Life&Misc
Everything that doesn't fit in a box — travel, family, random thoughts.
6 posts
My Pitch Was Right. The Word Was Wrong.
I kept pitching an internal contribution model at work and nobody was getting it. Turns out the vocabulary was the whole problem.
My DVR Failed Without the Drive
I had a month-old diagnosis blaming the hard drive. Then I ran a 39.6-hour diskless test and counted 209 faults with the drive cables unplugged.
Google Photos Is Not a Backup
I had 1,521 videos in Google Photos for years and called that done. Getting them out taught me what safe in the cloud actually means.
I Tested My Reading Speed. The Number Moves.
My wife makes fun of how slow I read. It was time to see the data. The result wasn't a single number.
I've Generally Left the Numbers to My Advisor. Not This Time.
Going into a review with my own fee breakdown, S&P comparison, and a question about the benchmark.
The Kitchen Is Fine. It's the Sink.
Eighteen months of banking data, and what it told me about our dining habits.