c. 1955 Buick Eight, Denton TX. This is my last experiment. I'm writing this to myself; I can't keep playing this game. It's going to kill me. Over the last 20 years, I've put on 75 pounds. When I…

Turned down a workplace invitation of pizzas and headed home along the creek. Another coolish ride with thick clouds of small insects, some scary Oakleigh-driver shenanigans in Atherton Road as…

Not last Winter, the one before, we took a slap and a buffet from sequential named storms. Darragh [Dec'24] felled a bunch of trees to the East while Éowyn [Jan'25] laid them out S⇒N. I developed…

Water kefir bubblin', probiotic for my gut Homebrew fizzy drink, watch the culture bubble up Healthy option for the kids, ditch the soda Ferments in a day--simpler than kombucha

When it comes to understanding how I function with being neurodivergent, especially with a late diagnosis it’s easy to feel pretty alone and wondering why everything feels harder than it...

My 21-Day Battle Plan Last night, on my fourth day in Thailand, I found myself in a situation that my 21-day training plan did not prepare me for. I was vomiting, feeling terrible and quickly…

It’s the same old mantra: vaccines are “safe and effective”. Neither is true but they keep chanting it till they believe it (like a religion) and they attack and are vengeful with any who oppose…

How I built PadelIQ, an iOS app that turns phone-against-the-glass padel footage into positioning heatmaps and coaching verdicts — with the whole computer vision pipeline running on-device via Core…

Late lunch makes me feel heavy and tired. Got free drinks for some event long the way, so ran back with two 500ml bottles in each hand. 😅 Stat Value Distance 7.15 km Duration 40:05 Pace 5:36 /km…

I have a solid new challenge on my horizon, The Wilderness Development Peak District Challenge. My first 50k and first Ultra.

All the squat racks were taken when I arrived so instead I stepped up to some heavy lunges. Mostly that just tired my forearms. It felt good to deadlift at the end, though. Hadn’t done that in a…

Burnout prevention for software engineers: practical ways to set work-life boundaries, recharge, and protect your motivation

Stopping the vapes I’ve been trying to quit vaping for over a year now. Cold turkey doesn’t work, I always fall back into it - even after a month vape-free I fall back into it so easily. All it takes…

I’m all for having systems in place to avoid situational decision-making. This can be quite a helpful method for adopting wanted behaviors. Do you want to eat healthier? Envision yourself […]…

As the planet warms, thanks to the myopic and greedy nature of humans, we must all become used to operating at greater temperatures. Through careful observation of my physiology, I have established a…

i've begun estrogen.

Got heat exhaustion / heat stroke a few times in 2025. One way to mitigate further heat damage is to keep track of early heat exhaustion symptoms. In my own personal experience, one reliable…

Is the recovery data Big Health shows you actually relevant?

I Was an Enthusiastic Early Adopter of AI Scribes. Here’s Why I Stopped This is fascinating, and also entirely understandable: There is something else the ambient scribe disrupts that receives almost…

Kjøpte og tok Concerta kl 14 i dag, er no nesten kl 17. Har hatt stor effekt; eg byrja å lesa i tekstar som eg sleit med før og eg kunna lesa dei i ei klarheit eg hadde gløymt at eg kunna lesa i. Det…

Recipe Detective • Case File Does Freezing Bread Lower Its Glycemic Impact? Social media says the freezer can make bread “better” for […]

I realized the other day that dealing with photographs has replaced dealing with software in my daily life. This is a great improvement in terms of personal happiness, though I do have the same…

Good Dose No marine layer today, which is going to make walkies–not to mention the morning run–disgustingly bright. Ah well, we were lucky to have some previous relief. August can’t…

getting older and all of its issues, the one thing that feels within one's control is health. i get it now, now that i'm past 40, worried about my cholesterol, looking longingly at chips and fried…

Translated from french (please notify us of errors) Drops, lozenges, creams, syrups: propolis has regained, on the shelves of the “wellness” industry, a popularity it already enjoyed more than two…

The goal of this post is to describe my experience with psychotherapy in the past few years, structured as questions and answers. It is written from the perspective of in-person psychotherapy in…

This post isn't medical advice, it's my own personal review and experience of taking Wegovy as part of my weight loss journey As someone who has been trying to lose weight for a long time, the new…

I bought some inline hockey skates to try and support my ice skating.

C.W. : Vomiting, mental health distress I was lying, my face against my toilet seat, trying to stay still. It was painful to move even a millimeter, so I tried to stay as still as possible. Even…

This'll be a short, silly post, but I felt compelled to write it. There's a park near me where I go for runs that's also very popular with the cyclists. We'll all get up, early in the morning, me…

Last week was pretty good. Made quite a bit of progress in app development and also worked out quite a bit. App Development Grove Added some finishing touches to my app, Grove, and submitted it to…

Content warning for MATTERS GASTRONOMICAL, for SAFEWAY GAS-PUMPS BEING A DICK, for HOPEFULLY UNFOUNDED FEARS OF CANCER, and for POTIONS OF CRAP-YOUR-ENTIRE-SKELETONHiya! So you may recall some time…

dental pain I hear that one of the reason of enjoying dental pain is that the brain releases endorphins to make it feel a bit better, which might be causing that pleasant feel. Example.

Last year I laid out four pillars driving the longevity boom. January started strong validating three of them. Eight months later, all four have moved forward, but they’ve hit the same wall we’re…

I danced for years. Then my knees and hips started arguing with me about it, arthritis being the kind of negotiator that doesn't really negotiate, and I had to let it go. That's a loss I…

So one of the things I've been trying to do as part of my journey to lose weight and get fit is sort my diet out. As the saying goes, "you can't out-train a poor diet". And the worst part of my diet…

The so-called testing effect is a core memory and learning concept straight out of most learning theory textbooks, but it’s one of the best ways to hack learning and retention.

I like a good old rule of thumb. Like the one I came across recently. To quickly figure out if a certain food is an efficient source of protein, use the following formula: Protein (g per 100…

My amygdala needs to go on vacation. It's involvement in my emotions and memories with fears have gone too far. We must make room for the prefrontal cortex so I might continue to grow into someone…

He'd been struggling before, but a bad date was the final straw. Is he just too broken to find love now? Is there any way for him to heal? via Paging Dr. NerdLove @ doctornerdlove.com

A 26-year study found that reaching midlife without high blood pressure, diabetes, or smoking was linked to 12.6 more dementia-free years. The biology of why, and what actually helps.

Here’s more than you ever wanted to know about Li Xiaopeng. 😜 Then again, few gymnasts have careers that leave quite so much to talk about. From his arrival on the Chinese national team as a teenager…

You are meditating “incorrectly” if you are trying to become calm. You are meditating “correctly” when you notice that you are trying to become calm. COMMENTARY: Striving cannot secure the state it…

Pets A while ago we got a Betta, and we recently adopted a hamster as well. The whole family loves them. Mahjong I’ve started learning Mahjong , hoping eventually to be able to play with my dad…

Every year, Katie and I run this lively, creative webinar that reveals how physical home environments contribute to overwhelm, dysregulation, and lack of follow-through, and how the power of design,…

“Short sleepers, who make up less than one per cent of the population, spend significantly less time snoozing without any apparent health consequences.” By Shayla Love at The New Yorker.…

I just signed up for a fitness boot camp. Somewhere in the fine print I’m pretty sure it said “Participants under 40 preferred,” but I hit “Confirm” anyway. What’s the worst that can happen? I throw…