Yesterday I had the privilege of being the best man at my brother’s wedding. Traditionally, the best man is expected to give a speech, and share with everyone some stories about the couple and hopefully get a few laughs out of the audience. The speech I gave was very…

I’ve noticed a fairly large shift in how I use my free time. Over the winter I was very focused on achieving some long term objectives - namely becoming a better programmer, and working on side projects. But something has changed, and more recently I’ve been spending my…

I met up with a friend for lunch a few weekends ago. We ended up eating quite a lot of food - a few large appetizers followed by giant hamburgers. The waiter saw this and was impressed. We even talked with him about how much food we were eating, and…

This weekend was the first really nice weekend in NYC in about 6 months. I made the most of it by going outside almost all day on Saturday and Sunday. I ended up walking about 10 miles, and got to hang out at a few of NYC’s great parks…

If you had asked me a few years ago to imagine an ideal future, I'd be hard pressed to paint a rosier picture than the one I'm living now. I live in possibly the greatest city in the world, I have a fulfilling job that allows me to live comfortably…

Here is what's on my mind on this New Year's Day. The Future Is Now My favorite movies of all time are the Back to the Future movies. I've watched them countless times, and always get completely engrossed with the story. The ideas of time travel, destiny, redoing the past…