Do you have a backlog of books, ebooks, articles, podcasts, videos, and other media content that you want to consume, but don’t have the time? Be honest… will you ever have the time? It’s time to clean things up and get your media backlog under control. Here’s how you can do it. Round up all […]
Real World to Virtual Conversion
I used to have a large collection of books that I took pride in. However, I’ve completely switched to ebooks now. My physical book collection, for the most part, is just gathering dust on the bookshelf now. We should have some type of ebook conversion service to legally convert a physical book collection to an […]
Finding Your “Spark”
The book The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho was about accomplishing your “personal legend.” The idea behind movie Soul related to finding your “spark.” The book Volcanic Momentum, by Jordan Ring spoke of “destiny goals.” What is that big thing that you’re going to devote your life towards? What in your life is worth fighting, and […]
Eco-Friendly Restaurant
A lot of restaurants SAY that they’re committed to sustainability, but take very little action. We should open a truly eco-friendly and sustainable restaurant. Such a restaurant would be powered by solar energy, wind power, and/or geothermal energy. The food would be from sustainable and local sources (there would be pictures on the walls showing […]
The Potential of CRISPR Gene Editing
CRISPR gene editing is a technique for cutting out and replacing sequences of DNA. The technology can be used to edit genes within organisms. The implications are huge. CRISPR technology will allow us to modify the “code” of living organisms and lead to breakthroughs in genetic engineering. It’s like having the “find and replace” functionality […]
22 Years of StormShock.com
Today, StormShock.com turns 22 years old. It was the first domain name I ever purchased, and I bought it from GoDaddy. I was 20 years old and a computer science student in college. Here is the first Wayback Machine snapshot of StormShock, from March 2, 2001: https://web.archive.org/web/20010302221852/http://www.stormshock.com/ Back then, I populated a history database and […]