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Brutal Minnesota Winter
The following image captures the real Minnesota experience, what living here looks like. Well, it’s what living in Minnesota feels like to many of us here. Here is additional information on how to stay warm and still look good. Jan 25 Update Today, Jan 25 until tomorrow morning, is forecasted to be the coldest day […]
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Practical Thinking
Maggie Mertens writes on The Atlantic article “The Year of Practical Thinking” that because of the uncertainty of the past two years, most peoples are taking more practical approach. Many people including Tyler J. McCall, a marketing specialist in Chicago, “hit severe burnout and stepped away from his business and social media for nearly six […]
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Science of Aging
The STAT magazine’s Sharon Begley reminds us how our body ages after our 20’s and after 30’s when our aging starts “afflicts different body parts to different degrees”. However, the aging process is highly individualized. … just as people have an individual genotype, so too do they have an “ageotype,” a combination of molecular and […]
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Writing Advice
In a 2017 Literary Hub article titled I Talked to 150 Writers and Here’s the Best Advice They Had, Joe Fassler highlights seven of the most common writing tips, which I found interesting as some one who is aspiring to be a better technical writer. Just because John Irving does it that way doesn’t mean […]
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Jeopardy and Amy Schneider
Though I am not a big fan of ‘Jeopardy‘, I have been watching daily for more tan a week or so, after Amy Schneider, an American engineering manager, came in the news after becoming reigning champion for weeks. Friday’s episode saw Schneider, 42, score her 28th consecutive win and earn $42,000, bringing her total winnings […]
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Failure Resume
Recently, I read a note on anti-resume by Rabin Rendle which I found interesting too. Though we all have a long list of failed projects, we don’t bother to document and share with others like a resume. However, in self-learning projects just like I have been doing for a while, it makes perfect sense to […]
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Lessons from the Pandemic
On STAT News, its senior infectious disease writer Helen Branswell shares 10 Covid-19 pandemic lessons that she learned during the past two years. I found her perspective interesting and thought to bookmark her observations which are highlighted below: You gotta act fast. “if you wait until you’re sure that something is going to be a […]