Month: May 2012
Friday, 25 May 2012
Salve
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Inbox 7
I just returned from 4 days in Minnesota’s northwoods. Completely disconnected. The only things I took with me; water bottle, a couple days change of clothes, my notecards, and my wallet.
I hiked waterfalls, scrambled across rocky beaches, and fell asleep to flickering fires.
I pondered living in a lighthouse. Hiking a hundred vertical feet each day for fresh water – with no reliable access to the outside world. Yet, tasked with the responsibility of maintaining safe travels for dozens of ships a day. And the commerce implied therein.
Upon my return to civilization – I burned though the hundreds of messages laying stagnant in my inbox.
Only 7 remain.
Each with a clear action item associated with it.
EyeballBook
Thursday, 17 May 2012
Chase that Happy
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
John Cleese on Creativity
“…You have to create some space for yourself away from [your usual] demands. That means sealing yourself off…” – John Cleese
Video of the HTTP Status Presentation I Co-led with Jamie Thingelstad @ Minnebar 2012
In this session Jamie and I quickly go over every HTTP status code, what it is for, why you use it, etc.
Hemel & Aarde von Brouwerji De Molen
Tonight, I stopped by The Four Firkins to meet Nick Anderson from Rush River. I quite enjoyed hearing the story of Rush River – and the challenges they’re having keeping up with the demand for their beer (there’s a reason their Unforgiven and ÜberAlt are #1 & #2 on my all-time beers list). On the way out, I picked up sixer of ÜberAlt and asked Alvey to recommend something peaty like Sam Adams’ Wee Heavy.
Without hesitation, he hands me a bottle of Hemel & Aarde von Brouwerji De Molen.
‘We just got this in’, he adds.
Exactly what I was looking for: peaty, roasty, dark as midnight, with a nose like campfire.
Whereas the Wee Heavy is like zipping into a sleeping bag next to a campfire on a chilly night, the Hemel and Aarde is telling ghost stories, roasting marshmallows, and celebrating the sunset.
Besides, it’s hard not to love a beer with a label proudly exclaiming: ‘enjoy within 25 years’.