The last time I test drove a Tesla Model S was a few weeks before the introduction of the D option. I drove a modestly configured Model S 65 with a couple of additional features. It was someone’s canceled order, so it was neither a base 65 nor a fully […]
Posts with category: Thoughts
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If you’re looking for a casual Sunday read, this isn’t it. I’ve talked about life on here many times in the past, but I don’t think I’ve ever really touched on the subject matter of family. I’d say we’re a pretty average family, and thus there usually isn’t much to […]
I’d like to touch on a controversial subject today. I think it’s a great thing that gay marriage is now legal under federal law in the US, but I also think it took far too long for a ruling to say so. I think it’s also incredibly sad that we needed […]
Earlier this week, as part of a competition Crunchyroll is running, I released a video to YouTube talking about what Crunchyroll means to me. In case you haven’t seen it, here it is: However, having just renewed my Premium subscription for the fifth year in a row, there is much […]
Never would I have expected my phone would go off late Tuesday evening alerting me that an Amtrak train I take regularly had derailed. Does that mean I never considered a derailment as a possible event? Absolutely not. The very sad reality about the horrific events of Amtrak 188 is […]
410. 469. 224. Those numbers are my YouTube subscribers count, Twitter followers, and Facebook friends, respectively. The last time I checked them all? Well over a year ago. I joined YouTube July 3, 2007. Twitter, September 2008. Facebook, March 2008. That works out to an average of 51 subscribers, 67 followers, and […]
Amazon. The bookstore turned online store extraordinaire. A service I trust and always turn to for researching products (price checking included.) Perhaps it’s Amazon’s online presence that is its shortcoming as a store. I can walk in to a physical store, and when you do that enough regularly, good employees […]
One of my favorite questions to have ever encountered (and to continue to ask) is, “What makes ‘good’ design, ‘good’ design?” Today, I’d like to apply that to logo design. As a Senior at Drexel, I’ve been tasked with far more projects this year than I have in previous years at […]
Design generally isn’t something you should have to worry about as a public transit authority, but it makes a big difference. As a historically token-based system, card design has never been one of SEPTA’s strong points. If you’ve ever had a SEPTA pass, I think you know what I mean. […]
One of the downside to attending Drexel is the co-op program. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great program and I think it’s a model other universities should copy, but the timing of it isn’t necessarily in your favor. I was put on the Fall/Winter cycle, which definitely was in […]
After years of insisting on a desktop app to read my email over a web app, that’s finally changing. When I was still running Windows, I switched back and forth between Outlook and Windows Live Mail (yes, it’s been that long since I ran Windows regularly). When I switched to a […]
In case you missed it, SEPTA announced yesterday 24-hour subway service (as in actual trains, not busses) on the weekend is here to stay. No, seriously. I’m not kidding. And that’s huge. Earlier in the week, we got the biggest look we’ve had in a long time at the new […]
While in a lot of cases anime reuses the same element(s) over and over again (search YouTube for Every Anime Opening Ever Made), there are some series that stand out among others. You can have a series that looks great, but it can have a terrible story and/or English dub. […]
If you’re not a programmer, that title no doubt makes no sense to you. API stands for Application Programming Interface. In a nutshell, an API allows you to interact with data and applications. In the case of SEPTA, it means you can get the location of every single vehicle – […]
Depending on the type of person you are, and perhaps depending on where you work as well, you might be surprised by what you find on my LinkedIn profile. Maybe it will be my profile photo, hopefully the first thing you notice, as I assume the designers over at LinkedIn […]
According to a late-breaking on Twitter last night, Drexel is now fining streetcart vendors for vending on the sidewalk. *BREAKING* SpOt will NO LONGER be serving @DrexelUniv due to NEW police Capt’s order to fine ALL foodcart vendors for using sidewalk.Pls RT — SpOt Gourmet Burgers (@Spotburgers) July 28, 2014 […]
One of the little known facts about me may be that I didn’t actually grow up in a certain city in Missouri, strictly speaking. I actually grew up in a suburb. In fact, I can’t actually remember if I ever did get to see downtown. My family moved to New […]
A year ago, Paul english of Kayak had a rather interesting interview with The New York Times. The title of this post is one of his ideas that blew me away. Personally, I’m a fan of risk. Yes, that is a dangerous decision and there have been launch-day purchases and other investments […]
Considering that VMware is, perhaps, one of the best known and respected names in the information technology field, I think it should come as little surprise that VMware’s CEO, Paul Maritz, knows how to run a successful business. The New York Times interviewed him in 2010, and it’s worth a […]
Note: This is another post for an assignment at Drexel. If you read the other two, you know the drill. FOSS, Free and Open Source Software, is a concept that has fueled many technology innovations. There is a fairly good chance you’ve used a FOSS project without even realizing it. […]