During COVID I worked remotely as a Software Engineer for Synacor. Their work-from-home mandate started March 13, 2020 and lasted for ~715 days. After 6 months upper management decided to create a gem of comradery to remind us that, in times of turmoil and confusion, we have always been a team.
I finally got around to physically deleting the hard binding and getting the 8″x11″ yearbook completely digitized and OCR’d.
Read MoreAfter 30 years, the journey is completed. Not only did I acquire the complete 1996 Disney Band Trip video, but I also acquired the 1992 video as well. Both of the videos were the original masters, so the final video quality is beyond top-notch for the age of the content.
I’ve made both videos available as a YouTube playlist.
Read MoreAnother year, and another tradition upheld.
My 2024 letter brought back a flood of memories, and my 2025, however brief, achieved the same.
Read MoreSex Education. Everyone who went through secondary school remembers this. Parents remember the permission slips and kids remember teachers telling their students to “grow up” with the cringey displays of how the miracle of life happens.
There isn’t much taught about Death Education.
A random video came across my eyeballs on facebook that helps make this one of the most exciting topics to learn about, complete with the “miracle of death.” The clip is from the FX Network show “Dying for Sex“, Season 1, Episode 8.
I thought that if I were to teach about death this is the way it should be done.
Props for whomever wrote the dialogue for this scene. It’s lightweight, enthusiastic, and direct; exactly how knowledge should be passed along.
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