But What *Should* I Do?

We now live in a world with Google Assistant, Alexa, Siri, and whatever the fuck Samsung is trying to do... People get answers to their pointless questions as quickly as they want. Google can tell you…

All Aboard the Life Parade

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes. —Andrew Carnegie I have never been good at setting goals. I'm good at doing things repeatedly…

Will Robots Steal Our Fantasy Leagues?

I like computer science. I like sports. I like gambling. Why not combine them in a delicious sundae? I have been playing fantasy football since Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf were in their first seasons of…

Building a community brick by brick

There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.  -Henri Bergson To create is more than human, it is universal. It can be argued that…

Coding Baseball

The purpose of this post is to talk about a coding project I'm working on. Basically allow you to get inside my brain and hopefully help educate and entertain. If you never want to make money,…

What’s in Your Fridge?

The Pitch The idea isn't ground-breaking. It's Cribs... ...but for just your refrigerator. The best part is that this could all be done remotely. I call up my famous friends (which I have none) and then…

Choose Your Own Announcer

Announcers can truly change a sporting event. Kirk Gibson's home run could be a forgotten memory without Vin Scully's call. Hearing Tony Romo predict what Tom Brady is thinking before a play greatly amplifies the experience.…

GifRiffs

I use to spend at least 30 minutes a day looking for GIFs to post in our office Slack channel. I basically treated them as minor smoke breaks. I still worked... some. I enjoyed making my…