Bitcoin Blockchain Disruption

By Zach in Bitcoin, Thoughts, Video 0 Comment

Several years ago I remember reading about bitcoin in a Wired magazine article. At the time, I was exploring an idea for a business that involved developing a proprietary digital currency as an essential part of the business model. Upon reading the article, I assumed that bitcoin was essentially just another virtual currency like so many that already existed and didn’t think much about it beyond that.

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I love drawing secret lunch notes for my daughter.

By Zach in Art, Awesome, Life Lessons, Links 0 Comment

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As a little kid, I always loved the little secret notes my mom would sneak into my packed lunch for school.

Last year, when my daughter started kindergarten, I took on the job of making and hiding secret lunch notes each day.

Making the “notes” gives me an excuse to doodle for a few minutes each day which I’ve realized is a form of stress relief for me.

Click here to see the collection so far and follow my @lunchnotes account on instagram.

10 Steps to Getting What You Want

By Zach in Life Lessons, Lists 0 Comment

  1. Be YOU. There is only one YOU on this planet. Take advantage of that. You are inspiring, creative, intelligent and capable. Spending any energy trying to be like someone else is foolish.

  2. Do What You Love. When doing something you love, no matter what you’d be getting paid, or think the outcome might be, not only will you enjoy yourself more, but you have a better chance of actually creating a sustainable life. Happiness is contagious.

    If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. ~ Milton Berle

  3. Trust your instincts. 

    I feel there are two people inside of me — me and my intuition. If I go against her, she’ll screw me every time, and if I follow her, we get along quite nicely. ~ Kim Basinger

  4. Work hard. No one is going to do the work for you.

    Hard work has made it easy. That is my secret. That is why I win. If it were easy everyone would be a champion. ~ Nadia Comaneci

  5. Be nice to people. 

    Your Karma is a continuum, part of the process that is happening to you now, not something far away in future life. ~ OSHO

  6. Don’t listen to your critics. 

    If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. ~ Abraham Lincoln

  7. Be Patient. Things might not (and usually don’t) happen in the timing that you want. Patience can be your biggest asset. Cultivate it.

    If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent. ~ Isaac Newton

  8. Take Care of Yourself. Your health is a responsibility that is completely in your control.

    Every human being is the author of his own health or disease. ~ Buddha

  9. Stop Complaining. If you don’t like how something is, change it. We can’t change everything, but we can do quite a bit about our circumstances when we drop the complaints.

    Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~ Proverb

  10. Have Fun. If you’re not having fun then what’s the point?

    If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. ~ Katharine Hepburn

Adult Truths

By Zach in Humor, Life Lessons, Lists 0 Comment

  • I think part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

  • Nothing stinks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.

  • I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.

  • There is great need for a sarcasm font.

  • How in the world are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

  • Was learning cursive really necessary?

  • Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I’m pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

  • Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

  • I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind of tired.

  • Bad decisions make good stories.

  • You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren’t going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

  • Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don’t want to have to restart my collection…again.

  • I’m always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to.

  • I keep some people’s phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

  • I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

  • I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.

  • I wish Google Maps had an “Avoid Ghetto” routing option.

  • I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

  • How many times is it appropriate to say “What?” before you just nod and smile because you still didn’t hear or understand a word they said?

  • I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!

  • Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

  • Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

  • Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey – but I’d bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time.

  • The first testicular guard, the “Cup,” was used in Hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important.