It was 4:45 a.m. on a warm, dry morning in the Southern Arizona desert. The fact that I had only gotten 4 hours of sleep had not yet caught up with me, because my mind was racing with what I would be doing for the next 24 hours. As of that moment, the plan I…
The terms "negative feedback" and "positive feedback" are used frequently in colloquial language, and like many other things in colloquial language, they are often used incorrectly. Put simply, a system that utilizes a feedback loop has the output of the system is tied to the input in some way. Whether you know it or not,…
On the whole, I'd say I'm a pretty normal person, but I have some oddities just like everyone else. A lot of times people tend to fixate on things that other (perhaps more successful) people do differently, but today I'd like to share some normal things that a lot of people do that I just simply…
I've mentioned before that my day job is that of an electrical engineer, a profession that relies heavily on the modes of thinking developed in math and science classes rather than language arts classes, so it should come as no surprise that as my schooling progressed, I grew to favor my math and science classes.…
I don't often talk about current events in detail, but this one was just too juicy to pass up. This past Sunday, a doctor was forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight for...doing nothing wrong. It sparked a multitude of outbursts on the internet (and some pretty funny memes), and has caused United to issue…
This post could probably apply to a lot of colleges, but I thought I'd give a shout out to my alma mater. There is a lot of angst these days from people my age, many of whom are coming to the harsh realization that getting a college degree doesn't automatically give you a fast-paced high-paying…
While my mind is on the subject of sports being unfair, I thought I'd dive into perhaps my favorite professional sport: tennis. Tennis is, for the most part, a pretty fair game. There is, of course, some variability related to an individual player's performance on a given day, meaning that the winner of a single…
I know I'm kinda beating a dead horse at this point, but I feel it is my civic duty to inform my fellow sports fans about some clearly identifiable ways that sports are doing things wrong. For past posts on this topic, see a breakdown on different sports season structure and why baseball should not…
The Oscars happened a couple nights ago, which meant that I was on my couch watching The Simpsons. As you may know, the types of films that tend to get Oscar nominations and awards are usually not the types in which I partake. Nevertheless, I have seen a few Oscar-nominated films (and a few award…
Traveling around the world has never been easier than it is now, but that doesn't stop people from complaining about it. When someone gets back from a trip, the first thing you can expect them to talk about is some sort of problem they had in transit, more than likely with their flight. Now, this…