amazing things can and have been done by one person.

For a hardware hacker, things used to be bit more difficult. Heck, now even I, with or without my worthless paper of a degree, can get started and start hacking physical things. Just buy a couple of things (from the tools necessary to an entire build kit), crack open or brew your favorite beverage, and start trying things. Don’t forget about 3D printing: Just copy and paste ALL THE THINGS.

But for a software hacker, it’s always been very very easy to get started. Well, it’s been easy ever since cool people who came before me decided to open up their source code and share to the world their findings.

I am a software hacker. An army of one, powered by the millions of hackers who have come before me, powering the billions of hackers to come.

On Habits

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I took a couple days off from my regular gym routine because my left wrist and forearm was dying from the increased guitar practice (for a gig that happened last Saturday, pic on my Tumblr).

When I tried to come back to it yesterday, my mind was all over the place. I forgot what weight I was supposed to start on. I almost forgot to bring everything I needed, including goggles and towels. I completely forgot about my post-workout protein and banana.

Which brings me to my point: Cultivate good habits. And have those habits create even awesomer habits. Of course, this can go both ways… like my need to have some kind of carbonated drink with a super oily meal.

I don’t know what came first, my current habit of going to the gym or eating a healthier breakfast, but my breakfast has changed into green tea and oatmeal these days. This has been super nutritional and cheap and time-saving. Just win win win.

Tonight’s post should have been much more informative, alas, trying to turn this into a habit has failed.

Gotta start somewhere.