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Everything my doctor told me was basically right (or lessons from using Stelo for 3 months)

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Let’s start this post by sharing an embarrassing fact: between leaving Disney in early 2022 and leaving Ohai in late 2024, I have gained about 28lbs (about 12kg). This wasn’t a new trajectory - going back to the beginning of 2021, I’ve put on 40ish pounds. By January 2024, I was a very unhealthy weight and just plain unfit. My checkup with my doctor at the beginning of the year raised some alarms.

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I Deactivated My Facebook Profile

Sunday, March 25, 2018

Just as a public service announcement: I deactivated my Facebook account to see what it’s like to not have a Facebook account. I suspect I’m going to run into places where it’s impossible not to have one, but let’s see what it’s like. Over the past year, especially since the 2016 election, I find Facebook… exhausting. Mentally, it’s draining. Lots of debate, lots of echoes, and mental noise in my life that I don’t really need.

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Practicing RC flying with a simulator

Sunday, January 4, 2015

One of my recent obsessions has been RC flying. So far, I've played with relatively cheap quadcopters and helicopters, but I've managed to crash every single one enough times to end up with a pile of damaged copters. So, I basically gave up on the hobby thinking I didn't have the time (or budget) to really get into it. I felt like I either needed to spend to get an advanced quadcopter that auto-leveled and could correct for novice piloting, or really dedicate more time than I had to do the fly, crash, repair, charge cycle required to practice.

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I was on the radio

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

I was a guest on today's episode of Where We Live on WNPR. The topic was on Connecticut Startup Culture. Give it a listen, and let the mocking commence ("Check it out, it's awesome!" groan). One thing we didn't get to on the show (and, let's be honest, there are probably a dozen conversations wrapped into this wax ball of a topic), was the demographic differences between CT and NYC or San Francisco.

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Weight loss FAQ

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

As most of my friends and coworkers know, I've lost a whole lot of weight over the last year. Folks that see me for the first time ask me a lot of the same questions, so consider this my attempt to answer the most common ones. 1. How much weight have you lost? As of this morning, just under 60 pounds. 2. Why did you decide to do this? When we realized we were going to have a kid this fall, I figured out that I'm going to be over 50 when he graduates high school.

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Nurses make all the difference

Sunday, September 12, 2010

It's hard to find time to blog or write or do much of anything aside from take care of our new baby, but I've been itching to write this post since we left the hospital last week. When you're expecting a baby, you can tour the hospital. They show you the rooms in labor and delivery and in maternity and the nursery wing. They tell you about the amenities, the security, and medical technologies they have available.

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Acadia National Park: one of my favorite places

Sunday, August 8, 2010

For so many reasons, Acadia National Park is special to Heidi and me. If you haven't been, you're missing out on one of the treasures of the National Park system and, really, of the east coast. The beauty of the park is remarkable (just look at the photo on the right!). Acadia's real strength, though, is how accessible and easy it is to explore. The park is crisscrossed with miles of easy to ride carriage roads and easily reachable trails.

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